Galle Face Hotel
The Galle Face Hotel, founded in 1864, is one of the oldest hotels east of Suez. It is located on Galle Road, Colombo. The Ceylon Hotels Corporation is now part of the Galle Face Hotel Group.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Colombo Lighthouse and Old Parliament Building, Colombo.
Old Colombo Lighthouse
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Old Colombo Lighthouse or Colombo Fort Clock Tower is a clock tower and was a lighthouse in Colombo. The lighthouse is no longer operational, but the tower remains and functions as a clock tower. Old Colombo Lighthouse is situated 260 metres northwest of Galle Face Hotel.
Old Parliament Building, Colombo
Government office
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The Old Parliament Building, is the building that houses the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. Situated in the Colombo fort area facing the sea, it is in close proximity to the President's House, Colombo and adjacent to the General Treasury Building. Old Parliament Building, Colombo is situated 310 metres southwest of Galle Face Hotel.
World Trade Center Colombo
Industrial building
The World Trade Center is a 152-metre-tall twin building in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 39-storey towers are built over a 4-storey retail podium, and thus each tower has a total floor count of 43. WTCC is owned and managed by Overseas Realty Ceylon PLC. World Trade Center Colombo is situated 100 metres southwest of Galle Face Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slave Island and Colombo.
Slave Island
Village
Slave Island, officially known as Kompagngna Veediya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.
Galle Face Hotel
- Type: Hotel
- Description: hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Categories: accommodation, building, and tourism
- Location: Fort, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Sinhala—“Galle Face Hotel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فندق غاله فيس”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فندق جاله فيس”
- French: “Galle Face Hotel”
- Japanese: “ゴール・フェイス・ホテル”
- Russian: “Galle Face Hotel”
- Russian: “Отель Лицо Галле”
- Sinhala: “ගාලු මුවදොර හෝටලය”
- Sinhala: “ගෝල් ෆේස් හෝටලය”
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