places to stay in sri lanka

There is a wealth of fabulous accommodation in Sri Lanka to meet all tastes and requirements. Below are some examples of the fabulous hotels you could stay in on your Sri Lanka adventure. In addition, check out Jetwing Vil Uyana Resort on our Eco Lodge pages.

Colombo

The Wallawwa

The Wallawwa is not your typical Colombo airport hotel. Set in 200-year-old tropical gardens just 15-minutes’ drive from Sri Lanka’s main international gateway, our award-winning 18-bedroom country house hotel with gourmet food, jungle pool and heavenly spa, carved out of an atmospheric 18th century manor house, exudes style and serenity. As an alternative to hotels in Negombo, The Wallawwa promises to start or end your Sri Lankan holiday in style.

Jetwing Blue

Lavishly complementing the luxury accommodation at Jetwing Blue, our original home of Sri Lankan hospitality hosts an array of modern facilities including two swimming pools, in-house boutiques, a spa, and a ballroom that holds up to 800 people.

Cultural Triange

Water Garden Sigiriya

Welcome to Water Garden Sigiriya where luxury meets nature surrounded by lakes & water streams. The breathtakingly beautiful Sigiriya hotel boasts a modern-day water harvesting design revisiting the 2,000-year-old water garden on Sigiriya Rock.

Galle and South Coast

Anantara Peace Haven Tangelle Resort

Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle Resort sits on a rocky outcrop on the southern coast of Sri Lanka near the old fort town of Tangalle. Golden-hued beach fringed by coconut palms overlooks the roaring Indian Ocean.

Explore the island’s rainforests, pilgrimage sites and fishing ports. Dine cliffside, embark on surf adventures, or retreat to the sanctuary of Anantara Spa with award-winning Ayurvedic treatments. We have 152 rooms and pool villas. We are 2.5-hour drive from Bandaranaike International Airport. You can get Ayurvedic treatments at Anantara Spa. Experience spectacular cliffside dining. From here you can access to historical, natural and cultural highlights.

Cape Weligama

Where trade winds carried legendary explorers like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta and Fa-Hsien past Sri Lanka’s soaring southern cliffs on some of history’s most celebrated nautical journeys, Cape Weligama has become the most celebrated resort along this fabled island’s palm-fringed shores.

Thirty minutes east of Galle, Cape Weligama inhabits 12 manicured acres atop a singular promontory rising 40 metres above the Indian Ocean. Stunning panoramas await you, naturally complementing the 39 private retreats designed by one of Asia’s most celebrated architects, Lek Bunnag. The hotel’s dining venues capture Weligama’s iconic sunsets, as does the 60-meter crescent-shaped infinity pool that appears to flow seamlessly into the shimmering sea, while those timeless breezes ensure elegant swells unfurl onto the sun-kissed sand.

Kandy

The Kandy House

The Kandy House is a unique ancestral manor house (walauwa) providing seclusion and serenity for its guests in a lush, tropical garden setting, close to Kandy. With only 9 bedrooms, this Kandy hotel, aims is to give guests an experience of staying more in a private house than a conventional hotel. Traditional Kandyan architecture has been blended with Bawa-influenced modern, polished titanium cement floors and bathrooms. In the gardens, a stunning infinity pool has been landscaped into the hillside overlooking the rice paddy fields.

Delicious European fusion and Sri Lankan cuisine is on offer. Well-placed to spend time to relax as well as explore a broad selection of Sri Lanka’s primary destinations in the Cultural Triangle and Tea Country, including the Temple of the Tooth and the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. The house can also be booked as a whole for important celebrations with friends, or just for the peace of mind of a group having total privacy away from the public eye. The Kandy House also makes an ideal honeymoon hotel in Sri Lanka, in a quiet peaceful setting, honeymooners can enjoy the infinity pool, private dining, yoga or massages.

Tea Country

Heritance Tea Factory

Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travellers visiting Nuwara Eliya, Heritance Tea Factory is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its luxury environment and proximity to great restaurants, Heritance Tea Factory makes it easy to enjoy the best of Nuwara Eliya.

Heritance Tea Factory is a luxury hotel offering a flat-screen TV, a minibar, and a refrigerator in the rooms, and it is easy to stay connected during your stay as free wifi is offered to guests.

The hotel features a 24-hour front desk, a concierge, and room service. Plus, guests can enjoy a fitness center and breakfast, which have made this a popular choice among travellers visiting Nuwara Eliya. For guests with a vehicle, free parking is available.

While staying at Heritance Tea Factory, visitors can check out Pedro Tea Factory (3.0 mi), which is a popular Nuwara Eliya attraction.

While staying at Tea Factory Hotel, if you are feeling hungry, you can find Tea Factory Hotel Restaurant (0.0 mi) a short walk from the hotel.

If you’re looking for something to do, Lover’s Leap Falls is a nice way to spend some time.

Whether you’re travelling for business, pleasure, or both, Heritance Tea Factory is sure to make your visit to Nuwara Eliya one worth remembering.

Ceylon Tea Trails

Ceylon Tea Trails comprises of five restored historic tea planter residences, called bungalows, perched at an altitude of 1250 meters in Sri Lanka’s panoramic Ceylon tea region. The 27 rooms & suites with period furnishings, gracious butler service, and gourmet cuisine create an ambiance that has made Tea Trails the gold standard for luxury in Sri Lanka. Each bungalow is unique and offers guests the non-hotel, private house ambiance that is the hallmark of the award-winning Tea Trails experience. Follow the Tea Trail from one bungalow to the next, staying a night or two at each or just laze in one.

This is the ideal setting for trekking and biking against the breath-taking backdrop of mountains, lakes, winding roads, and waterfalls. If you prefer to unwind, observe life on a working tea estate while being pampered by your butler, enjoy a spa treatment, croquet on the lawn or sunbathe alongside the pool. Or explore the lush tea fields & visit a century old factory for a gentle education in the art of Ceylon Tea.

Yala

Chena Huts

Set amongst the golden dunes and the lush greenery in Yala, Uga Chena Huts blends Sri Lanka’s most celebrated features – its tropical beaches and its exotic wildlife.

Our Yala hotel has been designed with its surrounding tropical jungles and saline lake in mind. Enveloped in a world of scenic splendour and exotic fauna, our ‘huts’ are luxurious private cabins that offer awe-inspiring views of the surrounding wilderness and seascape.

Unique location bordering the Yala National Park, the Indian Ocean, and a natural watering hole. You will find Private pools in each cabin, experienced rangers escorting you on personalized safaris, only all pool villa with the largest private cabins in the region (1130 sq ft), 14 luxury cabins on 7 acres of land ensuring privacy and seclusion and family-friendly which can accommodate 2 children in a cabin.

Wild Coast Tented Lodge

In the southeast of Sri Lanka lies the Wild Coast Tented Lodge — a haven of twenty-eight cocoon-like tents placed at the edge of the jungle and beach. Together they form the shape of a leopard’s paw, a symbol of the Yala National Park whose wonders you can discover alongside the camp’s naturalist guides on a safari adventure.

At the outposts, the suites overlook the Indian Ocean. Each arched structure, stretched in canvas and bearing stylish colonial expedition decor, is dotted with a private watering hole. Entwined in bamboo, the main building resembles a rock along the shore. It houses the bar, library, and restaurant where a modern take on traditional Sri Lankan cuisine is served.