The Tea Factory Hotel

SET in the misty mountains of Nuwara Eliya, the tea factory Hotel rises tall, offering a wonderful view of the green quilted hill and tea estates that gave the world pure Ceylon tea. The hotel began life as a factory. The tea packing room is now the hotel's bar, the withering lofts converted into bedrooms, the grading and sifting rooms into the kitchen. Most interesting is the conversion of a tram into its gourmet restaurant. It is a consultation with the chef that leads to the creation of your own bespoke meal, one that could include orange smoked salmon, Australian lamb or tropical lobster thermidor. Of course, since you are amidst some of the world's finest tea estates, tea rooms and tea tasting are de rigueur. Try the Pedro Tea Estate or Lasalle. If you're looking for something stronger, pay a visit to Ceylon Breweries; they've been brewing beer since 1884.

Tariff Range

102 for a double room

the Tea Factory Hotel
Kandapola, Nuwara Eliya,
Sri Lanka
+94 11 230 8408
http://www.aitkenspencehotels.com/teafactory