Galle Fort, boutique hotel
The Fort Printers
An 18th century mansion inside the ramparts.
A restored mansion in the UNESCO-listed fort, where contemporary design sits beside original features and heirloom pieces. Dinner is fresh seafood in the courtyard, under frangipani trees.
- Setting
- Galle Fort
- Built
- 18th century
- From the airport
- 2 hrs
In residence
- 39 Bistro, coffee and wine bar
- Courtyard lap pool
- Local, organic produce
- Every fort landmark on foot
Rooms
- Arts
- The Prefect's
- The Headmaster's
- Geography
- History
- 41 Church Street Suites
- 65 Pedlar Street Villa
Near The Fort Printers
Galle Fort, on foot
About 1 km away
Galle market and the fish auction
About 1 km away
A Test match at Galle
About 1 km away
Back roads by bicycle
About 2 km away
Rumassala hill on foot, at dawn
About 2 km away
Snorkelling at Jungle Beach
About 3 km away, November to April
At the villa, on request
- Cooking with the villa chef. Curries, sambols and hoppers made in the villa kitchen, from coconut scraped by hand to the tempering of the spices. Then you eat it all.
- Dancers and drummers at the villa. An evening of Kandyan and low-country dance and drumming on the lawn, arranged for a celebration or simply for the night.
- A spa ritual for two. Two therapists, two hours and oils blended for the day, at the villa or in a spa pavilion among the tea.
- Ayurveda, properly. A consultation with an Ayurvedic doctor, then treatments and food shaped to you. For a few days, or as a programme of two weeks or more.
Getting there
- Airport transfers. A private car and driver meets you at Bandaranaike International and brings you back.
- Chauffeur for the stay. A car and driver on call for the length of your trip.
- Between stays. Door-to-door transfers when your trip takes in more than one address.
On these journeys
- The Fort and the Sea 6 nights, Galle Fort, then Talpe
- Heritage of the South 8 nights, Galle Fort, then Weligama, then Koggala