Panchi Villa

Gorgeous hotel with a really nice pool and huge rooms. Felt like we paid a lot more for what we got. Breakfast was also really nice and staff so helpful.

A bit far from restaurants etc. You can get a tuk tuk but I like to be somewhere I can walk

Staff really work hard to make your stay special. Really extensive breakfast of fruit, juice, toast with butter cheese or jam, followed by bacon and eggs as you please. The hotel it 4 km from the town centre and the river, but staff are always on hand to give you a tuk tuk ride to wherever you wish to go at very reasonable rates. £1 each way into town. However, the restaurant good is so good that we ate in every night for our four night stay. Alcoholic drinks are a reasonable price also. Beautiful well kept garden and large swimming pool with sunbeds with mattresses. We loved it here, and preferred a small hotel to the large characterless options on Paradise Island up the road. A real Sri Lankan experience.

Wifi was a little patchy, but this seemed to be the norm in the area. Buying a local Sim is a good tip.