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Helga's Folly vs The Villa Bentota by KK Collection
Paradise Road The Villa Bentota and Helga's Folly are both rated very highly by travel writers. Overall, Paradise Road The Villa Bentota is the choice of most reviewers compared to Helga's Folly. Paradise Road The Villa Bentota comes in at 86 with endorsements from 5 reviewers such as Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet and Mr & Mrs Smith.
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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The Villa Bentota by KK Collection
Condé Nast Traveler
The Telegraph
Mr & Mrs Smith
Oyster
Lonely Planet
Mohotti Walauwa, 138/18 - 138/22 Galle Road, Bentota, Sri Lanka
From $160 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Condé Nast Traveler
"The 15 rooms and suites are each unique but come with elegant woven cane furniture and a blurring between indoor and outdoor living through gracious balconies and terraces."
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The Telegraph
8.0
"This inspiring boutique hotel in west coast Bentota is a romantic playground for artists, aesthetics and foodies, with stylish rooms, extensive lawns, a lap pool, and a beach beyond."
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Mr & Mrs Smith
"Seaside chic dates to the 19th century at Paradise Road The Villa Bentota hotel on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast."
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The hotel partners with external operators for activities in the area – you can choose from bicycle tours, visits to a turtle hatchery, cruises along the Bentota Ganga, fishing trips, whale watching and various water sports.
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The upper-middle-range Paradise Road The Villa Bentota is a 19th-century mansion turned boutique hotel."
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Lonely Planet
"This chic and designery boutique hotel feels lifted from the pages of Architectural Digest magazine – in fact the company owns several interior design shops in Colombo."
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