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Ambiente

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US $ 47.43 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Room, BB Basis, Twin)

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If location is everything, then Ambiente is one of the most blessed guest houses in the world. It sits on a ridge high above the village of Ella in Sri Lanka’s Southern Highlands, a stirring land of lush tea plantations, majestic peaks and rushing waterfalls. The eight rooms are simple; the views towards the South simply enchanting.

Amor Villa

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Amor Villa is a homely holiday bungalow on the fringe of Unawatuna on Sri Lanka's Galle coast. A heritage bungalow with an additional new wing offers comfortable beachside accommodation at a reasonable price.

Ashburnham Estate

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US $ 128.70 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Bedroom, BB Basis, Twin)

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Ashburnham Estate is an old planter’s bungalow that has been caringly renovated by its British owners. It lies on a 75-acre tea plantation in the village of Elkaduwa, about an hour from Kandy in the Knuckles mountains. Five comfortable ensuite bedrooms are sold by the room – a great choice for walkers and nature lovers.

Asian Jewel

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US $ 120.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Deluxe Room, BB Basis, Twin)

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The Asian Jewel is a homely five-room hotel in a prime spot overlooking Hikkaduwa Lagoon, two kms inland from Sri Lanka’s west coast. The British owner provides peaceful and relaxing surroundings, close enough to enjoy the sun and surf of the more vibrant beach settlement of Hikkaduwa.

Avian Breeze

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US $ 94.60 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Avian Breeze is a small five-bedroom guesthouse on a hillock just five kms from the old colonial hill station of Nuwara Eliya. Wooden floors and fireplaces add a cozy touch to this holiday escape and the bedrooms have all modern conveniences. There is a small garden edged with colourful flower beds.

Ayubowan Guesthouse

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US $ 70.38 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Ayubowan Guesthouse, a 10-minute stroll from Negombo’s beach strip, attracts excellent feedback. The English owners, Ron and Brenda, run a well-appointed and spotlessly-clean guesthouse and treat guests with a warmth and familiarity that charms many. Another budget choice convenient for the international airport.

Baramba

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US $ 75.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Charming Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Baramba is a minimalist two-storey guesthouse set on a hillock with breathtaking views over the Mahaweli River and to the mountains beyond, about 15 minutes from the city centre. It sleeps six and is let to a maximum two parties at one time to enhance privacy.

Castle Hill Guest House

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US $ 45.54 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Bedroom, BB Basis, Double)

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Castle Hill Guest House has barely changed in 30 years -- a lick of paint here, a small repair there – and the result has been a much-loved family home where time drips backwards to a less demanding era. That unchanging reputation has made this guest house, which looks down on Kandy lake, one of Sri Lanka’s best-known budget retreats.

Cinnamon Gardens

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Enthusiastic English owners have brought a bright and sociable feel to an old colonial beachfront property. This small independent hotel has a great location and offers an unfussy and relaxed base in one of Sri Lanka’s livelier coastal villages.

Corberts Rest

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Corberts 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.

Corbets View

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US $ 72.15 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Cottage, BB Basis, Twin)

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Committed walkers seeking simple – one could say primitive - accommodation in an unspoiled mountain terrain will be taken by Corbet’s View. This simple accommodation in the heart of the Knuckles range offers no frills, just overnight shelter. This is Sri Lanka’s hill country at its most escapist. Walkers’ territory, unadorned.

Country Garden Resort

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US $ 107.38 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Deluxe Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Country Garden Resort is set within a 19C Kandyan manor house and spreads over a five-acre plantation with diverse crops including tea, paddy, fruit, and vegetables. Whether you want to learn of Kandy’s heritage or just relax and unwind in a homely Kandyan walauwa, Country Garden Resort provides for a good alternative to the larger hotels situated in town.

Danish Villa

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US $ 27.50 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Budget Room, RO Basis, Double)

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Danish Villa is a homely five-bedroomed property set amidst an acre of tropical garden on the landside of the tiny Arugam Bay hotel strip and is just a 10 minute walk away from the magnificent beaches of the south-east coast.

Easy Beach

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US $ 51.06 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Youthful surfers, Colombo ex-pats and independently-minded travellers have grown to love the genial, laid-back atmosphere at Easy Beach. 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. No pool, but this is still budget-traveller heaven.

Enison Lodge

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US $ 74.75 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard A/C Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Enison Lodge is a modern apartment block within the beautiful Victoria Golf and Country Club, one of Asia’s finest, in Sri Lanka’s central highlands. It offers a good-value accommodation option ands is ideally placed by the first fairway at the foot of Coconut Hill. Four a/c rooms can be booked singly or exclusively.

Flower Garden

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US $ 69.60 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard A/C Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Flower Garden in Unawatuna bay is mid-sized, personable accommodation in one of Sri Lanka’s most youthful and lively locations. As well as a relaxed and easy-going vibe, Flower Garden boasts the largest pool in Unawatuna and excellent Sri Lankan cuisine. Rooms are simple, comfortable and spacious; cabana-style bungalows come recommended.

Fort Bliss

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US $ 85.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Bedroom, BB basis, Twin)

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Fort Bliss is a refurbished colonial-period house located within Galle’s 17C Dutch Fort. Situated at the edge of the ramparts, the sea views from the second floor are wonderful. The four bedrooms are spacious and furnished with antique twin or double beds and work desk

Foundation of Goodness

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Founded by Kushil Gunasekera, whose ancestral home in Seenigama serves as the nerve centre of this charity, the Foundation of Goodness provides a comprehensive community development programmes to improve the lives of more than 20,000 people from 25 villages affected by the tsunami.

Glendower Hotel

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US $ 90.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Room, BB Basis, Twin)

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The Glendower Hotel is an appealing option for those seeking a money-saving deal in the hill-country town of Nuwara Eliya. An unprepossessing but welcoming hotel, with a prime position next to the golf course. The restaurant’s emphasis on Chinese food surprises many unsuspecting guests.

Halketha

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US $ 102.46 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Suranga, FB Basis, Twin)

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Halketha is a guesthouse set amidst a peaceful 10-acre tea and rubber plantation in Mathugama in the South West. It consists of two charming chalets with verandahs that overlook lush green paddy fields, tall rubber trees and the tea plantation and sumptuous home-cooked meals are prepared by the Sri Lankan owners.

Hibiscus Garden

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US $ 70.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Deluxe Room, BB basis, Twin)

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Hibiscus Garden is a homely guesthouse with 16 well-appointed rooms housed in four separate chalets. The chalets are located surrounding the swimming pool. A convenient money-saving option for Yala game park, about 40 minutes away, and the other attractions of the deep south.

Hideaway Arugambay

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US $ 53.99 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Non A/C Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Hideaway is a homely guest house with comfortable cottages and a/c rooms situated on a six-acre estate amidst flowering shrubs and fruit trees that attracts plenty of birds and even the occasional monkey. Although Hideaway doesn’t have direct access to the beach, a five minute stroll takes you to one of the main surf points in Arugam Bay.

Hotel Moonbeam

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Hotel Moonbeam has a prime aspect on the surfing beach of Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka’s liveliest west-coach beach settlement. Hikkaduwa is young and affordable with a mildly bohemian edge and Moonbeam, with its 20 rooms and cabana-style beachside restaurant and bar, is one of its best budget options.

House of Joy

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House of Joy is a refurbished, colonial-period guesthouse on Lighthouse Street in the Galle Fort. It has a high timber roof and verandah leading out to a small strip of garden. Interiors are spacious and comfortably furnished. House of Joy is rented by the room or as a whole and can accommodate up to six guests.

Ice Bear

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US $ 47.53 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Double Room - Garden Cottage, RO Basis, Twin)

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The Ice Bear is welcoming, slightly eccentric and has a prized Negombo beachfront location. Time Magazine, no less, suggested that Ice Bear was "a hotel where time stands still" and called it "a Merchant Ivory confection of tea and linen." The imaginative budget traveler will love Ice Bear’s little antique flourishes, and its legendary breakfasts.

Jungle Tide

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US $ 53.19 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Room, RO Basis, Double)

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Jungle Tide is a four-bedroom guesthouse with an escapist setting in the South of Kandy with views of the Knuckles hills, a beautiful mountain range, and well off the tourist trail. It is the aspect that makes this guesthouse so appealing. The interiors are comfortable and well furnished with each bedroom opening out to a private verandah with magnificent views.

Kalla Bongo Lake Resort

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US $ 75.43 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Lagoon Room with a/c, BB Basis, Twin)

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Kalla Bongo is a welcoming 15-room guesthousen on a hillock that slopes down to the Hikkaduwa lake, This scenic and tranquil location is ideal for a peaceful holiday. The sandy beaches of Hikkaduwa are just 2 kms away.

Kandy Cottage

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US $ 48.05 * Price inclusive of all taxes (The Friendly Space, BB Basis, Twin)

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A congenial atmosphere pervades Kandy Cottage, a simple Kandy guesthouse popular with artists and nature lovers. There are three bedrooms and a dining room and the small garden is alive with animal and bird life.

Kelburne Mountain View Cottages

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US $ 157.09 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Rose Cottage, BB Basis, Double)

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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.

Kitulgala Rest House

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US $ 70.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Non a/c, BB Basis, Double)

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The Kitulgala Resthouse boasts a magnificent location overlooking the Kelani River. It offers a convenient resting point from the coast to the hills or from the deep south to Colombo. Adventure junkies flock for the whitewater rafting -- the best in Sri Lanka -- and movie buffs to see the location for David Lean’s "Bridge on the River Kwai."

Lagoon Paradise Beach Resort

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US $ 46.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Old Wing - Standard Non A/C, BB Basis, Twin)

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Lagoon Paradise is a basic but functional option fore the budget traveller on a sparsely-populated stretch of Sri Lanka’s south coast, nerar Rekuwa, home of a turtle sanctuary. It covers a three-acre plot of fairly rocky terrain under a canopy of coconut trees which lead down to an open grassland and a lagoon.

Lake Lodge - Colombo

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US $ 82.46 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Downstairs A/C, BB Basis, Twin)

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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.

Landa

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US $ 74.75 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Family Rooms, BB Basis, Double)

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Landa is the vision of its owner, a Dutch landscape artist who’s passion for nature, plants and landscaping of garden spaces extends from the countryside of France to now the lush tropics of Belihul Oya. Landa is a tranquil setting immersed in tropical foliage, colourful flower beds, luminous green paddy fields and organically grown vegetable fields.

Mamas Galle Fort

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US $ 82.28 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard A/C Room, BB Basis, Twin)

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Mama’s is quite a rarity in Galle Fort, which these days is more associated with luxury hotels and villas. This is a welcoming two-storey guest house with two bedrooms and valued for its delicious home-cooked meals at appetizing prices. It is run by a friendly and courteous Sri Lankan couple.

Mandira Dickoya Bungalow

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US $ 96.60 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Room, BB Basis, Twin)

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Mandira Dickoya Bungalow is a refurbished colonial period planter’s bungalow that has been converted into an appealing four-bedroom guesthouse. Set over 4,000 ft above sea level, the bungalow is on an extensive tea plantation surrounded by picturesque mountains.

Mangrove Garden

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US $ 58.30 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Mud House, BB Basis, Twin)

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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.

Martins Lodge

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US $ 36.51 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Rooms Non a/c, BB Basis, Twin)

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Martin’s Bungalow is a timeless small guesthouse cut off from the rest of the world. Martin, a charming and eccentric host, is an expert onb the forest and will talk freely about a place he loves deeply. The six-bedroom property is very basic. There is no a/c or hot water. But the hospitality and stunning location both amply make up for the lack of luxury.

Max Wadiya

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US $ 0.01 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Suites, FB Basis, Double)

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Max Wadiya consists of two gleaming beach villas on a beautiful stretch of sandy beach in the West coast village of Ambalangoda. Two villas have a total of five bedrooms and are set in an extensive garden scattered with coconut trees and overlooking the turquoise Indian Ocean.

Mount Lavinia House

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US $ 100.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Arcadia Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Mount Lavinia House is an upmarket guesthouse with a boutique feel. The property, small and personable, is a serious option for those preferring to stay outside Colombo. With a magnificent pool as the house’s centrepiece, spacious well-furnished rooms and light living areas little if any accommodation in Mount Lavinia matches it for value.

Mount Lodge

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US $ 115.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard A/C Room, BB Basis, Double)

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Mount Lodge is a hidden delight. An unprepossessing three-storey house from the outside, it is a secluded and stylish hideaway, a gentle stroll away from Mount Lavinia Hotel and about 10kms from Colombo city. It is a charming world of stone floors, sumptious sofas and four-poster beds. Each floor has ample privacy.

Mountain Heavens

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US $ 46.40 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Standard Room, BB Basis, Twin)

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Mountain Heavens Hotel is a six-bedroom guest house in Sri Lanka’s Southern Highlands with a privileged clifftop location which has spectacular views of the Ella Gap and the Bambaragama waterfalls. Sit in the gardens and capture the beautiful sunset or the occasional progress of the Ella-bound train as it slowly winds around the mountains.

Ocean View Cottage

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Ocean View Cottages lies on the southern fringes of the comparatively vibrant coastal village of Hikkaduwa. This welcoming beach front guest house has 12 rooms and offers some of the cleanest and comfortable accommodation on this stretch of the west coast.

Omatta Villa

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US $ 75.34 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Cottage, FB basis, Whole Villa)

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Omatta Villa is a small and unassuming retreat consisting of three separate cottages which can accommodate up to six people. It is one hour east of Kalutara, gateway to the west coast, near Agalawatta, and has a picturesque outlook. Relax by the infinity pool with tropical jungles and mountains in full view, or walk through landscaped gardens and tea estates. En route to Sinharaja rain forest.

Palace Mirissa

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US $ 93.10 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Chalet, HB Basis, Double)

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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.

Palm Beach

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US $ 32.65 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Double Room non A/C, RO Basis, Double)

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Palm Beach is a homely guest house run by an Italian couple – Dona and Luca who takes pride in their home cooked Italian cuisine and personal service. Their garden restaurant is popular and the rooms clean and comfortable and opens out to the front garden.

Palm Paradise Cabanas

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US $ 81.25 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Cabana (Non a/c ), HB Basis, Double)

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Palm Paradise Cabanas offers rudimentary wooden cabanas on a gorgeous stretch of beach, in an undulating palm grove, near to Sri Lanka’s south coast village of Tangalle. This deliberately rustic settlement has enduring popularity and appeals to hardened, independent travellers yearning for tranquil and natural surroundings.

Paradise Farm

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US $ 121.90 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Paradise Villa, BB Basis, Twin)

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Paradise Farm is a working organic agricultural farm with spectacular views, nestling in a sleepy hamlet close to the chief Sri Lanka base for white-water rafting and canoeing – Kitulgala. The main house has three spacious double bedrooms and a frontal verandah overlooking a large infinity pool, with fresh spring water, and sweeping views.

Pastissade

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This is an experience of simple coastal village life. Life is peaceful with a lagoon on one side, frequented by many birds, and the Indian Ocean on the other. Pastissade is an understated two-storey beach house with two good bedrooms, an upstairs dining area and immediate access to the sea.

Planters Bungalow

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US $ 69.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Bedroom, BB Basis, Twin)

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The search for a reliable accommodation choice in the southern highlands is met by The Planter’s Bungalow, situated on the outskirts of Ella. This old estate bungalow has been converted into a wonderful four-bedroom guesthouse. It is set amidst an 11-acre organic fruit and vegetable estate.

Polwaththa Eco Lodges

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US $ 81.00 * Price inclusive of all taxes (Superior Eco Lodge, BB Basis, Twin)

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Polwaththa Eco Lodge is a rustic nature retreat situated on an 11-acre fruit and vegetable plantation in the remote village of Wepathana, which is about 45 minutes north of Kandy. Accommodation is in five simple earthy cottages. This simple spot, with no mains electricity, is in great walking country.

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