Galle Face Hotel Galle Face Green, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Your base for exploring this tourist attraction is the ancient city of Colombo, Sri Lanka. For tourist information about Colombo, go to Colombo Travel Guide. To prepare for a trip to Sri Lanka, read also the Sri Lanka Travel Guide. Looking for budget accommodation there? Use AsiaExplorers Budget Accommodation Guide, the no-frills website to cover your budget accommodation needs.
Galle Face Green is a seaside promenade where the folks from Colombo come to hang out, especially during the weekend evenings. At Galle Face Green is Sri Lanka's oldest and most prestigious hotel, the Galle Face Hotel. It was opened in 1864, and is among the oldest hotels in Asia. This is the place where the rich and famous rub elbow, among them Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, former British Prime minister Edward Heath, Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan, Lord Louis Mountbatten, and Marshal Josip Broz Tito. Arthur C. Clarke is said to have written the final chapters of 3001 - The Final Odyssey at Galle Face Hotel.
Lawn of the Galle Face Hotel at Galle Face Green.
Despite its name, Galle Face Hotel does not face Galle. It fact, it faces the other direction, towards Galle Face Green, the lawn that stretches between the hotel and Fort.
Galle Face Hotel was one of my last stop in Colombo before heading for the airport for the flight home. I love to sit on the seafront coffee terrace and feel the gush of wind coming in from the Indian Ocean. The sea is very rough here, as the waves break hard on the shores. I like it this way - the seas back home as just too calm for my liking.
Galle Face Hotel.
Supreme elegance in the interior of the Galle Face Hotel.
The boisterous Indian Ocean behind Galle Face Hotel.
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