By thotalagala on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 in Articles, Features. No Comments
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 […]
By thotalagala on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 in Reviews. No Comments
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 […]
By thotalagala on Friday, December 9th, 2016 in Reviews. No Comments
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, […]
By thotalagala on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 in Reviews. No Comments
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 […]
By thotalagala on Friday, September 30th, 2016 in Features. No Comments
Read the full article – The Telegraph Luxury | Ultratravel “At Thotalagala Sri Lanka, in the hill country, we enjoyed a champagne breakfast on a lawn with a spectacular 50-mile view over receding foothills to the plains beyond.”
By thotalagala on Monday, March 7th, 2016 in Features. No Comments
Reviewed by Conde Nast Traveller India, This quaint seven-room heritage planter’s home (Tea plantation bungalow) in Sri Lanka’s tea country is furnished with carved antique tables, four-poster beds and metal-toed bathtubs. The former home and estate of the legendary Sir Thomas Lipton is close by, and Thotalagala residents get the exclusive chance to visit and […]
By thotalagala on Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 in Reviews. No Comments
Reviewed by Style in Sri Lanka, Along the winding roads of Sri Lanka’s hill country through the nearby town of Haputale lies Thotalagala, a stylishly refurbished Tea bungalow owned by the Thomas Lipton Dambatenne tea estate. I was delighted to be invited for a 2 night stay to experience the bungalow and nearby sights, including […]
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