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The Kandy HousevsHelga's Folly
Both hotels are endorsed by professional travelers. On balance, The Kandy House is preferred by most professionals compared to Helga's Folly. The Kandy House comes in at #29 in Sri Lanka with praise from 3 sources including Mr & Mrs Smith, Condé Nast Traveler and Lonely Planet.
The Kandy House
Condé Nast Traveler
Lonely Planet
Mr & Mrs Smith
Amunugama, Kandy, Sri Lanka
From $18/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Condé Nast Traveler "Take note, visitors are filling the guestbook with wistful regrets they had not allocated an extra day to unwind by the palm fringed swimming pool overlooking rice terraces." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Thanks to masses of exotic tropical flora, the air you breathe at this divine boutique hotel, which was once the family home of a Kandyan chief, literally tastes perfumed." Full review
Mr & Mrs Smith "In the lush outskirts of Kandy, a former aristocrat’s manor has regained its place of prestige as the Kandy House hotel, a 200-year-old palazzo with all the pleasures of the 21st century." Full review
Helga's Folly
Afar Magazine
The Telegraph Lonely Planet
70 Rajaphilla Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka
From $100/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Afar Magazine "The reality of the place has already exceeded the vision I hold of it in my imagination." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"A handsome mansion built in the 1930s, run by the eccentric Helga De Silva, the property is now a faded but incredible Alice-in-Wonderland-meets-Hammer-Horror bohemian ghost ride experience." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"This hotel/art gallery/surrealist dream has to be the most extraordinary hotel in Sri Lanka. Indeed, the Stereophonics famously wrote the song 'Madame Helga' about the owner." Full review
