"Niche
travel agency Urbane Nomads is offering a
seven-day Sri Lanka package next month with
an architectural twist.
You get to stay at some of Sri Lanka's top
boutique hotels and a hotel designed by the
country's pre-eminent architect, Geoffrey
Bawa. Tour Colombo and take in the preserved
splendour of old cities in the Cultural
Triangle, a region comprising ancient
capitals such as Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa
and Kandy."~
Tan Yi Hui & Cheryl Tan, Straits Times'
Travel Concierge
Whether the
Serendib of Sinbad's lore (where the best jewels are
reputedly to be found) or the Mount Meru in sacred
Hindu teachings, Sri Lanka has captured the
imagination of many travellers, writers and poets
who have in turn had a hand in the collective
immortalization of this island, consigning it, not
to history in the minds of the masses but a mystical
destination that has survived in contemporary times.
Luxury travel in Sri Lanka has been facilitated by
the various independent, luxury boutique hotels, each with
its own unique aesthetic, channeling everything from
the modern tropicality evinced by Bawa to a fusion
of Indo-Balinese to the chic contemporary lines on
the coast of Sri Lanka- has placed this island,
firmly, as they say, on the Conde Nast circuit.
There's plenty
of nature, culture and much in the way of
interesting architecture and our tours, whilst
revolving around certain themes, have been designed
to capture the highlights of these elements that so
embody Sri Lankan style.
With the
flexibility of add-ons, an architectural tour,
celebrating the works of Geoffrey Bawa and staying
in the most architecturally-interesting hotels, for
example, can be tweaked to include a spot of
horseriding by the beach or kite surfing in Tangalle.
Luxury travel in Sri Lanka- a country offering so
much within its compact borders is defined not only
by luxury hotels but also by insider access, a keen
ear to the ground that clues us into the latest
happenings and events as well as a flair for
combining themes and activities according to the
flow of the trip.
Plenty of luxury accommodation options await you in Galle,
the oldest living fort in the world. Choose between
luxurious boutique hotels, each with an intimation of
the heritage of the area, or one of the several
excellent luxury villas. Illustrious former owners or
inhabitants, be they a Scottish spice merchant or an
ambassador, the history behind these houses provides
that much more added flavour to your stay in Sri
Lanka. The options are dizzying and if fawning press
reviews are any indication, Galle has some of the
best rentals in Sri Lanka (if not the world).
Whether in the Cinnamon Suite of the Sun House,
described by Conde Nast traveller as 'the most
beautiful room in the world', or 41 Lighthouse,
dubbed by Tatler as 'Sri Lanka's sexiest villa',
there is an unfortunate urge to hotel/villa-hop
while in Galle.
Luxury travel to Sri Lanka could facilitate heli-transfers,
a worthy (though not foolproof) travel option in this
compact country, the best of accommodation options
that Sri Lanka has to offer and smooth, seamless
modes of travel and flow of itinerary. Intimate
knowledge of the country's top accommodation options
and an understanding of the country's tourism
offerings along with insider access creates for a
luxurious introduction to this fabulous country.
Urbane Nomads is an advocate of travel to Sri Lanka,
having promoted Sri Lanka as a luxury destination of
choice for luxury honeymoons, under-the-radar beach
getaways and leopard safaris.
Pairing insider knowledge with seamless
itinerary planning and execution, Urbane
Nomads offers private luxury tours of Sri
Lanka. Sri Lankan holidays as tailored by
Urbane Nomads could include luxury camping
options in remote destinations, heli-transfers
as well as villa rentals.
