Galle Face Hotel

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The Galle Face Hotel, founded in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1864, is one of the oldest hotels in Asia. It regularly featured on the itineraries of royalty. Princess Alexandra of Denmark commented that 'the peacefulness and generosity encountered at the Galle Face Hotel cannot be matched'. Former guests include the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, former British Prime minister Edward Heath, Prince Sadruddhin Aga Khan, Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and Marshal Josip Broz Tito. The Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke wrote the final chapters of 3001 - The Final Odyssey in the hotel.

The Galle Face Hotel had one of the most popular night clubs in Asia - The Coconut Grove was one of the entertainment centres in Colombo in the 1950s and 1960s. Mignonne Fernando and The Jetliners regularly entertained guests at the Coconut Grove and the venue was even popularised in a song. Radio Ceylon recorded music programmes from the Coconut Grove.

D.G. William (known as 'Galle Face William'), the Lanka Sama Samaja Party trade union leader, first worked and organised workers here.

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