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The Kandy House

Seductive boutique hotel The Kandy House, in Kandy’s leafy outskirts, effortlessly purveys intimate luxury. A 200-year-old aristo palazzo gone 21st-century, it blends minimalist lines, atypical antiques and quirky strokes of colour around a central courtyard, with just eight romantic individually designed rooms, named after indigenous butterflies. If you can bear to leave the genial grub and your chaise longue on the veranda, enticing hammocks beckon for ginning and sinning around the infinity pool.

The Kandy House is about a 25-minute drive east of bustling Kandy town, across the Lewella bridge and along winding rustic roads.

Room Types

Monkey Puzzle Deluxe Room

The Monkey Puzzle room has twin beds with mosquito nets, a ceiling fan and an arched stairway leading directly out to the garden. The bathroom has a shower and double basins, but no bath. The room adjoins the Black Rajah suite and is ideal for families travelling with teenage children.

from £590

Pioneer Deluxe Room

Nestled in the garden, the Pioneer bedroom has twin beds with mosquito nets, a ceiling fan and a private veranda, which leads to a double hammock. The bathroom features a drench shower and double basins, but no bath.

from £624

Sunbeam Deluxe Room

The Sunbeam room has a view over the jungle-fringed infinity pool and spacious inner courtyard. The bedroom has a four-poster bed with mosquito nets, a ceiling fan, an old-fashioned cast-iron bathtub and double basins. There’s also a separate shower and toilet.

from £590

Lime Butterfly Deluxe Room

Deluxe double room with garden views Deluxe double room with a large en-suite bathroom. On the upper floor overlooking the spacious inner courtyard. Four-poster bed with mosquito net and ceiling fan.

from £590

Cornelian Deluxe Room

The Cornelian room features a veranda with chaises longues and views to the jungle. This room is on the upper floor and overlooks the spacious inner courtyard. The bedroom has a four-poster bed with mosquito nets and a ceiling fan, and the bathroom offers a large bathtub, shower and double basins.

from £590

Indian Admiral Ultra Room

The Indian Admiral is on the upper floor and overlooks the spacious inner courtyard. The bedroom features a four-poster bed with mosquito nets and ceiling fans. The bathroom has an iron bathtub, separate shower and double basins. Adjoining verandas have cane chaise longues and views of paddy fields and the infinity pool.

from £748

Black Rajah Ultra Room

Black Rajah has arched doors opening out from the living area onto the garden. The bedroom has a low-slung king-size bed with mosquito net and fan, as well as an octagonal bath and massage area. The adjoining bathroom houses a shower and double basins. Black Rajah can be booked with adjoining double bedroom Monkey Puzzle.

from £748

Red Spot Duke Ultra Room

The Red Spot Duke boasts one of the hotel’s most spacious bedrooms, featuring a four-poster bed with mosquito nets and ceiling fans, and opening onto a wide veranda that’s lined with cane chaise longues, reading chairs and antiques. The luxurious bathroom has a bathtub, drench shower and double basins.

from £748

Peacock Royal Ultra Room

The Peacock Royal has one of the hotel’s most spacious bedrooms. It features a four-poster bed with mosquito nets and ceiling fans, and opens onto a wide veranda lined with cane chaise lonuges, reading chairs and antiques. The luxurious bathroom includes a bathtub, drench shower and double basins.

from £748

Location

Amunugama Walauwa, Gunnepana, Gunnepana, Kandy

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