Colombo Hotel Ceilão Villas

Colombo


Close to Cinnamon Gardens and other hotspots but isolated from the street mayhem, this relaxed estate has six lovely rooms in an elegant and restful modern mansion. Trees and gardens help you forget the chaotic city nearby. Besides the large garden pool, there's a rooftop plunge pool. It's great value and books out weeks in advance.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Colombo attractions

1. Independence Memorial Hall

0.48 MILES

Really a large memorial building to Sri Lanka’s 1948 independence from Britain, this huge stone edifice is loosely based on Kandy’s Audience Hall. It's…

2. Saifee Villa

0.54 MILES

This Italianate baroque edifice was constructed in 1910.

3. College House

0.6 MILES

The turreted College House (1912) is a colonial building repurposed for the University of Colombo.

4. University of Colombo

0.62 MILES

The 50-acre University of Colombo campus, which originally opened as the Ceylon Medical School in 1870, is surrounded by long tree-lined avenues lined…

5. Colombo Racecourse

0.63 MILES

Once the centre of harness racing in Colombo (and a WWII airfield), the landmark grandstands here now face a posh rugby ground, while the buildings…

6. Geoffrey Bawa House

0.71 MILES

At the end of this quiet little street is the house where the renowned architect Bawa lived from 1960 to 1970. The house combines his usual love for…

7. Lionel Wendt Centre

0.81 MILES

Has a constantly changing line-up of cultural events, with regular art exhibitions as well as performances and theatre. It’s worth turning up just to see…

8. National Museum

1.02 MILES

Offering a captivating walk through Sri Lankan history, this delightful Colombo museum sprawls across a gleaming white, neo-Baroque building constructed…