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Elephant StablesvsCeylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux

Both properties are highly recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux is preferred by most writers compared to Elephant Stables. Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux comes in at 90 with accolades from 6 sources like Lonely Planet, Afar Magazine and Jetsetter.

Elephant Stables
8/10
46 Nittawela Road, Kandy 20800, Sri Lanka
From $345/night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Oyster Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The eight-room Elephant Stables is a historic boutique set in a colonial bungalow located a 10-minute drive from the city of Kandy." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"This colonial-era villa has been lovingly converted into a beautiful boutique hotel, with excellent service, earthy tones, polished concrete and gnarled wood." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
9.0
"The family-friendly Elephant Stables offers a brilliant combination of heritage experience and contemporary design." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"A beautiful hotel, with excellent service, earthy tones, polished concrete and gnarled wood...there's a fab bar, and a reading room well stocked with Sri Lanka–related titles." Full review
Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux
8/10
P O Box 5, Hatton 22000, Sri Lanka
From $0/night
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Free Internet
  • Room Service
  • Free Breakfast
  • Laundry Service
  • Concierge
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Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"Tea may not sound synonymous with travel but Tea Trails, a collection of former planters’ bungalows set among Sri Lanka’s lush estates infuses the classic brew with an unexpected new experience." Full review
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
"A must is visiting the tea factories where you can watch fair trade tea being made in to the form we know and purchase in stores. It's a refreshing and relaxing experience." Full review
Jetsetter Jetsetter
"Decadent colonial-style bungalows make up this lakeside resort on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka's hill country." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith Mr & Mrs Smith
"Each airy bungalow has a private verandah, butler service and lake views, while the superlative restaurant's cuisine draws on products of the local tea estates." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
9.0
"A sprawling tea estate in Hill Country dotted with luxurious tea-planter bungalows, decorated in colonial style." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Tea Trails comprises a collection of five stunning colonial-style residences built for British tea plantation managers." Full review

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