Overview
Surrounded by hills and tea plantations, the town of Nuwara Eliya is the perfect getaway from Sri Lanka's tropical heat. The town enjoys spring like weather throughout the year. A favourite retreat of the British during colonial times, Nuwara Eliya is dotted with English country style houses and sprawling gardens, earning it the name Little England. Stop by the well-maintained Central Park, which is awash with flowers between March and May. Make time for an evening stroll on the numerous walking paths around Gregory's Lake, which is located just south of the town.

A hotel of character and star-class, set in an emerald teascape 6,800 feet above sea level, only six degrees from the Equator. In the mountain range, which gave the world Pure Ceylon Tea, the hotel began as a factory built in the days of the British Raj. It has been converted so that much of the original style and machinery remains, a reminder of the past in perfect blend with innovations of the present.

To stay at the Tea Factory is to experience a hotel like none other. Step into its reception, and you are where the factory's leaf drying process was carried out. The atrium is latticed with steel and at its top, two giant wooden fans capped with brass remind you that the bedrooms are on floors that used to be the withering lofts.

The tea packing room is now the hotel's popular bar. Where tea was sifted and graded is the hotel's fine restaurant of class; its modern kitchen used to be the engine room. The cuisine is definitely "my cup of tea", whatever your preference.

The withering lofts have been transformed into 57 bedrooms of cosy, carpeted comfort. Wood is the main material used, with doors, shelves and cupboards (plenty of them) left in their natural colours. The windows remain as they were in their original square wooden frames and these provide a glorious view from any bedroom or bathroom. Each bathroom has a bathtub and shower. Every bedroom is heated and has a built-in dressing table with wrap around mirrors, and beds designed for a perfect night's sleep.

The view from the rooms at the front of the hotel is a wonderful panorama of tea and at its rear, a peaceful pastoral scene of hamlets, hills and forest, as well as more tea meets your gaze.

Accommodation
-Plush wall-to-wall carpeting
-Baths / showers with hot and
-cold water
-View of the garden
-Heating
-Telephone
-Television with satellite channels
-Radio
-Piped music
-In room dining
-Hairdryer
-Tea / coffee making facility
-Choice of tea in room
-Babysitting  on request

Facilities
-Weddings
-Oriental massage using ayurvedic oils
-Restaurant and 2 bars
-Mini shopping arcade
-Postal services
-Library
-Conference and seminar facilities
-Doctor on call
-Floral requirements
-TV lounge / games room
-Safe deposit box
-Car rental
-Laundry service

Sports & Recreation
-Mini putting golf area (9 holes)
-Horse / pony ride
-Hethersett jungle trekking-Bird watching
-Entertainment programmes
-Indoor games - carrom, chess, darts, bingo, pool
-Booking of sightseeing tours
-Gymnasium
-Nature trails
-Pluck your own tea from the Hethersett estate and
-process it in the hotels miniature tea factory
-18 hole golf course in Nuwara Eliya