Wild Coast Tented Lodge - Yala

Where the Indian Ocean meets the Jungle... Resplendent Ceylon’s latest creation is Wild Coast Tented Lodge, adjacent to the world famous Yala National Park, renowned for its dense leopard population. This spectacular luxury tented camp is situated in a stunning location where the jungle meets a rugged, empty beach, overlooking the Indian Ocean. Wild Coast Lodge’s unique design, masterminded by Nomadic Resorts, a consortium of Dutch, English and Sri Lankan designers, sees the man-made structures blending seamlessly into the surrounding landscape thanks to the use of carefully selected natural materials.

The use of arched fabric structures allows each of the 28 tents to take on the shape and colour of the rocks and boulders that lay scattered nearby, whilst a clever layout in the shape of a leopard’s paw print alludes to the area’s most famous resident. While our main buildings, made of bamboo, blend in with the distinctive rock formations of Yala, our uniquely shaped tents, called Cocoons & Urchins, truly represent a luxury five star resort room under canvas, offering state-of-the art amenities including air-conditioning. The open-air bamboo-clad Ten Tuskers bar and Dining Pavilion – designed to mirror the boulders scattered across the golden beach beyond – wrap around the resort’s enormous free-form swimming pool. Guests can enjoy creative daily-changing menus of authentic Sri Lankan cuisine in the restaurant, as well as sundowner cocktails and picnics al fresco on the sand dunes, watching dusk settle over the Indian Ocean.

Thotalagala Hotel - Haputale

Hillside tea-planter’s bungalow turned boutique hotel Thotalagala is a colonial-style, seven-room stay, decorated with original 19th-century furnishings and odes to the heritage of Sri Lankan Hill Country. Take alfresco breakfasts on the emerald-green lawn and look out over rolling tea plantations as you nibble baked goods and sip locally grown tea; in the evenings, dine in old-world splendour at the long antique dining table. Spend your days exploring the grounds, climbing up to nearby Lipton’s Seat, or simply lounging on the cream-coloured sofas in-between tea times.

Each of the seven rooms is individually decorated with antique furnishings – a roll-top desk here, an artfully arranged taxonomy of fragrant plants there – and named after a historical figure with a tea-country connection. We especially like the stunning four-poster bed in the Rev Walter Senior room.

Tel: +94 77 204 0981, +94 76 762 7433

Email: reservations@thotalagala.com

https://www.thotalagala.com/ 

Saman Villas - Bentota

Where the gloriously aqua-hued waters of the Indian Ocean gently lap fine golden sandy shores of the Southern coast of Sri Lanka, is where you’ll find a unique and undeniably romantic boutique hotel that pushes the boundaries of luxury. For those who truly seek escape with exceptional service, breathtaking views, pristine beaches and possibly the most exquisite sunsets to be found, it is here that the beauty of this island will inspire.

Set apart from luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, Saman Villas hosts a collection of 26 suites and an exclusive duplex villa that combines the best of traditional splendour with modern sophistication. Designed to effortlessly complement our tropical seascape, every suite favours natural indulgence and serenity atop our private peninsula over the Indian Ocean.

Superior Suite

Skirting either edge of our promontory, the Superior Suites at Saman Villas offer magnificent views of the Indian Ocean from a vantage point unlike any Sri Lanka beach resort.

Deluxe Suite

Emerging from the breezy foliage of our coastal headlands, the Deluxe Suites at Saman Villas are designed with private gardens for your personal solace.

Deluxe Suite with Pool

At Saman Villas, each Deluxe Suite with a Swimming Pool combines the best of a luxury hotel, Sri Lanka and our coastal landscapes.

Grand Deluxe with Pool

Tucked away in the southern corner of our coastal outcrop lies the elegantly rustic Grand Deluxe Suite, with the added pleasure of a secluded lap pool within a private garden beyond the expectations of Sri Lanka beach hotels.

Saman Villa with Pool

Arguably one of the finest luxury villas in Sri Lanka, the one and only Saman Villa Suite is an exclusive duplex hideout designed to offer you the ideal balance of privacy, comfort, and tropical opulence.

Tel:  +94 34 227 5435,  +94 34 7200334

Emai: resv@samanvilla.com

https://www.samanvilla.com/

The Sandals - Hikkaduwa

The Sandals is a five bedroomed villa set on a hillock overlooking a picturesque stretch of beach in Balapitiya on the West Coast. The Sandals is a light and airy beach villa with a Mediterranean feel edged by the turquoise seas. This two-storey, tropical modern beach villa is designed with white washed walls and large glass windows that provides for uninterrupted sea views. Interiors are decorated with plush white sofas and contemporary local art. The Sandals can accommodate up to 10 guests and can booked on a whole villa basis or room by room. There is a wide, 1km long virtually private beach.

There are five bedrooms with two located on the ground floor and three on the upper floor. Bedrooms are well furnished with king sized four-poster beds (1 room has 2 twin beds) & air-conditioning. All open out to sea views. All have ensuite bathrooms with h/w showers.

Located just south of Bentota, the journey from Colombo’s international airport takes about one hour and Thirty Minutes via the Southern Highway. The historic city of Galle is about 45 minutes away and the Tourism District of Hikkaduwa is about 20 minutes.

 

Reservations

+94 (0) 77 040 6060 | +94 (0) 77 773 0822

Email: reservations@edwardscollection.com

 
General Enquiries

+94 (0) 77 040 4040
Email: info@edwardscollection.com

Ishq - Thalpe

ISHQ is informal, homely and bespoke. Family owned, the villa takes its name from the Persian word for love. Located along Galle’s ‘French Riviera’, ISHQ is a four-bedroomed luxury villa that first came to be in the 1990s, a part of the original fabric of the island’s first luxury villas designed by the renowned architect Bruce Fell-Smith. Today, the villa marries a love for clean design with oceanic hues and brings together all the comforts of a boutique hotel with the privacy and exclusivity of a private villa.

Located along Galle’s ‘French Riviera’ of Talpe, less than two hours from Colombo’s international airport, ISHQ is a four-bedroomed luxury villa that first came to be in the 1990s, a part of the original fabric of the island’s first luxury villas designed by the renowned architect Bruce Fell-Smith. Set right across a turquoise Indian Ocean shore, palm fringed on both ends, the villa marries a love for airy spaces and soft and chic interiors with all the comforts of a boutique hotel and the privacy and exclusivity of a private villa.

ISHQ is all at once informal and homely but bespoke in services and the finer details in luxury holidaying – taking its name from the Persian word for love. And what’s not to love?

Four ocean inspired suites are beautiful, spacious and made for families, friends and couples. All suites take from contemporary south Asian design and blend seamlessly into a coastal Sri Lankan setting; features include king sized bedding, plenty of storage space for adults and children, private garden patios, en-suite double indoor and outdoor rainwater showers framed against exotic and fragrant frangipani trees, right down to miniature sized bedding and furnishing for junior travellers and a private outdoors Jacuzzi lounge, with views across the garden and ocean beyond.

Tel: +94-774305573 
Email : reservations@ishqvilla.com

La Grande Villa - Nuwara Eliya

La Grande Villa is located in the heart of the historic centre of Nuwara Eliya in an extremely characteristic, quiet and lively area within short walk distance to all sites and is surrounded by the extraordinary beauty of churches, buildings, shops and monuments. La Grande Villa is part of a lovingly restored colonial building.

Villa is located 1.8 km from Gregory Lake. La Grande Villa also includes a barbecue facilities for guests at the hotel. Guests can enjoy a meal at the on-site restaurant or make use of our outdoor dining facility at the garden. The property also has grocery deliveries.The rooms at La Grande Villa are extremely comfortable, equipped with warm and precious materials and personalized with authentic antiques expertly chosen by our specialized team.
This passion for detail contributes to the intimate, tranquil atmosphere which transforms each room into a pleasant refuge within the bustling city of Nuwara Eliya, in a place where guests can relax after a day spent touring and admiring the many beautiful artistic and architectural sites in the city which is also known as Little England.Each bedroom has been individually designed in a fresh concept mixing tradition, precious fabrics, period furniture’s, original photos and paintings.Rooms are light and comfortable and well-appointed with a writing desk, wireless internet access and flat screen TV's. All rooms have a balcony with a couple of hanging chairs to the front facing the garden. Every room is equipped with heaters and Jacuzzi for further comfort. All rooms are large and spacious with a room size of 350sq ft. Free WiFi is available throughout the property and free private parking is available on site.


http://lagrandvilla.com/

No.24, Wedderburn Road, Nuwara Eliya.
+94 - 522 - 24282

contact@lagrandvilla.com

The Kandy House - Kandy

Seductive boutique hotel The Kandy House, in Kandy’s leafy outskirts, effortlessly purveys intimate luxury. A 200-year-old aristo palazzo gone 21st-century, it blends minimalist lines, atypical antiques and quirky strokes of colour around a central courtyard, with just eight romantic individually designed rooms, named after indigenous butterflies. If you can bear to leave the genial grub and your chaise longue on the veranda, enticing hammocks beckon for ginning and sinning around the infinity pool. For romantics, Deluxe room the Pioneer (though small and sans bath tub) is nearest the infinity pool and has its own veranda and garden with a hammock. We also love Ultra room Indian Admiral, which sports an original mahogany veranda with French café table. You may need high-jump skills to access the ancestral four-poster, but you can recover afterwards in the claw-foot bath-with-a-view. Ultra room Red Spot Duke will bring the scarlet harlot out in anyone, with a shiny metal bathroom and cane chaise longue on the wraparound veranda.

The Kandy House

Amunugama Walauwa, Gunnepana

 tel:+94 814921394

info@thekandyhouse.com

http://www.thekandyhouse.com/ 

Cape Weligama

Luxury resort Cape Weligama, on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, follows in sister hotel Ceylon Tea Trails’ footsteps as one of the island’s most wanted. Laid out village-style over an Indian Ocean headland, each butler-attended contemporary villa – designed by architect Lek Bunnag – sits within a flower-scented watta (garden), steps from a cooling pool. Bays and beaches are a short meander away, and the crescent-shaped, cliff-edge infinity pool has swoonsome panoramas. 

The two-storey 307sq m two-bedroom Cape Pool Villa will suit privacy-seekers with a blow-out budget. Upping the ante for honeymoon romance, they have sweeping Indian Ocean views from both bedrooms, and this is the only category with a private infinity pool on the roof terrace. However, Master Suites are more intimate and cost-effective, flaunting the same ochre and ultramarine-hued style as larger villas.

Cape Weligama, Abhimanagama Road, Weligama, Sri Lanka

+94 11 774 5700
reservations@resplendentceylon.com

http://www.resplendentceylon.com/capeweligama/