Max Wadiya

the Indian Ocean murmurs its approval as you both kick your feet through the broad, sandy beach where the only footprints are your own, before plunging into its warm waters. But you might be just as eager to get back to your villa, the lovely double-storey max wadiya, set in landscaped gardens and scattered with antiques and local art. Choose between the three double rooms and the two luxury suites, which lie across an inner courtyard and are clung to, by a flowering jacaranda. The cook at the villa buys fresh produce daily from the markets and fish from the net-casters Who haul their catch onto the beach. The food, as you can imagine, is fresh, light, simple and delicious. Ambalangoda is known for its mask-making factories and devil-dancing traditions, and you can even ask for a performance by the local dance school at the villa. Or rent a catamaran for the sea or the lagoon nearby, and try to tell one plant or bird from another.

Tariff Range

Rs 7, 200 for a suite

Max Wadiya
Galle Road Madampe Ambalangoda,
Sri Lanka
+94 91 225 7926
http://www.maxwadiya.com