This is a toplist with the best hipster hotels in Galle, Sri Lanka. You can help to make this list better by voting for your favourite places!
1 The Ivy by Frangipani
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Over the past eight years I've stayed three times in Frangipani and would always return. Very friendly professional operating family provides modern and spacious rooms in two buildings of each sites of the street in the absolute center of Galle Fort, just next to Barefoot. A really nice classical hotel with a great energy and somewhat colonial charm. The rooms are all a bit different and come with nice windows and a kettle. WiFi works well and the garden area is also great. Behind the second, older building you'll see why the hotel is named Frangipani.
2 Green Casa
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Peaceful place for an outing with family or friends. Parking is available within the premises. The architectural design and the antiques add uniqueness to the place.
The caretaker was friendly and very helpful.
3 de MODA Boutiques Hotel
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The rooms were very luxury and neat loved the interior especially the eye catching room decor. Moreover the staffs were really friendly loved the hospitality and was ready to help us in all ways which was really nice of them. Would say one of the best stays in Srilanka. It was really really worth the price. We enjoyed our stay .We love the team de MODA boutique.
4 The Country House Galle
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Lovely resort tucked away from the busy city limits of Galle, yet easily accessible. Located within a lush green tea estate, it has a number of chalets that are built distance apart from each other to ensure absolute privacy and to avoid disturbances. All chalets are equipped with superior facilities including air conditioning, hot water, comfortable beds and lockable cupboards. Food is absolutely delicious and they are well versed with Sri Lankan cuisine. However guests are also able to order basic Chinese cuisine such fried rice, deviled dishes, etc. Staff is friendly and efficient. Truly a unique and a worthy experience.
5 Villa White Queen
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This place was a classy 100/100 type of stay! The villa and the rooms are perfectly fit. Also this property has beautiful swimming pool and garden. Very calm and stress free. The staff is very friendly and helpful. We had a very delicious English breakfast. Our stay at the Villa White Queen is memorable. Will definitely visit and I would highly recommend this place to anyone.
6 Nature Cabanas & Floating Restaurant
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Very relaxing place. Totally surrounded by greenery and the lake, we had a great time there and very friendly staff. Highly recommended for day outs and hangouts. And also the private pool is a plus mark. Cheer!
7 18 Faces Boutique Hotel
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Highly recommend. Very nice place. Food is tasty. Good architecture
8 Bilin Tree House
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Simply Just WOW...!
Everything is well organized, Very calm and quiet place. Really happy to visit this place. Fabulous just come and relax. Highly recommended
9 The Heritage Hotel
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A good hotel to try. No beach view or fancy decorations but it is made to reflect the old architecture inside the fort. Many hotels in Galle fort doesn’t have a parking space of their own, but this new hotel has a fairly good enough parking space. The restaurant is spacious and comfortable enough to dine in. I experienced my dinner here in a less crowded week day, and I think the calm atmosphere might not prevail in a busy night. They have a conventional menu as in any of the hotels in the area. They didn’t serve liquor. Food was tasty and the waiters were good and caring for our needs.
10 Deltora Villa
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Highly recommend awesome place with good quality service.
Staff was very friendly and helpful.
Nice and clean rooms and bathrooms.
Food also very tasty.
11 Lady Hill
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Very nice place... in a good location.., friendly and professional staff and awesome food..
13 Villa Madagala Kanda
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Had a wonderful time with loved ones at a lovely place.. Everything was perfect and enjoyed the stay at max!! Your family, your friend and your lover would definitely like this place. Create your awesome memories at a best price... Hope to visit again very soon
14 CocoBay Unawatuna
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we had great stay . Stayed in Aqua Romance room and it was wonderful and relaxing. Plunge pool was also clean. They had all meals al-a-carte. Food was delicious and Exceptional. there services are so good.Staff is friendly and helpful. The bathroom was spacious. Nice view of the ocean
Service- 4.8 Location- 4.5 Rooms-4.5
15 Mango House
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A perfect place for a stay within the Galle Fort. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Interior design was done beautifully and has an Indian look. Worth the money. Customer Service is friendly.
17 Breeze Unawatuna
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We really loved the place, it was clean and tidy. We had a great time there. it has an average size pool which was more than enough for us. Above all Lasantha was so supportive and attentive. had the tastiest BBQ ever. Will definitely come to this place again. Thanks Lasantha for making our trip memorable.
19 Tamarind Hill
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This is one of the best few places we've been to in a while.
The staff, the service and the Food were amazing here. Such good mannered staff and delicious food. They had a set menu. The only negative point was that their portions were so small. ().
Nice pool but you need to beware of the monkeys.
Great atmosphere.
Ohhh one thing I shouldn't miss, their welcome drink - Tamarind Juice was absolutely yummy. ( it's anyways one of my personal favourites)
The rooms were great and they had some local made, lovely shampoo, conditioner and body lotions.
Everyone should try this place out.
Kudos to all the good work.
20 Villa Peacock
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Good, clean & silent place to visit & the staff is very friendly & helpful! I recommend you to visit Villa peacock & It's very near to the Galle highway interchange as well.
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