The Kandy House
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| location = Kandy, Sri Lanka
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The Kandy House is a nine-room,
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| title = Serendipity in Sri Lanka
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| date = 17 October 2009
| url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/2009/1017/1224256873830.html}} 200-year-old
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| date = 13 October 2007
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2007/oct/13/saturday.srilanka?page=4}} manor house which was built by the last Chief Minister
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| title = Le Sri Lanka: Une Peninsule Epoustouflante| newspaper = Marie Claire Maison
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of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1804. It was fully restored and opened in 2005 as an upmarket boutique hotel,{{cite news |last=Kurlantzick |first=Joshua |title=The Rebirth of Sri Lanka |newspaper=The National |date=25 December 2005 |url=http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100130/TRAVEL/100124883/1258/magazine |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414224837/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100130%2FTRAVEL%2F100124883%2F1258%2FMAGAZINE |archivedate=April 14, 2010 }} situated 20 minutes from Kandy.
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| title = Sri Lanka: Senior moments on a yoga retreat
| newspaper = The Daily Telegraph
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| date = 4 February 2010
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/srilanka/7155835/Sri-Lanka-Senior-moments-on-a-yoga-retreat.html}} Described as a "showcase of the island's architectural renaissance",{{cite news|last=Beehner |first=Lionel |title=Sri Lanka a Heady Mix of Beautiful Beaches |newspaper=The Denver Post |date=26 March 2010 |url=http://www.denverpost.com/weekendflyaways/ci_14741330 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016030340/http://www.denverpost.com/weekendflyaways/ci_14741330 |archivedate=October 16, 2012 }} it has established a reputation as "the best small hotel in Sri Lanka".
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| date = 28 January 2010
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History
The Kandy Hotel is also known as "Amunugama Walauwa" or "Ratwatte Walauwa" was built in 1804
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| title = A House You Wish Was Yours
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| url = http://sundaytimes.lk/080309/Plus/plus000012.html}} by the Chief Minister, Ratwatte Adigar, to the last King of Kandy. The kingdom at that time forbade any but the royal residences to use roofing tiles but the ambitious [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3060.html Ratwatte] Adigar, had the nerve to build himself a replica palace with two sprawling stories of terracotta tiles. Two hundred years on, Geoffrey Bawa's protégé Channa Daswatte began work on a sensitive restoration
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| title = As Smooth as Silk, as Sweet as Tea
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| date = 8 April 2006
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/asia/srilanka/734938/As-smooth-as-silk-as-sweet-as-tea.html}} that has kept the essence of the villa intact but brought it into the 21st century.
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| first = Rannish
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| year = 2005
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Notable guests
Facilities
- Swimming Pool
- Inhouse dining facilities{{cite news|last=Jaffrey |first=Madhur |title=I could settle down and live here |newspaper=Financial Times |date=22 September 2006 |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b6b5764-4a18-11db-8738-0000779e2340.html#axzz3RFl1IGnc |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160108031217/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b6b5764-4a18-11db-8738-0000779e2340.html#axzz3RFl1IGnc |archive-date=8 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}
- Yoga Lessons {{Citation|last=De Lisle |first=Rosanna |title=Travel Special: April to June |newspaper=The Independent |date=20 January 2007 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-special-april-to-june-432677.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204222407/http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/travel-special-april-to-june-432677.html |archivedate=December 4, 2008 }}
Awards
- Condé Nast Traveler Hot List 2006
References
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External links
- [http://www.thekandyhouse.com The Kandy House website]
- [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3060.html The Ratwatte Ancestry]
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Category:2005 establishments in Sri Lanka
Category:Country houses in Sri Lanka
Category:Hotels established in 2005