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Mount Lavinia Hotel - Colombo

The 6-floor, 0-room MOUNT LAVINIA HOTEL offers rates from $130.00.
COLONIAL MYSTIQUE A SECRET TUNNEL AN AMAZING SUNSETVIEW AND A SCANDALOUS AFFAIR INVOLVING A BARE BREASTEDDANCER SRI LANKAS MOUNT LAVINIA HOTEL SEEMS TO HAVETHEM ALL . SCOTT MCDONALD REUTERS..STARTING OUT AS AN IMPOSING AND MAJESTIC WEEKEND ABODEFOR A BRITISH GOVERNOR IN 1806 SITUATED 12 KMS FROMTHE CITY CENTRE MOUNT LAVINIA HOTEL CONSISTING OF 275ROOMS RETAINS THE OLD WORLD CHARM AND IMPERIALELEGANCE OF YESTERYEAR COMBINED WITH THE MOST UP TODATE FACILITIES OF A MODERN RESORT THAT ANY DISCERNINGTRAVELER MIGHT ASK FOR..A VAST EXPANSE OF GOLDEN SANDY BEACHES EDGED WITHFROTHY WHITE LACING OF WATERS THAT GO FAR INTO THECLEAREST AND DEEPEST BLUES YOUVE EVER SEEN .UNDER AWARM SUN BY DAY AND A SILVERY MOON ON A NIGHT SKYYOULL FIND WHAT WAS ONCE THE SPRAWLING MANSION OF SIRTHOMAS MAITLAND..SIR THOMAS MAITLAND CAME TO OUR ISLAND THE APPOINTEDGOVERNOR OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE III .AND HE FELLIN LOVE. FAR FAR BELOW HIS STATION WAS LAVINIA MESTIZODANCER A GIRL OF MIXED SINHALESE AND PORTUGUESE BLOOD..BEAUTIFUL SHE MUST HAVE BEEN. STRIKING EXOTICCERTAINLY FOR SHE INFLAMED THE IMAGINATION ANDCAPTURED THE HEART OF THE MAN WHO WAS KNOWN AS KINGTOM. SO SIR THOMAS BEGAN HIS SEARCH FOR SOME PLACE INTHE COUNTRY WHERE HE COULD BUILD HIS RESIDENCE..OF COURSE THE GOVERNOR WAS PARTIAL TO A CERTAIN AREAKNOWN AS GALKISSA ..AND BEFORE A YEAR WAS OUT SUCH WASTHE IMPELLING FORCE OF PASSION HAD BUILT A SMALL BUTCOMFORTABLE HOUSE ON A ROCKY HEADLAND THE ONLYELEVATED LAND ON THE WESTERN SHORE LOOKING OUT OVERTHE BEAUTIFUL BAY..DESCRIBED AS BEING HANDSOMELY BUILT LAID OUT INMAHOGANY AND CALAMANDER WOOD THE MANSION WITH ITSWHITE COLUMNS POLISHED WOODEN FLOORS INTRICATELYCARVED WOOD CEILINGS AND WIDE WINDOWS OPEN TO THE SEABREEZES BECAME THE TRYSTING PLACE FOR THE LOVERS..IN A TIME WHEN MORAL RECTITUDE BENT A STERNLYDISAPPROVING GLANCE ON THE SMALLEST INFRINGEMENT OFRIGID MORALITY THE PASSION OF LOVINA AND SIR THOMASFLOURISHED IN SECRET..FOR FIVE YEA

KATUNAYAKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS 47 KILOMETERS SOUTH TOTHE HOTEL..





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• Car Rental Desk

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• Family Rooms

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KATUNAYAKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. . 29.2MI/47.0KM