Ceylon Tea Trails - Relais and Chateaux

英式別墅，衞生間太漂亮了！獨享優美的風景，泳池景觀非常好，熱水泡池很舒服！管家式服務非常值得稱讚，每天跟客人商量美食，去哪裡玩也儘可能好好安排，每一環節都讓人滿意！

太完美的一間酒店了，必須再次回去多住幾天才能表達我對這家酒店的熱愛，在茶山和碧湖之間營造了一個避世之所，餐食也不愧為羅萊夏朵的經典出品

We absolutely loved this property and would love to return. We stayed in a garden suite in Castlereigh which was just beautiful, I absolutely loved the private garden. The setting is simply stunning and the food is incredible. We had a wonderful stay. The only thing I would change if possible is the room doesn’t have air conditioning, which being British, we struggled with as the Sri Lankan heat can be quite intense.

Stayed two nights in this beautifully restored remote tea planters bungalow in the heart of the tea plantations . The location is magnificent and grounds impeccably kept .The staff were really friendly and couldn't do enough for you . The food was excellent and the chef obliging in preparing anything you wanted . A visit to the local tea factory is a must . Would definitely return .

What a beautiful place to relax and just take in the scenery. We stayed in the Castlereagh which was simply stunning. The food and staff were all excellent. Room was very comfortable and enough room for two friends to share. Sitting having meals on the veranda talking to other guests from all over the world was special. The walk to and from the Dilmah tea factory was great, learnt so much about the process of tea making. Saw this property on Amazing Hotels of the World and have to agree this really is a very special property to stay at, should have stayed three nights.

This was our first visit to Sri Lanka, which we were looking forward to as part of our winter tour including Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand and a return to the cold UK through Oman and Quatar. Ceylon Tea Trails comprise five individual tea planter bungalows situated in the very beautiful mountain tea plantation area south of Hatton in Central Sri Lanka. It can be either easy to reach, or difficult dependent upon how you travel. The easiest route is to take the floatplane from Colombo airport. The aircraft touches down on Castlereagh Lake at 4,000 feet above sea level after about 30minutes flight time. The most difficult alternative is via road, taking between 4 and 5 hours dependent on conditions. If the mountain weather prevents visual air operations, then the only option available is the road journey. We were luckily able to make the journey by air and its truly spectacular. Descending into the valley the green velvet plantation tapestry is strikingly beautiful, this added an exciting and dramatic feature to our visit. The planter bungalows are situated about 40minutes drive from one another, each with their own manager, butler, chef and service team. We had been assigned to stay at the Tiantsin bungalow, the original building of the five established in 1888 and named after the original town in China from where the first tea plants were imported. The area is steeped in colonial history from this period. During the journey from lake to bungalow we were fascinated to stop at the Anglican Christ Church of Warleigh and experience the original almost 200 year pipe organ being casually played by a fellow visitor, this brought quite an emotional sentiment. On arrival at the Tiantsin the gardens display an array of colour, layed out and manicured resembling a Thames Valley English summer garden. We were welcomed by our butler with a refreshing juice and introduced to our Chef who discussed our gastronomic preferences. The service here is all about providing a truly bespoke tailored experience. As the guest, you can set the time table and routine and the chef will volunteer the wide array of ingredients for the lunch and dinner, with afternoon tea in between should you wish. The rooms are traditionally furnished and generally spacious with access to garden terraces. Curiously for me they had a familiar “Scottish” ambience. Internet connectivity functions well, despite an amusing absence of room telephone, such apparatus being replaced by a bedside call button. Using this retro technology one press for a couple of seconds and our butler would be at the suite entrance in moments to meet our needs. During our three day stay we enjoyed walking along the plantation trails where we met many locals, we visited the Norwood Bungalow where their chef entertained us for a morning curry cooking course, and visited Norwood shopping street. We didn’t get time to enjoy the swimming pool and hot tub, but I did spend a relaxing afternoon with a Cuban cigar amongst the a