Galle Fort Hotel

Double room on the ground floor, with a feature wall of hand-painted wallpaper | French doors open directly onto the hotel’s courtyard and pool, plus there’s a separate private garden nook | King-size bed | Original art hangs above the sofa in the cosy living area | Bathroom with a walk-in shower and a vanity area with double basins | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products

Split-level suite with a sitting room on the ground floor and a garden-facing bedroom above | The sitting-room doors open out onto the courtyard and pool | King-size bed | The bathroom is downstairs, and has twin sinks and a shower | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products

One-bedroom suite with a high vaulted ceiling and a pretty display of 19th-century blue-and-white china plates | The original Dutch shuttered windows look out over the courtyard garden and pool | King-size bed | The bathroom has a shower, bath tub and separate dressing-room area | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products

Split-level suite with a ground-floor sitting room and garden-view bedroom upstairs | The frangipani-fringed pool is steps from the sitting room door | King-size bed | The bathroom is on the lower level, with a bath tub and shower | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products

Two-bedroom, split-level suite paying tribute to a historic Chinese seafarer, featuring a spiral staircase, South-East-Asian antiques and a show-stealing carved four-poster bed | The lower bedroom has direct access to the verandah, pool and courtyard | Two king-size beds | The bathroom has a freestanding bath tub and a walk-in rainfall shower | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products

Double room on the first floor, furnished with colonial-era antiques | The room has direct access to the garden-view verandah | King-size bed | For larger groups, this room can connect with the Grand Apartment Suite | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products

One-bedroom suite with a collection of antique books | King-size bed | The suite looks out over the palm-fringed pool and garden | The generous living area has a large sofa and plenty of space to spread out | There’s a freestanding bath tub, plus a separate bathroom with a walk-in shower | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products

Double room on the ground floor, with a feature wall of hand-painted wallpaper | French doors open directly onto the hotel’s courtyard and pool, plus there’s a separate private garden nook | King-size bed | Original art hangs above the sofa in the cosy living area | Bathroom with a walk-in shower and a vanity area with double basins | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products

One-bedroom suite with colonial-era furnishings and a spacious separate living area | The suite opens onto the garden-view verandah | King-size bed | The bathroom has a freestanding bath tub and a walk-in shower | For larger groups, the suite can connect with the Grand Apartment Room | Free WiFi, air conditioning, ceiling fan, tea- and coffee-making facilities, free bottled water, and Spa Ceylon bath products