Amaya Hills
Hats off to the architects for making the most of Amaya Hills’ perfect location...
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Hats off to the architects for making the most of Amaya Hills’ perfect location...
Keeping passing travellers content for years, Rita’s has tidy backrooms for those on a budget while midrange cruisers will find the fancier ocean-facing rooms, which are larger and have more attention to detail, to their pleasure...
Newly rebuilt after the tsunami and offering superb value, the Nilaveli Beach Hotel is easily the best place to stay in the whole Trincomalee region...
For the jet-setter, Jetwing’s luxurious safari resort is hard to beat...
This place used to be called Culture Club but has changed its name to Amaya Lake. Boy George references aside, this is a lovely and inviting place to spend a night or two. The huge, breezy complex has 106 stylish villas set in beautiful gardens...
The 150 spacious rooms come in vaguely Portuguese colonial-style duplexes, and set in 11 hectares of lush landscaping. A nature trail leads to a tree-house platform for viewing birds and monkeys. It has a Thai restaurant and fitness centre.
This is one of the prettiest hotels in Sigiriya, thanks to its spectacular views of Sigiriya rock that reflect off the shimmering swimming pool; non-guests can use the pool for Rs 200...
Sat slap-bang on a breathtaking stretch of near deserted beach, this superb place has several rustic but chic cabanas hidden under the trees...
One of Kandy’s longest established guest houses and still one of the best. Excellent views, art deco styling, and nine scrupulously clean rooms decorated with Sri Lankan arts and crafts add up to a relaxing place to stay...
One of the first places to re-open after the tsunami and a magnet to budget-hungry travellers ever since...
The Hideaway is truly a gorgeous place in which to hide away from the mean old world beyond its gates...
Modern and kitsch in the most perfect of ways, this family-run guest house is the prize of Galle...
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