Situated high in the central hills at 6,182 feet (1’884 meters) above sea level Jetwing St. Andrew’s is a unique old world hotel in Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka. The hill capital of Nuwara Eliya is around 170km from the Bandaranaike International airport in Katunayake, and a truly scenic 5 hour drive through some breathtaking landscape.
This old colonial post is snug in a high valley surrounded by tall mountain ranges and with its cool climate and green slopes it was fondly named ‘little England’ by the planter’s who settled there. The town too, kept to this moniker – the official buildings and the residences both grand and humble were built to remind them of the ‘home country’ and many have survived to this day, making the town a quaint reminder of a time gone by. One of finest of these old mansions – a stately Tudor style residence over a century old Jetwing St. Andrew’s is indeed a place to reminisce of an era past.
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