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Having first welcomed guests in 1864, the Galle Face Hotel is a colonial pile that trades on the kind of old-world charm the lion’s share of its fellow Colombo five-stars could only dream of.

Galle travel guide and things to do: 20 reasons to visit. By Christina Pfeiffer. June 10, ... The restaurant in the Rampart Hotel has a good view of the fort's walls and the ocean.

Galle Fort Hotel, Sri Lanka. chynoor from Cornwall. Last updated at 14:23 06 April 2005 ...

At around 5.50pm most evenings, the natural soundscape of the forest around Sri Lanka's Lake Koggala – the chirps of cicadas and squawks of koel birds – is broken by the low thrum of a ...

The cat twitched its ear. Getting up to chase away the fly would have been asking too much. In the corner shop, people chatted while enjoying a cold drink. Others sat on porches watching people ...

Galle, located on Sri Lanka’s southwest coast, beautifully combines colonial charm with tropical serenity, alongside a heritage that stretches back centuries. Famous for its iconic Galle Fort ...

More than 153 years after first opening its doors, one of the oldest hotels east of the Suez, The Galle Face Hotel, is preparing to cut the ribbon on a new L’Occitane spa. The new location pays ...

Tourists are flooding into one of Asia's best-preserved colonial forts after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war. Will it be a victim of its own success?

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