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The Fort PrintersvsCeylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux
Both The Fort Printers and Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux are rated very highly by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux ranks significantly higher than The Fort Printers. Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux comes in at 90 with accolades from 6 reviews including Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveler and Mr & Mrs Smith.
The Fort Printers
Travel + Leisure
Condé Nast Traveler
39 Pedlar St, Galle Fort, Galle, Sri Lanka
From $119/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
"Dutch and English influences abound at this 18th-century mansion, whose five suites are decorated in jewel-toned velvets." Full review
"Historic Galle Fort gets a most modern kind of accommodation, hotel service in a villa ambience." Full review
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Ask for an anachronistic spin in the 1945 Morris Minor or enjoy the juxtaposition of a sun soak within the hotel’s saffron washed walls while the Muslim call to prayer wafts through the Fort.
Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais & Chateaux
Condé Nast Traveler
Afar Magazine
Jetsetter
Mr & Mrs Smith
The Telegraph
Lonely Planet
P O Box 5, Hatton 22000, Sri Lanka
From $0/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
"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
"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
"Decadent colonial-style bungalows make up this lakeside resort on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka's hill country." Full review
"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
9.0
"A sprawling tea estate in Hill Country dotted with luxurious tea-planter bungalows, decorated in colonial style." Full review
Top choice
"Tea Trails comprises a collection of five stunning colonial-style residences built for British tea plantation managers." Full review