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How many times I have not stopped by here before, I cannot hide my admiration for the skill of the creator of this hotel - Jeffrey Bava! . .
Manage to squeeze into the edge of the earth at the turn of the Colombo-Galle highway, weave the history of these places into the style (for example, the battle of the Portuguese and Dutch for the fort, which is 1 km away from here is dedicated to the entire sculptural composition of the spiral staircase, tightly twisted under the dome), beat the heaps of rocks by the terrace and from several primary colors to leave a rainbow of memories for hotel guests.
We were sheltered by this hotel after long wanderings around the island. And we enjoyed the laconic style of Bava with pleasure, whose name Sri Lankan aesthetes pronounce with special reverence.
Spectacular shadows from the midday sun in the galleries, spacious rooms filled with the singing of the wind and light, as soon as you open the shutters (instead of curtains! ), A truly exotic beach with never-before-seen shells. . . The hospitality of the staff and exquisite author's cuisine (sometimes the names of dishes at dinner they read longer than they ate mini-octopuses or tarts for unthinkable cream soups : )) But it was another reason to discuss with friends the idea of a lighthouse hotel as a pier where being a guest is a pleasure.
High style without pretensions and pomp - on the beach, by the pools, early in the morning, in dramatic sunsets or in the midnight light of the moon (did not want to disperse), in the SPA center or in the magnificent panoramic billiard room, from where you can see the old fort in evening haze - a revelation...
However, in the group "The best small hotels in the world" just do not include - the hotel really needs to be special. Lighthouse did it!
PS It remains only to be regretted that the long way to the airport often scares away our countrymen, and they choose sugary 5 * in trendy resorts closer to Colombo... Transfer in 4.5 hours? But from Lighthouse, it's a stone's throw to Halle - the cult fort of the 17th century, and in it - the town of the era of the East India Company, where today you feel like you have returned by a time machine 300 years ago.
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Photo from the archive of Pavel Kokarev (Nikolaev) and Tatyana Gribova (Kharkiv).
Manage to squeeze into the edge of the earth at the turn of the Colombo-Galle highway, weave the history of these places into the style (for example, the battle of the Portuguese and Dutch for the fort, which is 1 km away from here is dedicated to the entire sculptural composition of the spiral staircase, tightly twisted under the dome), beat the heaps of rocks by the terrace and from several primary colors to leave a rainbow of memories for hotel guests.
We were sheltered by this hotel after long wanderings around the island. And we enjoyed the laconic style of Bava with pleasure, whose name Sri Lankan aesthetes pronounce with special reverence.
Spectacular shadows from the midday sun in the galleries, spacious rooms filled with the singing of the wind and light, as soon as you open the shutters (instead of curtains! ), A truly exotic beach with never-before-seen shells. . . The hospitality of the staff and exquisite author's cuisine (sometimes the names of dishes at dinner they read longer than they ate mini-octopuses or tarts for unthinkable cream soups : )) But it was another reason to discuss with friends the idea of a lighthouse hotel as a pier where being a guest is a pleasure.
High style without pretensions and pomp - on the beach, by the pools, early in the morning, in dramatic sunsets or in the midnight light of the moon (did not want to disperse), in the SPA center or in the magnificent panoramic billiard room, from where you can see the old fort in evening haze - a revelation...
However, in the group "The best small hotels in the world" just do not include - the hotel really needs to be special. Lighthouse did it!
PS It remains only to be regretted that the long way to the airport often scares away our countrymen, and they choose sugary 5 * in trendy resorts closer to Colombo... Transfer in 4.5 hours? But from Lighthouse, it's a stone's throw to Halle - the cult fort of the 17th century, and in it - the town of the era of the East India Company, where today you feel like you have returned by a time machine 300 years ago.
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Photo from the archive of Pavel Kokarev (Nikolaev) and Tatyana Gribova (Kharkiv).
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OTHER REVIEWS ABOUT THE HOTEL
- Normal, but not vip (my subjective opinion)
- Vacation in Sri Lanka
- In Galle - for half a day, in Lighthouse - for lunch and SPA
- Who is guilty?
- Lighthouse made great memories
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