Galle Fort · Sri Lanka
Seven rooms behind whitewashed walls and teak shutters, five minutes from the lighthouse. Affordable luxury, run by the same family since the 1910s.
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History of the hotelThree generations in a 1910s Dutch-colonial house inside the Fort walls.
Packages we offerBed & breakfast, half board, and longer stays built around the Fort.
Services you can getTransfers, breakfast, laundry, tours — the quiet work behind an easy stay.
Attractions around the hotelThe lighthouse, the ramparts, the Fort streets — all of it on foot.
ExperiencesCooking lessons, whale watching, heritage walks and sunset runs.
Zeegolf is a single house, not a chain: seven rooms across two floors of a 1910s Dutch-colonial home, a stone's throw from the ramparts and the lighthouse.
Downstairs, arched windows and original timber shutters open onto the street. Upstairs, a long verandah with lanterns and teak chairs looks over the Fort's terracotta roofs. Everything is kept simple, clean and quiet — the way a home should feel.
Seven rooms on two floors, each a little different. All air-conditioned, ensuite, with free Wi-Fi.
$55/Night
Sleeps up to 3
First floor, opening onto the shared upper verandah. Four-poster canopy bed and Fort rooftop views.
$45/Night
Sleeps up to 2
Ground floor, behind the arched windows and original wooden shutters. Polished cement floors, handloom textiles.
$38/Night
Sleeps up to 2
A cosy double with a teak writing desk and reading lamp — for couples and solo travellers.
$70/Night
Sleeps up to 4
Our largest room: a four-poster plus two single beds, and space for a cot. Good for families and small groups.
Indicative rates, incl. taxes. Confirmed on request. · See packages & offers
Thoughtfully selected essentials to make an old house feel effortless.
Air-conditioned rooms, cool all day.
Fast, free Wi-Fi throughout.
Ensuite bathrooms with hot rain showers.
Four-poster canopy beds with nets.
Sri Lankan or continental breakfast.
Shared upper verandah lounge.
Airport & station transfers on request.
Plastic-free toiletries & glass-bottled water.
The Fort starts at the front door. Here is what is around it, and what we can arrange while you are here.
Stories from guests who have experienced the calm of the house first-hand.
"It felt like our own private home inside a 17th-century fort. Lighthouse at the end of the street, breakfast on the verandah."
"The photos looked good, but the reality was better. Old bones, spotless rooms, cold air-con, kind people."
"Glass water bottles, clay tea cups, refillable toiletries — the details show how much care goes into this place."
"Quiet at night, five minutes from every café and rampart. Book the upstairs room with the verandah if you can."
"We came for two nights and stayed four. Watching the Fort wake up from the balcony is something we still talk about."
"Great value for the Fort. The canopy bed is the best I have slept in while travelling."
"Family-run in the true sense — Manuja arranged our transfer, our whale-watching trip and a rainy-day plan."
"Checking out felt illegal. We had become far too attached to the verandah."
+94 76 000 3668 · reservations@zeegolf.lk
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