Winter has arrived but avid travelers like us are already making plans for spring and summer. Have you ever thought about touring the Sri Lanka? THE'island of Ceylon is located off the south-eastern coast of India and inside there are almost all the natural environments that regulate the Earth: from the equatorial climate of the coasts and flat territories to the cool and mild climate of the mountainous interior where the large expanses of tea plantations.
The island of Sri Lanka can still be defined as far from tourist colonization and a ten day tour it is remarkably low cost. One of the most important stops is certainly Dambulla. Its rock temples where Buddha sculptures are housed leave you breathless.
The most important hotel in Dambulla, and perhaps the whole of Sri Lanka, is the Heritance Kandalama Hotel. In addition to being a starting point for trekking excursions in the savannah, the hotel has an unusual structure to say the least. Surrounded by greenery and fully integrated with the surrounding environment, the nine floors of this hotel are literally set in the rocks and in the characteristic jungle flora.
It often happens to meet (harmless) monkeys in the reception or to hear a knock on the door (it happened to me that once the door was opened I could not find my interlocutor). Turn one legend that a cheetah was spotted in the long corridors of the hotel ...
Of the three swimming pools, the one built on the same level has a breathtaking view that opens onto the savannah and an artificial lake: you can practically observe a safari comfortably seated in the pool or from your bathroom window, immersed in the tub. A single advice: close the French windows well if you want only some little monkey gets curious seeing you in the room.
Kitchen chapter. Heritance Kandalama Hotel has three restaurants, of which two buffet. The Indian and Sinhalese cuisine is all to be savored and the European one offers first courses of the highest level.
