Thambili House Gallefort

Thambili House Gallefort The Ancient Spice Traders House, Down Rampart Street is a rare property with a sea view & pool The Master Bedroom opens to a Terrace with sea views.

Thambili House has 2 double bedrooms and 1 family bedroom all located on the upper floor. Bedrooms are well furnished with Genuine Antique Ebony king sized four-poster beds & air-conditioning. And the family room opens to a Terrace with Pool and Lighthouse views. All have ensuite bathrooms with h/w showers. Thambili House has a dedicated Butler to look into Guest’s comfort. The villa's history dat

es back to 300 years ago, when Sri Lanka was the world’s only source of prime-quality cinnamon, a Dutch spice trader built a jewel of a house within the fortified port city of Galle. Recently restored by Rohan Aluwihara, a protégé of the renowned Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa, the Three bedroomed, fully air conditioned, Thambili House is today a haven of comfort, privacy and refinement for discriminating visitors. Set right next to the Fort Rampart, a few yards from the 300-year-old Masjid Meera Jumma Mosque and the Famous Galle Fort Light House, Thambili house is one of the rare properties in the Galle Fort, which overlooks the picturesque southern Indian Ocean and also boasts a swimming pool. This two-storied, spice merchant’s house is designed with uneven walls and cut cement flooring. Interiors are tastefully decorated with 16th, 17th and 18th Century Genuine Antique Ebony and Calamander Furniture and contemporary local art. The Thambili House can accommodate up to 8 guests and is rented to one party at a time on a villa only basis.

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Dating back over 300 years, this former residence of Dutch spice merchants stands as a rare living testament to Sri Lanka’s colonial past. Today, the house is tastefully adorned with genuine 16th, 17th & 18th-century antique Ebony & Calamander furniture, carefully preserved to honour its legacy.

This is not simply a stay… it is an immersion into a world once shaped by spice & trade. Each suite is named after prized spices of the era & evenings are best enjoyed with our signature spice-infused cocktail, a quiet tribute to the house’s merchant heritage.

A stay where history, flavour & quiet luxury entwine, shaped by the legacy of a spice merchant’s house.

Where history whispers & privacy invites you to linger a little longer… Thambili House - Galle Fort.                    ...
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70 Lighthouse Street
Gallela
80000

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