| Kandy is one of Sri Lanka's finest cities, and a major | | | | making advance reservation for Kandy hotels a must. |
| tourist destination, located in the heart of the island and | | | | A visit to Kandy city lets you stay at the best of |
| in the centre of the hill country. Kandy city is the | | | | Kandy hotels Sri Lanka as there is an excellent and |
| essence of Sri Lankan culture, famous for the Temple | | | | varied choice of hotels. All is required is to identify your |
| of the Tooth and many other temples and rightly called | | | | priorities and then choose the accommodation. Kandy |
| as the cultural capital of Sri Lanka. Kandy has a rich | | | | is a great and a bustling commercial city and offers so |
| history, and today it is one of Sri Lanka's seven | | | | much to explore. It is beautifully located serving as a |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites. The city name is | | | | gateway to a lush central region of tea plantations, |
| derived from the word Kanda in Sinhala, meaning a hill. | | | | gushing streams and inspiring history. With home to the |
| The best time to visit the city is during the late July/ | | | | world's most hallowed places of Buddhist worship, |
| August for the huge cultural pageant Esala Perahera. | | | | Asia's finest botanical gardens and much more make it |
| This pageant has one of the most colorful processions | | | | the favorite haunt for Sri Lankan travelers. Besides the |
| in the world being taken out here. The 10-day festival | | | | annual Perahera festival, the temple of the tooth, there |
| sees thousands of drummers and dancers | | | | are other places, which attracts visitors. The city is |
| accompanying the parade of ornamented elephants | | | | home to a national museum, a grand man-made lake, |
| performing in the streets of Kandy. It is one of the | | | | Kandyan Arts and culture Center, and Peradiniya |
| most spectacular festivals in all Asia. Visitors get to | | | | Botanical Gardens. Kandy has a huge number of |
| see lively processions with dancers, fire throwers, | | | | Kandy hotels to suit any budget. The Kandy hotels Sri |
| numerous elephants dressed in rich embroidered silks. | | | | Lanka, offers travelers to Kandy, the opportunity to live |
| The men come dressed in royal clothes portraying | | | | in the lap of comfort while exploring the sights of this |
| themselves as the Kandy's great Kings. This period | | | | fascinating city. The hotels offer excellent standards of |
| sees a huge tourist rush, and hotel space being limited, | | | | service and facilities to their guests. |