Galway Forest Lodge

Whatever you do, take the advice of the guidebook and spend a bit of extra money on your hotel in Nuwera Eliya as if you are stuck in a pedestrian hotel like Galway you will get very bored if it rains. Galway is gloomy and dated, there is nothing to do inside the hotel (not even a garden to sit in) and if you step outside you are guaranteed to be shouted at by the children that congregate nearby. The staff are polite but very over attentive and make you feel a bit uncomfortable by hovering nearby at all times. Thankfully we had a... more

This is a good choice if you are staying for a night or two in the highlands of Sri Lanka but I would not recommend it for a longer stay. Try and specify a room at the from of the hotel as the view which overlooks some market gardens is quite nice and if you get a room facing the internal courtyard the view could be rather gloomy given the fondness of the management for 25w light bulbs. Overall the hotel is a bit gloomy, the dinning room ceiling is deep blue and the bar area is internal and dimly lit, given the weather here is often... more