Castle Hill is a perfect little Gem. It is a small guest house in Sri Lanka, not a 5 star in New York. Original Art Deco right through, hardly touched since built. Massive gardens. Brilliant views of Kandy, even better at night. Occasional monkeys running on roof. Very quiet location compared to rest of town. 5 minutes of sausage dog... more

Castle Hill is a beautiful Art Deco house overlooking Kandy lake. The house is like a time warp, with everything seemingly un-touched since the 30s. The house staff are very helpful and charming, offering advice, great service and smiles any time of day. At 3800 rupees (about £22) including breakfast, the guest house offers reasonable value for money, but not... more

wonderful quiet location out of the hustle and bustle of Kandy but walking distance to everything. Views over the town and lake are brilliant. Massive rooms which looked unchanged since the 1930's. Watch the fruit bats at sunset but use insect repellant. Highly recommended more

Just returned from a fanastic honeymoon spent in Sri Lanka and Maldives. During our first week in Sri Lanka we spent 2 nights at the Castle Hill Guest House and loved every minute of it. The owner is lovely - very welcoming and friendly and happy to chat to you about what to see and do in the Kandy area.... more

Having a friend of mine who wanted to stay several days in the hill capital i had a look for a nice place to stay there. Dunno why, it was queens which came up first but when trying to make a reservation found out that they were full (yes they were) we had to go for another option. We tried... more

Beautiful art deco building, with fab views over Kandy. The rooms are huge and comfortable but the bathrooms were dirty and shabby which was a real shame. It is worth staying just for the location though and far better than staying in central, noisy Kandy. Beware the sausage dogs, they are very fierce. more

We really enjoyed our stay at Castle Hill. The hotel has a very faded glory, with vast rooms. Our bedroom was enormous, with four beds a table and chairs and an eclectic collection of huge antique bedroom furniture. The bathroom was ancient, dimly lit with towels grey from overuse, but it was all clean with plenty of hot water. The... more

After a terrible 2 nights stuck at the Queens Hotel (see review) with food poisoning acquired in Colombo, we decided to get out of this colonial --- and ran for the hills. Just about a 10 minute hike up the hill, we found paradise. The Castle Hill hotel is set in a beautiful garden above the city of Kandy. The... more