Highlights Colombo Day Tour With Afternoon HIGH TEA In Galle Face Hotel
3.5
Highlights Colombo Day Tour With Afternoon HIGH TEA In Galle Face Hotel
By Apple Vacations Sri Lanka
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Duration: 6h
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Highlights
- Hotel pickup and drop-off (drop after High Tea)
- Air-condition Vehicle (Car or Van)
- High Tea
- English Speaking Driver Cum Guide
- Complimentary WiFi Excess During the Travel (Subjected To Availability)
What's not included- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Entry/Admission - Gangaramaya (Vihara) Buddhist Temple
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- * Pick up other than Colombo city limit, there will be additional charge
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 68395P30- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- A small amount of walking is involved.
- The duration of transfers are approximate.
- The exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions.
- Please note high tea timing 1600hrs-1800hrs
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to poor weather, you will be given the option of an alternative date
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 68395P30
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Razana Y
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Dec 2021 • Friends
The high tea at 1950 per person for the platter is a rip off - the quality of food was average, and although the number of items were supposed to be 15 (including sweets), we were told later that this included tea, coffee and iced coffee!
There were very few savoury items.
Although there were only a few people present at tea, the service was poor - we had to seek out waiters to get even initial servings of tea and coffee.
I would not recommend it at all.
There were very few savoury items.
Although there were only a few people present at tea, the service was poor - we had to seek out waiters to get even initial servings of tea and coffee.
I would not recommend it at all.
Written December 2, 2021
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Thank you so much for review on TripAdvisor. We Apple vacations Pvt Ltd not belong to this review . After read this you suppose to write for an hotel we are tour operator not Hotel there for please recheck your review
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Written December 4, 2021
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Snehal D
Pune, India28 contributions
I would like to thanks Jeevan to arrange one day amazing tour of Colombo.
We started at 10.00 am and covered around 8 to 10 places. I got a hybrid car with nice driver. He was also sharing information about harbor, some good hotels and shops places on the way.
Places I visited we're Sri Ponnambalavaneswaram,
red mosque, Colombo fort station, light house,
old parliament,ganga rama temple,lak medura,
galle face, Town hall, National musuem, victoria park, indipendatence Square & arcade.
Ganga rama temple is very beautiful.MUST go.
You will not be able to stop yourself buying some gems at very good and affordable price.
National musuem has many section,would recommend to visit by 2.00pm as the top section close by 4.00pm.
As I have to rush to airport I ended my journey by 5.00 pm and still I cover most of Colombo.
Good work guys. You deserve 5stars
We started at 10.00 am and covered around 8 to 10 places. I got a hybrid car with nice driver. He was also sharing information about harbor, some good hotels and shops places on the way.
Places I visited we're Sri Ponnambalavaneswaram,
red mosque, Colombo fort station, light house,
old parliament,ganga rama temple,lak medura,
galle face, Town hall, National musuem, victoria park, indipendatence Square & arcade.
Ganga rama temple is very beautiful.MUST go.
You will not be able to stop yourself buying some gems at very good and affordable price.
National musuem has many section,would recommend to visit by 2.00pm as the top section close by 4.00pm.
As I have to rush to airport I ended my journey by 5.00 pm and still I cover most of Colombo.
Good work guys. You deserve 5stars
Written January 19, 2019
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Dear Customer!
Greetings Behalf of Apple Vacations,
First of all, thank you for taking the time to write to us. We’re always delighted to hear from a happy customer!
Thanks so much for the positive feedback. It’s always good to know that our customers are out there, enjoying our service and finding it memorable.
Its always a pleasure serving you and certainly look forward to doing that in your future trips too.
Furthermore, you have always been a source of support for us to reach our company goals.
Your review is very important as we are constantly looking for ways to improve our customer satisfaction.
Once again thanks a bunch for selecting us as your traveling partner and for giving us this opportunity, we couldn’t have done it without you!
We hope to keep up our performance and wish that you will remain confident in us for your future trips.
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Apple Vacations
Written February 12, 2019
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