Unique Hotels in Sri Lanka
There is a drive for holidays to be about new experiences. People want to be off the regular tourist routes. They want to do something that differs from what everyone else is doing. There are some unique hotels in Sri Lanka and perhaps GlenMyu Estate can be considered one of them.
People now want unique experience and that includes discovering and enjoying new types of accommodation.
At GlenMyu Estate, we hope that we provide that new experience that is something. Something a little bit different, from which you will find on your tour of this Paradise Island.
There are some spectacular hotels in fabulous setting around Sri Lanka.
We would never purport today that we can compete with many of the luxurious stays around the island.
There are superb Colonial Bungalows such as Thotalagala, Scottish Planters Bungalow and Mountbatten Bungalow (and many more).
There are five star beach hotels around the coast providing wonderful experiences by the beach with fabulous sunsets. Notable ones include the Galle Face Hotel Colombo, Jetwing Blue Negombo and Maalu Maalu, Pasikuda amongst many others.
There are hotels looking onto UNESCO heritage sites such as Alia Hotel which has a superb view of the Lion Rock.
There are Ayurvedic hotels providing a place of calm and healing such as Saman Villas and Ayurvie Weligama
i Weligama.
When you visit Sri Lanka on holiday you have a variety of styles and experiences at different price points and standards.
There are a great many home-stays around the country which offer an experiencer to get to understand the ways of life for most of the population on the island.
What makes a unique hotel in Sri Lanka?
Well, I suppose it must be something different.
Does GlenMyu Estate fit the definition of a unique hotel in Sri Lanka.
Small and beautiful
We feel that the Covid pandemic has shifted the demand for larger hundred room plus hotels towards smaller personal spaces.
We only have three bedrooms available for guests at GlenMyu Estate which gives a sense of uniqueness and privacy. We have several pathways around the five acre estate which means that you can always have space for yourself.
Limiting the number of guests also ensures that there is no pressure on using the swimming pool. We do not have to allocate slots like other hotels.
Being small also means that we don’t offer large buffets and a large range of menu options for meals. Ruwanthi discusses each meal with our guests and makes fresh bespoke dishes for our clients.
A holiday in a “Grand Designs” home?
Ruwanthi and I loved watching the Grand Designs series whilst we were living in the UK. The presenter, Kevin McCloud, has a soothing, comforting and calming voice whilst narrating the builders struggles as they try to create their dream home.
One of our recent guests tried to describe GlenMyu Estate and said that it was like holidaying in a Grand Designs home. What a good idea for a holiday!
GlenMyu Estate is certainly Ruwanthi’s creation and our struggle and we are touched that a guest would describe it in that way.
Like the other couples, we are just delighted that we finished the project, still together and over budget like everyone else!
Decide for yourself!
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
We think it is the right of our guests to decide whether GlenMyu Estate fits into the category of a unique hotel in Sri Lanka.
Whatever your decision, we love it here, and hope that you do too.
Where is GlenMyu Estate?
Find out more at our website GlenMyu Estate, Haputale