Sri Lanka 23 Palms
23 Palms
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23 Palms is designed along the lines of a Dutch period bungalow with high roofs, arched doorways, columns and verandahs. The cooling ocean breeze and the tropical sun seeps through the slatted timber doorways that surrounds the villa making it light and airy within. The interiors are a tasteful blend of American, European and Asian art and furniture.
Sri Lanka 41 Lighthouse Street
41 Lighthouse Street
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41 Lighthouse Street is a beautifully renovated 300-year-old Dutch house inside the walls of the UNESCO-protected Galle Fort. This remarkable new property, designed by a leading Sri Lanka architect and interior designer, is also a perfect location to explore Sri Lanka’s wonderful palm-fringed beaches. Highly recommended.
Sri Lanka Ahangama Easy Beach
Ahangama Easy Beach
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Youthful surfers, Colombo ex-pats and independently-minded travellers have grown to love the genial, laid-back atmosphere encouraged by the Norwegian owners. An airy café-style eating area opens onto palm-fringed gardens with sun loungers, hammocks strung between trees, short, medium and long surf boards for hire, and the beach a few metres away.
Sri Lanka Alankuda Beach
Alankuda Beach
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Alankuda Beach is a tranquil eco-retreat designed with an elegant, deliberately rustic style on Sri Lanka's sparsely populated north-west coast. Its wattle-and-daub cabanas, villas and houses lie amidst swaying palms, sandy beaches and the ocean which is home to dolphins and whales during the season.
Sri Lanka Amangalla
Amangalla
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Lying within the walls of the 17th century Dutch Fort is Amangalla, a fabulous boutique hotel offering a wonderful escape for those wanting the highest possible luxury in intimate, interesting and historic surroundings. The property provides an amalgamation of buildings dating back over 400 years. Amangalla offers excellent old-world luxury, superb food, arguably the best spa in the island and exceptional service.
Sri Lanka Amanwella
Amanwella
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Amanwella is set in a mature coconut grove fronting a crescent shaped beach near the village of Tangalle. This is a super-luxurious and chic escape developed and managed by the exclusive Aman Group, and already recognized as one of Sri Lanka’s leading beach property. Amanwella has 30 contemporary suites, each with their own private pool and terrace.
Sri Lanka Anilana Craigbank
Anilana Craigbank
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Anilana Craigbank is a highy-regarded hill country villa with a colonial feel situated amidst landscaped gardens in a prime vantage point above Nuwara Eliya, overlooking the golf course. French designed, this is a stylish five-bedroom villa with warm and inviting interiors with hardwood floors, antiques, plush sofas, and fireplaces that are lit at night providing warmth and old world charm.
Sri Lanka Apa Villas
Apa Villas
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Apa Villas is a delightful, small boutique hotel, consisting of three separate villas, by a coral beach in Thalpe, a few miles south of Galle, It was named after Hans Hoefer, the founder of the Apa Guides – later to become the Insight Guides – and his photographer’s eye has ensured another Sri Lankan villa of beauty and refinement.
Sri Lanka Bawa House 87
Bawa House 87
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Bawa House 87 is an ideal setting for a peaceful and romantic holiday. Set on acres of meandering gardens, lakes, grottos, and marshland, this serene and inspiring setting was created by Bawa in the 1960’s for his artist friend Lydia Gunasekera.
Sri Lanka Beach Hut
Beach Hut
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The Beach Hut lies ten minutes south of Galle, in the coastal hamlet of Dalawella, and is a fabulous addition to Sri Lanka’s southern beach villas. Its attractive price makes it popular with couples on a romantic escape, and a small bedroom for children also suits small families. The interior is chic and bright. The pool is magnificent and the beach sits at the foot of a well-tended garden.
Sri Lanka Ceylon Tea Trails Castlereagh
Ceylon Tea Trails Castlereagh
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Castlereagh, a colonial tea bungalow nestling in a wooded dell close to a lake, offers unrivalled lake views and superb garden suites. Elegant parquet floors with open fireplaces in the dining and drawing rooms evoke recollections of a bygone colonial era. Delicious meals are served by a butler in your room, in the dining room, or on the pool terrace.
Sri Lanka Ceylon Tea Trails Norwood
Ceylon Tea Trails Norwood
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The luxurious Norwood Bungalow commands a fine view of the eastern end of the Bogawantalawa Valley in Sri Lanka’s south-west highlands. Here, tea planters of the past invited friends to enjoy the glorious outlook. Enjoy a traditional English cream served by authentically-dressed butlers, many descended from butlers of the colonial period.
Sri Lanka Chaaya Citadel
Chaaya Citadel
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Chaaya Citadel offers luxurious accommodation with scenic views. This reliable 3/4-star hotel has been rebranded and refurbished, and provides tranquil surroundings away from the busy city of Kandy. Days begin to birdsong and perhaps a warm mist rolling away from the river. The riverside setting also adds lustre to the twilight hours.
Sri Lanka Chaaya Village
Chaaya Village
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Chaaya Village set on an acre of garden blends seamlessly into its natural surroundings amidst tall trees and tropical foliage and a vast serene lake that brings nature right to the doorstep. Numerous species of birds and butterflies, monitor lizards, monkeys and rock squirrels have all shared this natural habitat with the surrounding villagers for centuries. Chaay Village is a treat for those wanting to experience Sri Lanka’s unhurried and wholesome rural village lifestyle, the rich cultural heritage, and the tropical wilderness – with the added comforts of luxurious living, good food, and courteous service.
Sri Lanka Cinnamon Grand
Cinnamon Grand
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The five-star Cinnamon Grand belongs to the exclusive Cinnamon properties of the John Keells group. This city hotel combines the Cinnamon signature touch of grandeur and opulence with a degree of warmth and sensitivity giving it much character. It's central location, luxurious facilities, personalised service, up-to-date modern conveniences and the added convenience of an adjoining three-storey up market shopping mall, makes Cinnamon Grand an ideal resting point at the end of your holiday in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Cinnamon Lakeside
Cinnamon Lakeside
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Cinnamon Lakeside is the largest and one of the most impressive Colombo 5-star. Somewhat overshadowed of late by the acknowledged market leader, the Cinnamon Grand, it now shares the same ownership. It has a private location alongside Biera Lake, slightly away from the hotel strip, and offers excellent all-round facilities.
Sri Lanka Corbets Rest
Corbets Rest
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Corbet’s Rest is scattered within eight acres of hilly, terraced land in the seclusion of the Knuckles Conservation Range about 90 minutes north west of Kandy. Its five well-designed, earth-toned cottages are overlooked by the mountains and offer the most comfortable accommodation option within this sparsely-populated spot. This is great walking territory.
Sri Lanka Dickwella Resort
Dickwella Resort
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Dickwella Resort has a prized south-coast location, on a headland surrounded by two sandy and tranquil beaches. It offers respectable mid-market accommodation in individual cabanas and has a very clubbable spirit, investing much enthusiasm, for instance, in its nightly entertainment programmes. A good group choice.
Sri Lanka Dutch House
Dutch House
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The Dutch House in Galle is the sister property of the Sun House, which is but a gentle stroll away. This historic mansion, restored into an exquisite property, reeks of old colonial elegance in its private and public rooms. Four luxury suites combine grandeur with comfort. A large garden leads down to an infinity pool with fine views over Galle.
Sri Lanka Dutch House
Dutch House
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Perched on the hills above the highland town of Bandarawela, the Dutch House is a three-bedroom boutique villa constructed along the lines of the 18C Cape Dutch bungalows,. This is luxurious ome slightly off the tourist trail with tasteful interiors and an extensive flowering garden, with magnificent views of Bandarawela and the mountains.
Sri Lanka Ellerton
Ellerton
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Ellerton is a splendid hill-county property blessed with magnificent hill-country views. The 100-year-old planters' bungalow recently refurbished by British owners, sits amid a nine-acre organic tea and spice estate in Gampola, half an hour deeper into the hills from Kandy. Choose between the old-colonial manor house and the main house.
Sri Lanka Frangipani Tree
Frangipani Tree
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Frangipani Tree is a stylish boutique hotel set at the edge of a secluded beach in the upmarket settlement of Thalpe, which has benefited from Galle’s renaissance and become Sri Lanka’s stylish mini-Riviera. It has ten luxurious and utterly private suites in four villas. Each of the elegantly-furnished suites can be rented individually.
Sri Lanka Galle Face Regency
Galle Face Regency
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Galle Face Regency is the new Regency wing of Galle Face Hotel, and has enhanced its reputation for a contemporary colonial feel. It incorporates traditional Victorian features so successfully that it blends seamlessly with the older part of the hotel. Stately wooden panelling and floors, and staunchly Victorian rooms, are resonant of a bygone age.
Sri Lanka Galle Fort Hotel
Galle Fort Hotel
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Galle Fort Hotel evokes a subtle sense of colonial grandeur, skillfully updated for the modern age. Enter through the unassuming doors, and a dramatic interior unfolds – verandahs and courtmetres, columns and arches, carefully restored to its original grandeur. Interiors are elegantly furnished with a minimalist style, blending old and new.
Sri Lanka Helgas Folly
Helgas Folly
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Helga's Folly, in Kandy, is an enchanting, high-camp hotel decorated by antiques, heirlooms and flights of fancy. Its rooms are individualistic, if quite simple, and its bohemian public areas are adored by those with an artistic bent. If you yearn for something different, and prefer gothic, wax-laden candlesticks to cool, cement floors, dare to try it.
Sri Lanka Heritance Ahungalla
Heritance Ahungalla
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Heritance Ahungalla is a large five-star west-coast beach property and an early creation of Sri Lanka's famous architect, Geoffrey Bawa. Rooms are well-appointed and spacious, leisure facilities are extensive and the hotel is designed to allow maximum views of a quiet beach and the Indian ocean beyond. Few beach properties are as reliable as this.
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Heritance Kandalama
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Heritance Kandalama is a minimalist contemporary hotel cleverly designed by Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka’s famous architecture guru. Bawa conceived the hotel `as an austere jungle palace’ located on the bund of an ancient 3rd century tank (reservoir) and captures the surrounding magical views from every angle. Stroll along its restful, atmospheric corridors and you may spot a tame monkey, or some of the 160 resident bird species and you can experience it all in the finest comfort.
Sri Lanka Horathapola Estate
Horathapola Estate
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Horathapola Estate is a tranquil colonial-style boutique hotel that offers a perfect first stop for those seeking peaceful boutique accommodation after a long flight. It has been termed 'jet-lag heaven,' This beautiful four-bedroom British planter’s bungalow is situated on a working estate which grows coconut' mango, pineapple and spices.
Sri Lanka IF Villa
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This magnificent colonial Dutch house is set in a large tropical garden and faces south over a beautiful stretch of sandy coastline. The villa resembles a Southern walauwa -- or ancestral home -- with columns and verandahs, a central courtyard, and sprawling gardens.
Sri Lanka Kahanda Kanda
Kahanda Kanda
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Beaches are beaches anywhere in the world but it is often said that the interior of a country is where the true spirit lies. Sri Lanka is no different and Kahanda Kanda provides the perfect example. Set on a hill amidst a working tea estate which slopes down to the Koggala Lake at one end, this stylish villa was built in 2000 as a private villa and is now an award winning boutique hotel.
Sri Lanka Kelburne Mountain View Cottages
Kelburne Mountain View Cottages
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On a ridge close to Haputale, blessed by one of the most breathtaking vistas that Sri Lanka can offer, stand Kelbourne Mountain View Cottages. On a clear day, majestic views south and east can stretch for more than 50 miles. The cottages dates from the turn of the 19th/20th century and each comes with cozy furnishings redolent of a bygone age.
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Kikili Beach
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Kikili Beach is set on a quiet stretch of beach south of Galle. This simple one-bedroomed villa is full of character and has been cleverly designed with vibrant interiors. It is ideal for young couples seeking a romantic beach escape. There is no swimming pool but the sea is just a few footsteps away.
Sri Lanka Kulu Safaris
Kulu Safaris
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Kulu Safaris are a high-end wildlife company that specialises in luxury camping safaris inside the three major national parks in Sri Lanka, Uda Walalwe, Wilpattu and Yala. They offer a wonderful experience that allows you to really savour and enjoy the remarkable beauty of these wildlife reserves.
Sri Lanka Kurulubedda
Kurulubedda
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Kurulubedda, an eco retreat owned by the Lighthouse Hotel, is set amidst mangroves and paddy fields, an enchanting 15-minute boat ride away. Two wooden two-storey cottages, submerged in foliage, offer luxurious simplicity: a nature lover’s dream. Another delightful addition to Sri Lanka’s Galle coast.
Sri Lanka Lake Lodge
Lake Lodge
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Lake Lodge is a stylish city guesthouse overlooking Colombo’s Beira Lake, and begins to answer Colombo’s need for classy and characterful guest-house accommodation. It is also the family home of Taru, who is one of Sri Lanka’s foremost lifestyle designers, and who has renovated Lake Lodge with typical skill.
Sri Lanka Last House
Last House
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The Last House, so called because it was Geoffrey Bawa's architectural swansong, is positioned on an idyllic strip of land - lagoon on one side, beach on the other - on the outskirts of Tangalle. It has long been one of best villas in the south coast and also operates as a small boutique hotel. Few villas have a better beach.
Sri Lanka Lavender House
Lavender House
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Built in the 1890’s, The Lavender House is an old Colonial planter’s bungalow surrounded by the lush green tea estate of Helboda. The bungalow has been carefully restored blending old world charm with luxurious comfort, peace and tranquility. There are five en suite bedrooms in all and the outdoors offers extensive landscaped gardens, clay tennis courts and an infinity pool with picturesque views of the surrounding tea plantation. We recommend Lavender House for families as the bungalow, situated in 7 acres of gardens, offers plenty of attractions to keep children entertained for hours on end.
Sri Lanka Leopard Safaris
Leopard Safaris
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Leopard Safaris specializes in mobile camping safaris in Sri Lanka's major National Parks and sanctuaries. Leopard Safaris has no permanent structures with everything brought in to the campsite a day prior to your arrival. This camping package includes accommodation, all meals, and treks accompanied by a naturalist.
Sri Lanka Mandara Resort
Mandara Resort
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Mandara Resort satisfies the need for upmarket accommodation by the much-loved sandy bay of Mirissa in Sri Lanka's deep south. This 20-room boutique hotel nestles in a coconut plantation on the edge of the Indian Ocean, by the estuary of the Pollathu Modara River. Rooms are modern and plush with satellite TV, DVD/CD player and home theatre system, and four superior rooms have private plunge pools. The swimming pool with fibre optic lighting adds a touch of romance at night. Numerous watersports are offered nearby.
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Mangrove Garden
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Mangrove Garden offers rudimentary wooden cabanas on a gorgeous stretch of beach, in the south coast village of Tangalle. This deliberately rustic settlement has been an instant hit with independent travellers yearning for tranquil and natural surroundings. Marine Turtles often come ashore here at nights to nest.
Sri Lanka Mount Cinnamon
Mount Cinnamon
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Mount Cinnamon is a tranquil four-bedroom boutique hotel perched on a hill overlooking the gorgeous south coast bay of Mirissa. Designed by the renowned Sri Lankan architect, Anjalendran, Mount Cinnamon is contemporary in style with open-plan living and dining areas, manicured lawns, spacious bedrooms with private verandahs, and interiors with dramatic local art and sculptures.
Sri Lanka Mud House
Mud House
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Share a simple lifestyle with welcoming hosts in the rural splendour of Sri Lanka’s north-west coast. The Mudhouse is a secluded eco retreat nestled at the foot of the ancient Parmakanda Rock temple in the lightly-populated district of Puttalam. It is set amidst six acres of untouched wilderness, tranquil lakes and abundant fauna and flora.
Sri Lanka Nilaveli Beach Hotel
Nilaveli Beach Hotel
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The Nilaveli Beach Hotel, about 10km north of Trincomalee, is the finest hotel on the eastern coast. The East Coast beaches, unrivalled anywhere on the island, are most glorious from April to October, but Nilaveli also offers a striking all-year-round addition to any extended tour of the cultural triangle.
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Palace Mirissa
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The Palace’s charm is its idyllic location, high up on a headland with sweeping views of Mirissa’s golden beach. It provides no frills accommodation in spacious wooden cabanas, all of which have lovely verandas overlooking the Indian Ocean and a lush garden. The beach itself is a short walk down the hill.
Sri Lanka Paradise Beach Club
Paradise Beach Club
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Paradise Beach Club is one of Sri Lanka’s most enduringly popular budget hotels. It has a wonderful beach frontage facing the spectacular Mirissa Bay. Its laid-back atmopshere and idyllic location has won the hearts of many.
Sri Lanka Polheena Estate
Polheena Estate
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Polheena Estate is a beautifully-restored manor house on a peaceful fruit estate, which is situated inland from Galle in Kathaluwa. The luxurious four-suite house, and gardens filled with mahogany, king coconut and mango, lie at the top of an extensive terraced estate which offers wonderful views of the paddy fields beyond. This manor house is fully equipped and elegantly decorated.
Sri Lanka Rainforest Edge
Rainforest Edge
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Rainforest Edge, perched above the rolling hills of Waddagala, offers one of the most restful panoramas in Sri Lanka. From this appealing eco and ayurveda property, you can gaze upon rolling tea plantations, studded with tea bungalows and factories. Rustic style in harmony with nature is the essence of its appeal, an isolated, pollution-free environment without discomfort.
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Reef
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Owned and designed by a British architect, Reef is an elegant blend of Sri Lankan manor house architecture and colonial grandeur. Antique Calcutta four-poster beds and ceiling-fixed punkah fans – previously used by the East India Company -- are all tastefully blended with vibrant colours and contemporary touches creating an exotic ambience.
Sri Lanka Rockside Cabanas
Rockside Cabanas
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The simplicity of cabana living can make a pleasant change from the sophistications of a hotel. Rockside Cabanas offers good-sized wooden cabins, equipped with beds, balconies and bathrooms. With the feel of fine sand, the smell of sea-air and the sound of waves, this is very natural way to relax, forego the western world and discover Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Serene Pavilions
Serene Pavilions
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Serene Pavilions is an experience of utter luxury and pampering amidst a peaceful and tranquil setting where life unfolds at your pace. This Balinese-style boutique hotel, designed by an Italian architect, has 12 individual villas each with its own plunge pool.
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St Andrews Hotel
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St Andrew's Hotel is perched above Nuwara Eliya town centre adjoining the picturesque golf course. This stately Tudor-style colonial mansion, built in the latter part of the 19th century, is our recommendation in Nuwara Eliya. Standing alongside imposing pine trees, it has a stern exterior, but inside is a world of open fires and candlelit dinners.
Sri Lanka Tamarind Lodge
Tamarind Lodge
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Tamarind Lodge is an exquisite boutique hotel, a fusion of Asian and colonial design, in the grounds of Victoria Golf & Country Resort, which manages the property. It is divided into two wings that gaze over the pool, immaculate lawn and terrace. Six airy, stylish rooms have classical furniture, balconies with mountain views and sleek bathrooms.
Sri Lanka Thambapanni Retreat
Thambapanni Retreat
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Thambapanni Retreat, built into a steep, wooded hillside, has an eco feel more attuned to the hill country, yet lies only 300 metres away from the sandy bay of Unawatana. It is that rare thing: a natural, wooded setting on a beautiful coastline -- wander 300 metres and you can loll on the much-loved sandy bay of Unawatuna.
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The Beach
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A member of the Small Luxury Hotels of the World, The Beach is tastefully designed along contemporary lines, taking the surrounding seaside landscape into full view. Open verandahs, walk ways and waterways - brings in the cooling ocean breeze and the tropical sun – influences of the Geoffrey Bawa genre of architectural design. Interiors are minimalist and elegant with cemented floors and walls infused with a touch of amber coloring, enhanced with dramatic contemporary art in the lobby area, and the minimum of hardwood furniture throughout. The hotel is very much a home away from home, and has something special for everyone including an extensive fun filled Kids Club, an action packed water sports centre, and a luxurious spa for those wanting to be pampered.
Sri Lanka The Fortress
The Fortress
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The Fortress is a new boutique hotel with a prime location on the broad sands of Koggala, only a few miles south of the historic city of Galle on the southern coast of Sri Lanka. The hotel, which opened in 2006, is managed by the world-renowned Per Aquum Resorts & Spas, a group most famous for their luxurious properties in the Maldives and Seychelles.
Sri Lanka The Kandy House
The Kandy House
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The Kandy House is a brilliant small boutique hotel capable of offering stylish and private accommodation, personal service, and delicious food - all in a stunningly beautiful natural setting. This typical walauwa’, or manor house , has been refurbished to blend the old with the new- light white interiors, polished hardwood floorboards, Jack wood staircase, Dutch style antique furniture and careful injections of colour. The bedrooms are the finest in Kandy, with four-poster beds, soft white linen, concrete-washed bathrooms and Victorian bathtubs. The freshwater infinity pool in the garden provides an irresistible opportunity to unwind and relax under the shade of tropical trees.
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The Wallawwa
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Nestled amongst acres of beautifully manicured gardens, this colonial manor house, or Wallawwa, is Sri Lanka’s most exciting new boutique hotel. This old and new concept provides guests with unrivalled setting and style just 15 minutes from the airport. 14 bedrooms, Asian fusion cuisine, Z spa and The Wallawwa’s swimming pool – all set amongst one of the finest private gardens in Sri Lanka. The Wallwawa is the perfect end to any visit to Sri Lanka. A luxury private hideaway.
Sri Lanka Theva Residency
Theva Residency
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Theva, Kandy’s latest independent property, has been coined an ‘Exclusive Residency’ by its owners – a Sri Lanka family with substantial hotel management experience. The simple idea is a private and luxurious ‘home away from home’, a formula based on providing guests with a unique 'non-hotel’ like experience whist pampering them with modern luxurious living, exotic cuisine and personalised service in a serene natural environment.
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Tintagel
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Tintagel, a century-old presidential mansion, between whose walls much of Sri Lanka’s modern political history has been made, has been transformed into a luxurious, ten-room boutique hotel. It was once the family home of former presidents. Tintagel will appeal to discerning travellers looking for stylish and luxurious accommodation in the centre of Colombo.
Sri Lanka Victoria Golf Chalets
Victoria Golf Chalets
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Victoria Golf & Country Resort has two sets of chalets: Victoria and Knuckles. The four Victoria chalets enjoy grandstand views of the 17th Tee and the mountains beyond. The two Knuckles chalets are also well placed to enjoy the mountain views. Both sets of one-bedroom chalets are located just minutes from the clubhouse.
Sri Lanka Vil Uyana
Vil Uyana
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Vil Uyana is a hugely impressive eco village which spreads over scenic flatlands close to Sigiriya rock. This immensely tranquil development reawakens the efforts of ancient Sinhala kings who developed and irrigated this area. Large cabanas, luxuriously appointed, blend seamlessly into the rural landscape by marshes, lakes and paddy fields.
Sri Lanka Villa Bentota
Villa Bentota
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Villa Bentota will be one of hottest west-coast beach properties in 2010. This chic colonial-period villa is set amidst extensive tropical gardens with the Indian Ocean a brief stroll away and is ideal for a romantic holiday. This wonderful properrty has the unmistakeable signature of Shanth Fernando, a Sri Lankan lifestyle designer and entrepreneur whose other triumphs include The Gallery Café, one of Colombo’s leading restaurants and Tintagel, an exquisite boutique hotel in Colombo 7.
Sri Lanka Villa Talangama
Villa Talangama
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Set on a quiet lakeside where sights and sounds of nature reign supreme, Villa Talangama is a luxurious Sri Lankan home meticulously laid out from its architecture and furnishings to the caring service of its staff. This villa is an ideal last stop on your holiday itinerary, an alternative to Colombo city. The airport is about 75 minutes drive.
Sri Lanka Weir House
Weir House
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Weir House is a luxurious four-bedroom villa situated amidst tranquil gardens and by a gurgling stream at the base of Ulapane Mountain, 45 minutes into the central highlands from Kandy. Named after a weir that is located upstream, this is a blissfully peaceful mountain retreat. The house is on a six-acre estate and interiors are a mix of contemporary minimalist design stylishly infused with Sri Lankan and Indian touches. Weir House can accommodate up to 10 guests and is rented to one party at a time.
Sri Lanka Weligama Bay Resort
Weligama Bay Resort
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Weligama Bay Resort is a luxurious boutique hotel facing one of the most iconic bays in Sri Lanka where the sea is often calm enough for swimming, snorkelling and surfing at any time of year. The resort has 20 luxurious bungalows, villas, and suites all with sea views.
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