Where Colonial Grace
Meets the Highland Mist

Our Heritage

A Manor Born of
Another England

"To stay at Glendower is to experience Nuwara Eliya as it was always meant to be — unhurried, gracious, and entirely its own."

Poised at 1,868 metres above sea level in Sri Lanka's celebrated hill country, Hotel Glendower is among the most distinguished boutique hotels in Nuwara Eliya. This Tudor-style manor — its gabled rooflines rising above manicured banks of hydrangea and rose — was conceived as a place of genuine retreat. With only 9 rooms, it remains precisely that.

Known to the world as Little England, this corner of Sri Lanka earned its name through its striking resemblance to the English countryside: cool, mist laden mornings, emerald lawns, and a quiet civility that the modern world has largely forgotten. Glendower is its most enduring expression.

From the moment of arrival — greeted with a warm towel and a freshly brewed pot of single estate Ceylon tea — every detail speaks to the quality of care that only a small, owner operated property can offer. Our staff have served here for years. They know your preferences before you have stated them.