Grand Oriental Hotel

At one extremity of York Street, Colombo Fort, where Banks and business houses indicate the high level of commercial activity, stands a hostelry with a history of over one hundred and twenty five years - the GOH, which has as renowned a reputation as the Raffles of Singapore and the Taj Mahal of Mumbai. Here on the waterfront, within sight and sound of Colombo Harbour, just a stone's throw from the Hotel, hospitality was dispensed to travellers who stepped ashore from all parts of the globe. The building had been constructed in 1837 during the reign of King William for the British Soldiers and, when it had served it's purpose, it was handed to the