"Water Garden Sigiriya seems like an evocative, almost poetic name for a hotel, but in fact it’s as sensible as they come — which testifies to the magic of its setting. Sigiriya is a fifth-century fortress built atop a natural column of rock in the island’s inland center, and the hotel’s grounds, crisscrossed with manmade pools, lakes, and streams, is quite literally a water garden." - Tablet Hotels