The Villa Bentota by KK CollectionvsCeylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux
Paradise Road The Villa Bentota and Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux are both endorsed by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux ranks slightly higher than Paradise Road The Villa Bentota. Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux scores 90 with approval from 6 publications including Condé Nast Traveler, Afar Magazine and Mr & Mrs Smith.
The Villa Bentota by KK Collection
Mohotti Walauwa, 138/18 - 138/22 Galle Road, Bentota, Sri Lanka
From $160/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Condé Nast Traveler
"The 15 rooms and suites are each unique but come with elegant woven cane furniture and a blurring between indoor and outdoor living through gracious balconies and terraces." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"This inspiring boutique hotel in west coast Bentota is a romantic playground for artists, aesthetics and foodies, with stylish rooms, extensive lawns, a lap pool, and a beach beyond." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith
"Seaside chic dates to the 19th century at Paradise Road The Villa Bentota hotel on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast." Full review
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The hotel partners with external operators for activities in the area – you can choose from bicycle tours, visits to a turtle hatchery, cruises along the Bentota Ganga, fishing trips, whale watching and various water sports.
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The upper-middle-range Paradise Road The Villa Bentota is a 19th-century mansion turned boutique hotel." Full review
Lonely Planet
"This chic and designery boutique hotel feels lifted from the pages of Architectural Digest magazine – in fact the company owns several interior design shops in Colombo." Full review
Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux
P O Box 5, Hatton 22000, Sri Lanka
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
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
"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
"Decadent colonial-style bungalows make up this lakeside resort on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka's hill country." Full review
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
9.0
"A sprawling tea estate in Hill Country dotted with luxurious tea-planter bungalows, decorated in colonial style." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Tea Trails comprises a collection of five stunning colonial-style residences built for British tea plantation managers." Full review