Half a century in the Sacred City.
Rajarata Hotel was first launched in the 1970s as the most prominent hotel in Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle — a strategic resting place for travellers heading north into the country's first capital, and for pilgrims walking the eight great places of Anuradhapura.
Five decades on, we have just emerged from a complete modern refurbishment — refreshed rooms, refreshed kitchens, refreshed bar, refreshed gardens — while keeping the architectural bones, the long staff tenure, and the quiet rhythm of a hotel that knows the seasons.
The setting is the same as it has always been: a two-acre estate on the western edge of the old city, on the shores of Nuwara Wewa — the great ancient lake whose surface, on the right morning, holds an exact reflection of the white dome of Ruwanwelimahasaya.
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