더 레이크사이드 호텔 앳 누와라웨와

We stayed five nights at Lakeside, which was a great location for the Sacred Cuty of Anuradhapura and day trips to Sigiriya, Dambulla, and a safari at Wilpattu National Park. Food at the hotel was good, if you stayed with Sri Lankan cuisine. Facilities were good enough, and staff was very friendly and eager to please.

Everything great.

Everything was perfectly lovely apart from the fact that we got the disabled suite on the ground floor, okay I'm getting on a bit but I'm not into disabled territory quite yet. Our own fault we should've requested a normal room the moment we walked through the door.

The location is good - on the banks of Nuwara Wewa (lake), and about 10 mins drive from the sacred city. There's a large garden and a swimming pool. The food is edible (though unimaginative) and the staff are friendly (but not so efficient, and most barely speak English). But it's really old and faded, and a bit dirty and uncared for. I stayed here in 1992, and I honestly don't think anything has been modernised since then. It is a typical government rest house (even though it is now run by a private company, Quickshaws). All the furnishings are very old and grotty. The rooms are quite spacious, but the bathroom is dilapidated and not so great. Clearly, little or no investment has been made in maintaining the hotel - even though the prices are quite high, the quality of the service and facilities are not commensurate with the price.

遺跡からも近く自転車を無料で貸してくれて観光できました。スタッフもみな親切で部屋も水まわりも清潔でした。食事も美味しかったです。最終日レイトチェックにしてくれて観光の疲れを取れて最高でした。Wi-Fiもとても強くストレスフリーでした。