The best luxury hotels
in Sri Lanka.

Weligama, South Coast

Cape Weligama

A cliff-top resort suspended above the Indian Ocean.

Tangalle, South Coast

Amanwella

Aman's south-coast retreat — 30 villas facing a single bay.

Galle Fort, South Coast

Amangalla

A 1684 Dutch heritage building inside the ramparts.

Tangalle, South Coast

Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle

A long arc of beach and Sri Lanka's largest luxury spa.

Kalutara, West Coast

Anantara Kalutara Resort

Geoffrey Bawa's last design — beachfront on the west coast.

Dickwella, South Coast

Ani Sri Lanka

A 15-suite estate above a private beach — sole-use available.

Yala, South-East

Wild Coast Tented Lodge

Bedouin-style cocoons where the jungle meets the ocean.

Yala, South-East

Chena Huts by Uga Escapes

Fourteen ocean-front safari cabins on the edge of Yala.

Yala, South-East

Leopard Trails Yala

Premium mobile tented camp — the leopard specialists' choice.

Bogawantalawa Valley, Hill Country

Ceylon Tea Trails

Sri Lanka's only Relais & Châteaux property.

Knuckles, Hill Country

Madulkelle Tea & Eco Lodge

Tented suites facing the Knuckles range.

Werapitiya, near Kandy

Santani Wellness Resort

Sri Lanka's only true destination wellness resort.

Ella, Hill Country

98 Acres Resort & Spa

Stone bungalows on a working tea estate facing Ella Rock.

Kandy

Earl's Regency Kandy

Five-star colonial hotel above Kandy Lake.

Kandy

Kandy House

An 1804 chieftain's manor, restored to nine rooms.

Colombo 2 (Galle Face)

Shangri-La Colombo

The largest luxury five-star in Colombo.

Colombo 3 (Galle Face)

Galle Face Hotel

Colombo's grand 1864 colonial institution.

Colombo 1 (Fort)

Hilton Colombo

Colombo's reliable Fort five-star.

Colombo 3

Cinnamon Grand Colombo

The flagship of Sri Lanka's largest luxury chain.

Colombo 1 (Fort)

Galadari Hotel

A long-standing four-star on the Fort seafront.

Colombo 3

Renuka City Hotel

Boutique-scale four-star in Colombo 3.

Negombo

Jetwing Beach Negombo

The most refined airport-adjacent beach hotel.

Kotugoda, near airport

The Wallawwa

A restored manor house ten minutes from the airport.

Negombo

Jetwing Lagoon

Geoffrey Bawa's first hotel — on the Negombo lagoon.

Negombo

Grandeeza Luxury Hotel

A newer four-star option on the Negombo beach strip.

Sigiriya, Cultural Triangle

Water Garden Sigiriya

Private villas on lily ponds, facing Sigiriya Rock.

Anuradhapura, Cultural Triangle

Uga Ulagalla

Twenty pool villas across a 58-acre paddy estate.

Sigiriya, Cultural Triangle

Aliya Resort & Spa

Open-air rooms facing Sigiriya and Pidurangala.

Habarana, Cultural Triangle

Cinnamon Lodge Habarana

A 27-acre lakeside resort in the cultural triangle's centre.

Ahungalla, West Coast

Heritance Ahungalla

Geoffrey Bawa's most-photographed beach hotel.

Beruwala, West Coast

Cinnamon Bey Beruwala

Moorish-influenced beach five-star on the west coast.

Koggala, South Coast

Kahanda Kanda

Boutique tea-estate villa on a hilltop above Koggala lake.

Galle Fort

Fort Bazaar

An 18-room merchant house inside Galle Fort.

Galle

Le Grand Galle

The best fort views from outside the walls.

Ella, Hill Country

Sapphirine Reverie

A one-villa hill-country hideaway.

Dickoya, Hill Country

Camellia Hills

A six-room private tea-estate bungalow.

Kandy

Theva Residency

Quiet contemporary villa overlooking the Hantana range.

Ella, Hill Country

Ella Mount Heaven

Intimate boutique hideaway above the Ella valley.

Tangalle, South Coast

Underneath The Mango Tree

Adults-only beach hideaway on a private cove.

Gal Oya, East

Gal Oya Lodge

Nine bungalows beside an undisturbed national park.

Wilpattu

Mahoora Tented Safari Camp Wilpattu

Roving luxury tented camp in low-density Wilpattu.

Bentota, West Coast

Taj Bentota Resort & Spa

Geoffrey Bawa's iconic west-coast Taj.

Colombo 7

Tintagel Colombo

An eleven-suite design hotel in the prime minister's old residence.

Tangalle

Kayaam House

A six-bedroom beachfront villa for sole-use only.

Haputale, Hill Country

Thotalagala Heritage Bungalow

A restored 1880 planter's bungalow above Lipton's Seat.