Located in the city of Kandy and built by the British over 150 years ago amongst splendid surroundings alongside the Kandy Lake, Queen’s Hotel is a stone’s throw away from the world-renowned sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic of the Buddha. Here is a fervor that rises with the burning of joss sticks, the fragrance of flower offerings and the chants of the faithful. The annual Esala Perahera Pageant (resplendent, colorful pageant of which takes place in the hill capital of Kandy every year in the months of July and August) proceeds alongside the hotel’s East and West wings, providing the most magnificent viewing facilities for the guests who are patronizing the hotel.

Henry Cave in his book Picturesque Ceylon – Kandy and Peradeniya quotes “Not a week passes without scores of fresh visitors from every part of the world visiting this historical town….The lovely setting of the City, the most beautiful walks in the tropics, and the magnificent botanical gardens of Peradeniya. These influxes of visitors have given the Queen’s a guest list as colorful as a rainbow.” 

The Queen’s consists of 108 rooms as of today. Out of these, 54 are in operation. 28 are air-conditioned and 26 are non-air-conditioned. The Royal Ballroom accommodates 250, the Mini Ballroom 60, Lake Seminar rooms 20, the Queen of Hearts Restaurant, which offers exclusive lunches and dinners for business and pleasure accommodates 150, the Lounge Bar 80 and the Pub 40 persons. The only genuine Colonial Style Pub in the city, “The Pub Royal” serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, including snacks. In terms of recreation, the hotel offers billiard and live music. Foreign currency exchange facilities are also available. There is a travel counter, shopping arcade, IDD and Internet facilities at the reception and both local and international credit cards are accepted.