City View Room
Rooms looking over the capital
Rooms set toward the city and Galle Road, a central base in the heart of Colombo within the heritage wings.
- City
- Colombo
Galle Face Hotel
Set beside the Indian Ocean, Galle Face Hotel reflects Colombo’s layered history through colonial architecture, maritime heritage and more than a century of stories.
Est. 1864
Galle Face Green
Indian Ocean
Colombo
Where Colombo remembers the ocean.
For generations, Colombo has looked towards the ocean as a place of arrival, exchange and change. Since the nineteenth century, Galle Face Hotel has stood beside this coastline, witnessing the evolution of the city around it. Its corridors, verandas and ocean-facing spaces carry memories of old Ceylon while remaining part of Colombo’s continuing story.
Days at Galle Face Hotel connect travellers with the rhythm of the capital. Walk along the oceanfront, explore Colombo’s historic neighbourhoods and return to a landmark where architecture and memory remain closely connected.
Choose your suite
Sea View Rooms
Ocean-facing rooms, some with balconies
Rooms facing the Indian Ocean and Galle Face Green, in Classic and Balcony variations, several opening to the sea breeze.
- Sea
- Classic, Balcony
Garden & Family Rooms
Quieter rooms and space for families
Garden-view rooms and larger family rooms within the heritage wings, for a quieter aspect or for travelling with children.
- Garden
- Family available
Junior Suites
Sea-view junior suites
Junior suites facing the ocean, in sea-view and balcony sea-view layouts, with more room to settle into the history of the house.
- Sea
- Junior Suite
Royal & Presidential Suites
The hotel’s signature suites
The Royal and Presidential suites, grand ocean-facing spaces that carry the character of the hotel’s long history.
- Suite
- Sea
King Emperor & Empress Suites
The grandest suites of the house
The King Emperor Suite of more than two hundred square metres and the Empress Suite, among the largest hotel suites in Sri Lanka, at the summit of the hotel.
- 200+ m²
- Among the largest in Sri Lanka
Moments to carry home
01
Walking along Colombo’s historic oceanfront
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Watching evening rituals beside Galle Face Green
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Experiencing a landmark of old Ceylon
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Seeing Colombo’s history through one address
We include Galle Face Hotel because it represents an important chapter of Sri Lanka’s travel history. Its significance lies not only in heritage architecture, but in the way it connects Colombo’s past, coastline and modern identity.
Choose your suite
City View Room
Rooms looking over the capital
Rooms set toward the city and Galle Road, a central base in the heart of Colombo within the heritage wings.
- City
- Colombo
Sea View Rooms
Ocean-facing rooms, some with balconies
Rooms facing the Indian Ocean and Galle Face Green, in Classic and Balcony variations, several opening to the sea breeze.
- Sea
- Classic, Balcony
Garden & Family Rooms
Quieter rooms and space for families
Garden-view rooms and larger family rooms within the heritage wings, for a quieter aspect or for travelling with children.
- Garden
- Family available
Junior Suites
Sea-view junior suites
Junior suites facing the ocean, in sea-view and balcony sea-view layouts, with more room to settle into the history of the house.
- Sea
- Junior Suite
Royal & Presidential Suites
The hotel’s signature suites
The Royal and Presidential suites, grand ocean-facing spaces that carry the character of the hotel’s long history.
- Suite
- Sea
King Emperor & Empress Suites
The grandest suites of the house
The King Emperor Suite of more than two hundred square metres and the Empress Suite, among the largest hotel suites in Sri Lanka, at the summit of the hotel.
- 200+ m²
- Among the largest in Sri Lanka
Everything within reach
- The Verandah oceanfront restaurant
- 1864 Limited Edition
- Travellers’ Bar
- Oceanfront swimming pool
- Spa and wellness
- Chequerboard sea terrace
- Evening rituals on Galle Face Green
- Colombo heritage and Fort walks
- Sunset by the sea wall
Galle Face Green, Colombo
Galle Face Hotel stands on the Colombo seafront at the southern end of Galle Face Green, in the heart of the capital, around forty minutes by private car from Bandaranaike International Airport.
The Fort and Pettah, the old colonial quarter and the city’s museums and markets lie close by, while the Indian Ocean and the long promenade of the Green begin at the hotel’s own sea wall.
- Bandaranaike International (CMB)
- About 40 minutes
- Private car
What sets it apart
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On the Colombo seafront since 1864
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Beside the historic Galle Face Green
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One of the oldest hotels east of Suez
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Ocean-facing verandah and chequerboard terrace
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Heritage restaurants and sea-view rooms
Other Historic Landmark Hotel stays
Design a journey featuring Galle Face Hotel
Our designers will weave this property into your itinerary — preferred rooms, private transfers, added benefits, and the moments only an Āvara guest receives.