Granbell Hotel Colombo
Colombo 3, Colombo — 37.7 km from Bandaranaike (CMB), about 51 min. Fixed fares from Rs 5,070, agreed before you fly.
About Granbell Hotel Colombo
Granbell Hotel Colombo is in Colombo 3, Colombo, about 51 min by road from Bandaranaike International Airport. The hotel lists 4 room types, including Deluxe Room + Terrace and Deluxe Room + View Bath. The hotel lists 5 restaurants and bars, including Cafe EN and Minori Japanese Restaurant. Check-in is 14:00 and check-out is 12:00. Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door at a fixed price.
Getting there from the airport
Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door. One fixed price for the whole car, agreed before you fly, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
Location
6.91034, 79.84890
Besucherinformationen: Granbell Hotel Colombo
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- Premium Room + Sea View With Bath And Terrace
- Deluxe Room + Terrace
- Deluxe Room + View Bath
- Superior Room
- Cafe EN
- Minori Japanese Restaurant: Japanese
- The Bar On The Top: Rooftop bar
- All Day Dining
- In Room Dining
- Infinity pool and jacuzzi
- Lotus Lounge & Spa
- Sauna
- Rooftop sundowners
- High Tea Buffet
- Japanese buffet (last week of each month)
- Infinity pool and jacuzzi
- Spa
- Fitness center
- Sauna
- Banquet hall and meeting room
- 24-hour reception
- Complimentary luggage storage after checkout
- Parking
- Wheelchair-accessible rooms and elevator
- Airport shuttle (for a fee)
- Non-smoking rooms; no pets
Day trips from Granbell Hotel Colombo
Nothing in our guide is close to this hotel, so these are the nearest day trips. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Granbell Hotel Colombo sits on Marine Drive in Kollupitiya (Colombo 3), close enough to Kollupitiya Beach that several of its rooms are sold specifically for their sea or partial ocean outlook. It is a large city property by local standards, with close to 300 air-conditioned rooms spread across Standard, Superior and Deluxe categories, so the room booked genuinely changes what is visible from the window — a busy stretch of the capital on one side, open water on the other. Kollupitiya itself is one of Colombo's older commercial and residential quarters, running along the coast road between the Galle Face seafront and the shopping streets further inland, so the hotel sits within an established, well-lit part of the city rather than a newly developed one.
The hotel's defining feature is its rooftop: an infinity pool and adjoining jacuzzi set high above the surrounding streets, with the Indian Ocean stretching out on one flank and Colombo's skyline arranged on the other. It is as much a place to spend an evening as to swim laps, and it anchors the hotel's identity more than any single room category does. A terrace and hot tub sit alongside the pool deck, giving guests somewhere to linger outside the water rather than treating the rooftop purely as a swimming facility.
Dining is split between an all-day restaurant for straightforward breakfasts and casual meals, and Minori, a dedicated Japanese restaurant known for live teppanyaki cooking and a cocktail list built to match. The pairing gives the hotel a genuine night-out option on site, rather than a single generic restaurant trying to cover every meal of the day, and it is the kind of specialty dining that a hotel this size can support but a smaller boutique property usually cannot.
Beyond the pool deck, the Lotus Lounge & Spa handles treatments and relaxation, there is a fitness centre and a separate wellness and movement studio for guests who want structured classes rather than a plain gym, and the property offers free on-site private parking — a small but genuinely useful detail for a hotel in this part of central Colombo, where street parking is not always easy to find.
Taken together, Granbell reads as a contemporary, amenity-heavy base built around its rooftop rather than a heritage property trading on history. What it offers is height, water on the doorstep, and a design that makes the most of both, in a neighbourhood that has long been one of Colombo's more convenient places to be based.
Your transfer to Granbell Hotel Colombo
The nearest hotel on this site is Sheraton Colombo in Colombo 3, a few minutes on foot.
What it costs
| Vehicle | Seats | Typically | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy car | 3–4 | Alto, Aqua, Axio | Rs 5,070 | Book |
| Van, SUV and group | 4–50 | Every, Vezel, Toyota KDH, Coaster | Rs 7,830 | Book |
| Premium car | 3–4 | Camry | Rs 12,430 | Book |
One price for the whole car, not per seat. Drivers and fleets set their own rates, so these are typical prices from our system, not a guarantee — your actual quote can differ. Quoted by the same engine that prices your booking, for the 37.7 km shown — your own quote reflects the exact address, the time of day and any waiting time. See all 9 vehicle classes ↓
Questions about this transfer
How much is a taxi from Colombo airport to Granbell Hotel Colombo?
From Rs 5,070 for the 37.7 km, about 51 min. That is a fixed price for the whole car, quoted before you book, not a meter reading.
How long does the transfer to Granbell Hotel Colombo take?
About 51 min in normal traffic. Arrivals at Bandaranaike are busiest in the early morning, when the long-haul flights land together.
Will the driver wait if my flight is late?
Yes. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it. There is no automatic flight tracking yet, so if you are delayed, message your driver on the number in your confirmation. Extended waiting beyond the pickup window is chargeable on a point-to-point transfer, and the terms say by how much.
Can I book a return transfer from Granbell Hotel Colombo?
Yes — the same journey in reverse, at the same fixed price, booked at the same time or later.
All vehicle classes and prices
| Vehicle | Seats | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini / Small Car | 3–4 | Rs 5,070 | Book |
| Economy / Medium Car | 3–4 | Rs 5,690 | Book |
| Sedan | 3–4 | Rs 6,780 | Book |
| Mini Van | 5–7 | Rs 7,830 | Book |
| SUV | 4–5 | Rs 8,040 | Book |
| Van | 8–14 | Rs 8,660 | Book |
| Luxury Car | 3–4 | Rs 12,430 | Book |
| Mini Bus | 15–30 | Rs 13,060 | Book |
| Bus | 30–50 | Rs 19,750 | Book |
Every class, every price, none hidden. Each Book button opens the booking form for this transfer with that class chosen.
Book your transfer through us
- Fixed price in advance, for the whole car. No meter.
- Your driver's profile is shown before you book.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
- Day trips from the hotel can be booked from the cards above.
How this transfer works
One fixed price for the whole car, not per seat. There is no meter, so the figure you are quoted is the figure the booking honours. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it.
The return leg from Granbell Hotel Colombo is the same journey booked the other way, at the same price, and can be arranged now or later in your stay. Departures want you at Bandaranaike three hours before a long-haul flight, so add the 51 min back to that.
Before you book
- Taxis in Colombo — what the roads do at different times of day, and how being collected here works.
- Airport transfers — meeting your driver, luggage, child seats and how payment works.
- The airport to Colombo route — the drive itself, in detail.
- A driver for several days — the usual arrangement for anyone travelling beyond Colombo.
- The district map — where Colombo sits, and what is around it.