A nine-room luxury hotel in leafy Aniwatte, about ten minutes from Kandy, with an infinity pool, spa and big suites with valley views.
- Luxury
A long-running vegetarian spot in central Kandy, serving soya-based street food, buns, roti rolls and soy soft-serve.
- Budget
- Restaurant
- Vegetarian
- Soy ice cream
- Short eats
A five-star hotel on the hill above Kandy, with a rooftop pool, four restaurants and views across the city and the Kandyan hills.
- Luxury
A hidden café at the end of an alley near Kandy City Centre, serving smoothie bowls, healthy lunches and its signature iced latte.
- Mid-range
- Café
- Cortado
- Sri Lankan coffee
- Iced latte
A busy, no-frills Kandy eatery and bakery for rice and curry, kottu, vadai and short eats at local prices.
- Budget
- Restaurant
- Rice and curry
- Kottu
- Vadai
A busy, no-frills South Indian vegetarian spot in central Kandy, famous for its crisp dosas and vadai at very low prices.
- Budget
- Restaurant
- Dosa
- Masala dosa
- Vadai
A stylish boutique hotel on Colombo Street, steps from the Temple of the Tooth, with garden suites that have their own plunge pools.
- Upscale
A small boutique hotel on Deva Veediya, right by the Temple of the Tooth’s gates, with its own café.
- Mid-range
Kandy’s spectacular annual procession of dancers, drummers and decorated elephants, held over ten nights in July or August.
- Budget
- Experience
Sri Lanka’s most sacred Buddhist temple, home of the relic of the Buddha’s tooth, beside Kandy Lake.
- Budget
- Experience
A friendly hostel near Kandy Lake, popular with solo travellers and young backpackers.
- Budget
A calm coffee shop on Colombo Street with an extensive coffee menu and a glass wall looking out over the street.
- Mid-range
- Café
- Pour-over
- Cold brew
- Single origin
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