I have heard about Ella area many times, mostly about the beauty of the place. Last time when we were travelling from Badulla to Galle through Ella, we thought to stay in Grand Ella Motel and see the place.
Ceylon Hotel Corporation owns the Grand Ella Motel. Ceylon Hotel Corporation has many rest houses/hotels in scenic locations around the country. Grand Ella Motel is located on the road connecting Wellawaya – Ella - Kumbalwela (Kumbalwela is on the Bandarawela-Badulla road). It’s around 1-2 km from Ella railway station. The place is great as a stopover when you travel, because it connects Bandarawela/Badulla to Wellawaya (then the whole south of the country).
From Grand Ella Motel you can easily reach many beautiful attractions around: Rawana falls, Bogoda wooden bridge, Dunhinda falls etc. From Ella to Wellawaya, it is a steep decent which is also the border between central hills and almost flat Southern part of the country. So, you can view the panoramic view of Ella gap from there.
The Grand Ella Motel is a nice place to stay. The view was great, staff was friendly, food was also reasonable. Unfortunately we couldn’t get a room with the view of Ella Gap, if you are staying ask for a room with the view. That will complete your stay.
4 comments:
looks like a great place to visit. thanks for the info mate
Yeah, you will find lot of places where you can see through your camera lens.
Especially, in August (or around that time when the sky is clear), Hambantota town or Sea can be view from there, that's a great view. Also in a clear night, light house lights are also visible. Those are things I heard from the people there, yet to see with my eyes.
seems like a must place to visit. I will surely go there on an August :) Thanks..!
no Australian posts? :P
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