Mount Lavinia Hotel

Tastefully designed, and fit a mixture of antique furniture and modern comforts, the spacious Colonial Rooms offer guests the perfect relaxed hideaway. With traditional parquet flooring and tones, guests can indulge in the luxury. Looking out onto the garden. with a choice of shower of bathtub, and a fully-stocked bathroom, as well as generous mini bar, you’ll have everything you need to unwind at the end the day.

Lose yourself in the beautiful waters of the Indian Ocean, as your stare out from the luxury of your large balcony. Unwind in the bathtub or watch the sunset over the ocean, and with a choice of king, queen or twin beds, a peaceful nights sleep brings a wonderful day exploring to a perfect close. The room provides all modern amenities, and is decorated with tasteful antique furniture.

Always in high demand, the four Colonial Suites provide guests with every ounce of luxury and comfort. Watch a film in the separate living area, or dine together in the privacy of your own dining room. These suites are designed to make you feel like a Governor, as you relax and indulge in the opulence. Alternatively, the Direct Ocean View Suite offers all the luxuries of the Direct Ocean View Rooms in a more spacious and luxurious setting.

The premier restaurant of the hotel provides an ambience of old world charm. Enjoy dining at this colonial era Ceylonese style restaurant, which serves a creative blend of regional and continental specialities. The Governor’s Restaurant can comfortably seat up to 200 people and features daily international lunch buffets and a world of themed dinner buffets that take you on a gastronomical journey. À la carte options are also available from 11.00am to 11.00pm. Dress up and head to the Governor’s Restaurant for an evening of elegance and sophistication.

Enjoy the enchanting experience of dining under the stars, with a soft tropical breeze, or while lounging by the pool. Enjoy your meal or a tropical cocktail  while the bright pinks, oranges and purples the sunset light up the sky over the Indian Ocean. You can dine to the soothing sounds of live music over a gourmet dinner; on Sundays a live jazz band plays while you enjoy brunch. The Terrace features international and local cuisine, so you can indulge in whatever takes your fancy!

Enjoy the magic and romance of the Seafood Cove, with a candlelit table set right on the beach, under the stars. It is a quaint yet stylish venue, with the ambiance highlighting the natural aesthetic beauty of a setting that is nothing short of picture perfect. Aside the a cool evening breeze, enjoy freshly caught seafood straight from the Indian Ocean, to be cooked just the way you want it. Enjoy the rustic setting and live calypso band that plays during dinner while you tuck into your lobster, jumbo prawns, cuttlefish, squid or fish. You don’t even need to dress up to dine on the finest cuisine – come as you are.

Relax and enjoy the magnificent view of the Indian Ocean while you sip a tropical cocktail and munch on your favourite snack. Meet at the bar for cocktail hour or round of the evening with a nightcap, whatever you need you can find it there!

The beauty of Mount Lavinia’s location is that trips to the many nearby sites are easy! Choose from many different excursions including exploring the historical cities of Galle and Kandy, or for nature-lovers visit Sigiriya. Translated as ‘lion rock’, this nominated UNESCO World Heritage Site is most definitely a site to behold! Towering 600ft up from scrub and jungle, this beautiful spectacle features caves with frescoes on the walls detailing Sinhalese history, and a 15m reclining sculpture of Buddha.

Treat yourself to a well earned pampering at Mount Lavinia Hotel’s own salon. With many different hair and beauty treatments on offer, you can indulge in the best trends in hair and beauty, just in time for a romantic candlelit dinner!

Have fun with the many different games on offer right at the hotel. Play a game of volleyball on the beach, or sit back in the bar with a game of cards. With a table football table, a wide selection of films and DVDs, and badminton and cricket equipment, there is endless fun to be had!

Dive into the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and swim amongst the sea-life. From tropical fish on the coral reefs to mysterious shipwrecks and rock cliffs, choose your location and go on an underwater adventure.

For seven consecutive years, Mount Lavinia Hotel has observed Earth Hour, a spectacle where all lights are turned off in public areas, and everyone enjoys dinner or a drink over candlelight instead. This international event is held in hopes of encouraging awareness about environmental harms, and coming together as a community, in darkness, to recognise that we must all come together to help solve the ecological crisis. But Mount Lavinia have gone beyond just one hour, by making it an entire evening focused on the celebration of nature and recognition of responsibility. Everything is done by candlelight for the evening, making it not only symbolic of sustainability, but undeniably romantic too.

Mount Lavinia Hotel supports many different community projects. This includes Planting of Trees – a local project where the local high schools take part in a re-wilding process and plant trees. As well as this, and providing conference and meeting space for local environmental meetings, as well as lectures given by visiting lecturers. The hotel also takes part in their own Kaduru Project. Kaduru seeds are planted at the hotel nursery, and once they have grown to the appropriate size they are used as decorations in and around the hotel, including guest rooms. Not only does this save costs, but it lessens the hotel’s carbon emissions. Once they grow even higher, they are taken from the hotel and planted on river banks to prevent soil erosion.

Mount Lavinia conducts many eco-friendly practices, such as measuring energy consumption, using low flow rate taps and showers, using recycled water in the water fountains, composting all green waste and using natural pesticides in the garden. Additionally, the hotel is working towards many achievements, recognising that eco-friendly lifestyles are ongoing processes. Also, importantly, more than 60% of the hotel’s staff are hired from the local area.