ABOUT THOTALAGALA

A Rare World – Travel Intelligence Journal features Thotalagala

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018

  ARareWorld Luxury travel publication featured Thotalagala on their 2018 May edition. Here is what they have to say, “It’s a restored hilltop plantation house circa 1870, with a view that’s like sitting on a cloud. In fact, even the clouds are often below the sightlines from Thotalagala (pronounced something like Taut-Al-Uh-Gal-Uh). One night here […]

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On the trail of Sir Thomas Lipton: staying on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka’s Hill Country

Monday, March 19th, 2018

A thick carpet of emerald tea plantations cloaks Sri Lanka’s Hill Country. On the southwestern side of the region lies the lovely ‘golden valley’, Bogawantalawa, where amidst a sea of tea, planters’ bungalows overlook mirror-still Castlereagh Lake. Across on the eastern side of the uplands, the landscape is different: tea gardens mingle with pine forests and merge […]

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Thotalagala Plantation House Haputale, Sri Lanka – Review by Telegraph UK

Monday, February 5th, 2018

  Read the latest Review by Telegraph UK on Thotalagala. Location In the southeastern corner of Hill Country, Thotalagala’s off the beaten track location affords an air of authentic rural life, with locals’ dwellings and vegetable gardens dotted around, and smiles and waves from all as you stroll past. Five miles north-east of Haputale, it balances […]

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Thotalagala is listed under the ten best properties in sri lanka with under ten rooms by Scott Dunn

Monday, October 23rd, 2017

Sometimes the biggest surprises come in small packages. Though large hotels can provide an unforgettable experience, there’s something to be said for more intimate boutique properties. Sri Lanka has no shortage of these unique, impressive bungalows. Asia Travel Expert, Jack, gives us his top ten can’t-miss petite properties in Sri Lanka. As told by Jack […]

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Sri Lanka’s tea plantations the backdrop to nostalgic stay in Haputale

Tuesday, September 26th, 2017

The first time I went to Haputale was to challenge Mrs Queenie Daniel to a game of Scrabble. Mrs Daniel was renowned throughout Sri Lanka’s tea country as a formidable (if not entirely scrupulous) board game player. But when I checked into Hyacinth Cottage, her quaint B&B, Mrs Daniel was off visiting relatives in Kandy. […]

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Thotalagala – a 5-star bungalow in the middle of tea country

Tuesday, September 26th, 2017

The staff:  We couldn’t have been met with a warmer welcome than we got from Claire and her team. Waiting for us as our dubiously-driven taxi arrived to deposit us in the middle of the tea plantations, we were ushered inside (our hangers-on, too) and shown through the property. We had our bags swiftly whisked […]

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Sri Lanka Is Ready for Its Close-Up

Friday, December 9th, 2016

Andrew Solomon from Conde Nast Traveler  writes about Thotalagala tea plantation stay, Just a few short years after the end of its brutal civil war, Sri Lanka—with its rambling temple ruins, leafy tea plantations, and wide golden beaches—is bursting with optimism (but not the crowds). “We preferred the more recently refurbished estate house at Thotalagala, […]

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On the Lankan Heritage Trail

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

Published in Villa 88 magazine, Autumn 2016 issue The Galle Fort Hotel’s sister property, the Thotalagada tea estate Sri Lanka pays homage to this indigenous Lankan flavor. About 5 hours from Galle, in Sri Lanka’s northern Haputale district, a sprawling heritage boutique bungalow is nestled in the lap of hills, among 8,000 hectares of lush […]

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