Galle Fort HotelvsCinnamon Red Colombo
Galle Fort Hotel and Cinnamon Red Colombo are both highly recommended by expert writers. On balance, Cinnamon Red Colombo scores slightly better than Galle Fort Hotel. Cinnamon Red Colombo ranks #25 in Sri Lanka with positive reviews from 2 publications such as Lonely Planet, Oyster.
Galle Fort Hotel
28 Church Street, Galle, Sri Lanka
From $145/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Condé Nast Traveler
"This 12-room hotel is in a seventeenth-century Dutch merchant’s house in the heart of Sri Lanka’s historic, now-hip Galle Fort." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"In the centre of Galle Old Town the hotel is ringed by colonial buildings, restaurants, well-preserved ramparts and a crescent of coastline, combining the sophistication of a boutique hotel with the easygoing atmosphere of a private retreat." Full review
Independent
"The historic Galle Fort Hotel, set in a 300-year-old Dutch mansion"
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Lonely Planet
"The rooms are all different: some have two levels and others stretch across entire floors. Linens are exquisite...you can enjoy the courtyard pool and serenity." Full review
Cinnamon Red Colombo
59, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 0030, Sri Lanka
From $55/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The towering 243-room Cinnamon Red Colombo is a sleek upper-middle-range property with gorgeous views of the city and ocean in the distance." Full review
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Hugely popular from the day it opened, this 26-floor hotel from the ubiquitous Cinnamon group is their debut of a new concept in 'lean luxury'." Full review