Galle Fort Hotel
Galle Fort, Sri Lanka
Galle Fort Hotel occupies a former gem merchant's mansion on Church Street. Its eleven suites retain individual layouts and a strong sense of the building's past, with antiques, verandas and a colonnaded courtyard surrounding the swimming pool. The Porcelain Suite is a particularly distinctive choice for its collection of china. Ropewalk adds an arrack-focused bar to the house. Stay here when you want a small historic hotel with enough character to make an afternoon indoors feel worthwhile.