Tintagel Colombo is a
boutique hotel
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in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and the former
town residence of the
Bandaranaike family. The hotel is situated in Rosmead Place in
Cinnamon Gardens
Cinnamon Gardens ( si, කුරුඳු වත්ත ''Kurundu Vaththa'', ta, கறுவாத் தோட்டம்) is an affluent neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka located 3 kilometers south-east from Colombo's centre. Cinnamon Garde ...
.
History
Homi Billimoria designed the Tintagel Colombo in 1929 for gynecologist Dr. Lucian de Zilwa. During World War II, Dr. de Zilwa was asked to vacate the house within seven days by the British military in order to house hundreds of soldiers. Having seen the military occupation had damaged the house, Dr. de Zilwa sold the house to Sir
Solomon Dias Bandaranaike for Rs. 160,000.
Later Sir Solomon's son,
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike occupied the house. S. W. R. D. became the prime minister in 1956 and
was shot on the verandah of the house in 1959.
His widow,
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( si, සිරිමා රත්වත්තේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; ta, சிறிமா ரத்வத்தே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கே; 17 April 191 ...
became the first female prime minister of the world in 1960. She continued to live in the house during her two other ministries, in 1970 and in 1994, up until her death in 2000.
Boutique hotel
Shanth Fernando of Paradise Road Hotels took over the house in 2005 and converted it to a boutique hotel.
Charles, Prince of Wales
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and
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
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stayed at the hotel during their Sri Lankan visit in 2013.
The hotel consists of 10 suites and two restaurants, the Courtyard and the Red Bar.
The library of the house contains 6,000 books including 5,000 leather-bound volumes.
See also
*
List of hotels in Sri Lanka
References
External links
Official website
{{Sirimavo Bandaranaike
1929 establishments in Ceylon
Hotels in Colombo
Houses in Colombo
Hotels established in 2005