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Helga's Folly vs Cinnamon Red Colombo
Both Helga's Folly and Cinnamon Red Colombo are recommended by reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Cinnamon Red Colombo is preferred by most professionals compared to Helga's Folly. Cinnamon Red Colombo comes in at 81 with accolades from 2 reviews including Lonely Planet, Oyster.
Helga's Folly
Afar Magazine
The Telegraph
Lonely Planet
70 Rajaphilla Mawatha, Kandy, Sri Lanka
From $100 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Afar Magazine
"The reality of the place has already exceeded the vision I hold of it in my imagination."
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The Telegraph
8.0
"A handsome mansion built in the 1930s, run by the eccentric Helga De Silva, the property is now a faded but incredible Alice-in-Wonderland-meets-Hammer-Horror bohemian ghost ride experience."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This hotel/art gallery/surrealist dream has to be the most extraordinary hotel in Sri Lanka. Indeed, the Stereophonics famously wrote the song 'Madame Helga' about the owner."
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Cinnamon Red Colombo
Oyster
Lonely Planet
59, Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha, Colombo 0030, Sri Lanka
From $55 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Restaurant
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The towering 243-room Cinnamon Red Colombo is a sleek upper-middle-range property with gorgeous views of the city and ocean in the distance."
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Lonely Planet
Top choice
"Hugely popular from the day it opened, this 26-floor hotel from the ubiquitous Cinnamon group is their debut of a new concept in 'lean luxury'."
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