Ceylon Tea Trails wins TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Award for fourth consecutive year

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Rated number one in Asia in the all‐inclusive category and number four in the world, TripAdvisor is the largest online travel community, with more than 50 million unique monthly visitors.

Only 1% of hotels on TripAdvisor win an annual Travellers Choice Award.Tea Trails has won four years in a row now, a record for Sri Lanka.

In 2012, Tea Trails was rated number one in Asia and number four in the World in the all inclusive resort category.

Ceylon Tea Trails is perched at an altitude of 4000 feet in the heart of Sri Lanka’s panoramic Ceylon tea country, bordering the World Heritage Central Highlands. Four restored colonial‐era tea planters’ bungalows offer gracious living with gourmet cuisine and period furnishings, worthy of the only Relais and Chateaux resort in Sri Lanka.

Guest reviews on TripAdvisor say the cuisine is on par with a one star Michelin restaurant.

Bungalow sizes range from four to six rooms; 20 luxurious rooms and suites in all. Castlereagh and Summerville Bungalows have lakefront positions, Norwood has panoramic views and Tientsin is the most traditional colonial. Trek or bike from one to the other in cool comfort, amidst breathtaking views of mountain ranges, lakes, winding roads and waterfalls.

This is a pristine environment in which to cool off and reconnect with family and friends.

Tea Trails is the first and only Relais and Chateaux resort in Sri Lanka.

This prestigious association, established in France in 1954, is the hallmark authority when it comes to selecting the finest and most unique establishments around the world, such as the Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat South Africa, Kauri Cliffs New Zealand, or UK’s Amberley Castle. Its mission is to spread its unique, ‘art de vivre’ across the globe by selecting and representing outstanding properties with a truly unique character, vision, gourmet cuisine and outstanding service.

Ceylon Tea Trails’ recognition by Relais and Chateaux is a testament to its fine gourmet cuisine and outstanding, award‐winning service.

These aspects, in combination with the ambience of original colonial planter’s bungalows and the surroundings of Sri Lanka’s lush tea country, serve to position Ceylon Tea Trails as one of the world’s most unique holiday experiences, guaranteeing ‘an unforgettable celebration of the senses’.