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The
Hill Club of Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka was
founded in 1876 by a British Coffee Planter,
as a "home" away from home, and today a
privately operated club, with luxury rooms
and all modern facilities.
The
Hill Club, Nuwara Eliya is perhaps one of
the few remaining monuments that remind you
of the colonial occupation of Sri Lanka.
Over a century old, this cosy, comfortable
holiday home once catered only to the
British on the island and has an interesting
history behind it. It has seen the good
times and bad, war and peace, grandeur and
simplicity. Today's it reflects a
combination of exclusivity in style and
class and modern service, an utopian
admixture of the old and the new.
Nuwara Eliya, or Little England as it is
also aptly referred to, is Sri Lanka's most
popular holiday resort. At approximately
6500 feet above sea level, with temperatures
ranging from 12 C to 22 C it opens into a
breathtaking panorama of colour. Beautiful
gardens, cascading waterfalls, lakes and
sweet smelling mountain air, Nuwara Eliya is
endowed with almost everything a holiday
maker seeks. Golfing, Horse Racing, Boating,
Fishing, Trekking, sightseeing and a host of
other recreational facilities make Nuwara
Eliya the ideal holiday resort "The Hill
Club" stands in the midst of this dream
resort. |