Amangalla Resort Hotel
Renovated from a 17th-century Dutch Fort, the Amangalla Resort Hotel in southwestern Sri Lanka offers a wide range of old-style amenities. Take, for example, the resort's public baths, which have been modernized to include a full spa with sauna, steam room and massage area. There is also a studio in the spa that offers meditation and yoga lessons. And unlike most resorts, the Amangalla has a large library that allows guests to borrow novels, magazines, newspapers, CDs and board games. The seven bedrooms that the resort offers are more like apartments than guest rooms, with kitchens, living rooms and private balconies.
Amangalla Resort Hotel
10 Church St.
Fort Galle, Sri Lanka
(9491) 223-3388
amanresorts.com
Boulder Garden Nature Resort
Nestled in the southwestern jungle area of Sri Lanka, the Boulder Garden Resort is an all-suite boutique hotel that mixes nature with top-notch accommodation. The resort's 10 suites have private balconies and terraces, as well as separate living, sleeping and dining room areas. Guests can enjoy the hotel's open-air restaurant and its bar, which is built right into a cave. The hotel also offers tours of the surrounding cave areas, hiking excursions and mountain biking trips.
Boulder Garden Nature Resort
Sinharaja Road, Koswatta
Kalawana, Sri Lanka
(9445) 225-5812
bouldergarden.com
Barberyn Reef Resort
The Barberyn Reef Ayuverda Resort on Sri Lanka's west coast is a great place for visitors who are looking to unwind with a little Eastern medicine. The resort has an in-house health center that practices holistic healing and homeopathetic medicine. It also offers yoga and meditation lessons up to three days a week for all hotel guests, as well as weekly cooking classes. The resort has three types of rooms: beach-front rooms, garden rooms and duplex rooms. To keep guests cool, some of these come with full air conditioning, while others have floor and ceiling fans, too.
Barberyn Reef Resort
Barberyn Reef Road
Beruwala, Sri Lanka
(9432) 276-6036
barberynresorts.com/english
The Lavender House
For those looking for a simple and quaint resort in central Sri Lanka, look no farther than The Lavender House. This modest, relatively inexpensive resort was built out of a former tea planter's residence in the tea fields of Pussellawa. Guests are treated to five large apartment-style rooms, with their own personalized courtyards. There is a communal dining room that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. The food cooked there is made out of the fresh ingredients grown in the resort's local garden.
The Lavender House
Hellboad Estate
Katukitula, Sri Lanka
(9411) 052-225-9928
thelavenderhouseceylon.com
Ceylon Continental Resort
Ceylon Continental is a resort hotel on the waterfront of Sri Lanka's capital, Columbo. It offers three types of rooms: ocean-view rooms, executive rooms and presidential suites. All of these come with flat-screen televisions, 24-hour room service and a kitchen area. Of course, no resort is complete without a lot of relaxing amenities, and the Ceylon Continental is certainly no exception. Guests can enjoy the resort's full spa with steam room and sauna, gym with personal trainers, outdoor beach-front swimming pool and squash courts. The resort also includes a shopping gallery with boutique shops, such as a jewelry and souvenir store.
Ceylon Continental Resort
Janadhipathi Mawatha
Colombo, Sri Lanka
(9411) 2421221
ceyloncontinental.com
