Hikkaduwa & Around
The five rooms in this colonial-style villa are spacious and well tended, making it excellent value. Major pluses are the friendly owner and staff and the…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
This sublime place is crammed with Buddhist statues, tropical flowers and masses of high-quality antiques. The huge rooms have carved wooden headboards…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
A serene Buddha greets new arrivals at this beautiful lakeside Dutch-run hideaway; the sense of calm continues throughout the property. Standard rooms…
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Negombo
With its imposing entrance and high ceilings, this place feels like a temple – a temple to minimalist luxury, that is. The rooms are luxurious, with sea…
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Negombo
The three air-con rooms above this family house are modern and spotless, even if prices are at the top end of good value. It's a five-minute walk from the…
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Negombo
The spacious private villas here are excellent value, with minimalist yet luxurious furnishings. The bathrooms are the real highlight and soaking in one…
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Wilpattu National Park
This is safari the old-fashioned, decadent way. Mahoora offers a luxury tented camp on the edge of Wilpattu Park. Whatever safari tent type you opt for…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
This welcoming and well-run choice has something for everybody. Even the cheapest rooms are spotlessly clean and come with pleasing decor, while the more…
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Wilpattu National Park
This reliable family-run hotel is an appealing base for visiting Wilpattu, especially as it has its own safari jeeps. Choose from the quiet and immaculate…
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Negombo
This is one of the best-run cheap guesthouses in Negombo. Rooms might not have sea views, but the beach is only 20m away and in every other way it’s…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
About 1.5km inland from Narigama Beach, set in lush gardens and with a fine pool and spacious rooms, this is a quiet and romantic option if you don't mind…
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Negombo
This stand-out choice has a variety of modern rooms – most featuring exposed red-brick walls and dark wooden furniture – but the uniting factor is that…
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Negombo
A gorgeous traditional villa with lots of colour and flair (or ‘Swissness’, as the sign says – to which you could also add ‘and a little eccentricity’)…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
This small boutique hotel close to Hikkaduwa lake has lush, glitzy rooms, a beautiful pool and excellent food, though it's not actually on the lake. What…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
The small but well-kept pool at this beachside property alone makes it worth the money, but add in large and nicely presented rooms and a decent patch of…
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Negombo
This small German-run beachfront pad might be discreet, but it packs all mod cons, along with plenty of sun loungers and a good restaurant. The six…
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Dewasiri Beach Restaurant & Hotel
Hikkaduwa & Around
Ideal for surfers on a budget, this slightly ramshackle place overlooks Main Reef and has a variety of simple but clean (cold-water) rooms, the priciest…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
A smart midrange option with 28 spick-and-span rooms that are enlivened by pictures and wooden decorations. Piping-hot water gushes forth from the showers…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
Keeping passing travellers content for years, lovely Ritas has simple but tidy ground-floor budget rooms, while midrange cruisers will like the fancier…
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Negombo
This modern and fresh hotel has spacious split-level rooms that are all about sleek minimalism. The hotel doesn't have much natural light, but there's…
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Negombo
With latticework window frames, comfortably worn-in furniture and breezy balconies, this is a well-priced and friendly option with just four rooms set…
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Negombo
An excellent, budget beachfront option with Arabian-style arched portals and neatly tiled rooms that have a balcony/terrace and odd tent-like mosquito…
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Negombo
There's an inviting family vibe to this smart guesthouse a short stroll back from the main strip. Rooms are spacious and immaculate and have little…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
This slice of a guesthouse has well-furnished upper-floor air-conditioned rooms overlooking the beach, and cheaper but darker side rooms that have more of…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
This guesthouse is right at the southern end of the tourist strip on an appealing patch of beach. The rooms themselves are plain, with only cold-water…
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Hikkaduwa & Around
A smart but sterile place with welcoming staff. The more expensive rooms are enormous, which could make them worth considering for families. A big plus is…
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Negombo
The five simple but clean rooms in this family house are set around a pleasant roadside garden, though it suffers from traffic noise. Breakfast is Rs 600…
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Wilpattu National Park
This tented safari camp was recently bought by a boat-based scuba tour company and is being upgraded.
