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Accommodation
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The house design incorporates verandahs, courtyards, high roofs and open spaces that bring the outside in. The large elegantly furnished bedrooms open out to garden or panoramic sea views. All the rooms have ensuite bathrooms, antique four-poster beds fitted with mosquito nets and comfortable antique recliners that serve as an additional bed if required. The rooms are cooled by natural breezes and ceiling fans.
Facilities
Facilities
The living room opens out in all directions to the gardens and has large day beds and antique bookcases filled with plenty of reading material for you to enjoy. This home is adorned with treasured pieces of art, murals and sculptures that the homeowners have collected from Sri Lanka as well as travels to distant lands. Dining in this villa takes on a new meaning – you choose the place: indoors in the breakfast room, by the poolside or on a terrace upstairs. Both Western dishes and Sri Lankan rice and curry are served at the villa. Discuss your menus with the cook and he will ensure that tasty meals are prepared to your liking using local fruit, vegetables and seafood. The garden is vast, bordered with a coconut estate at one end and a secluded beach below. Set on a side of the garden is a dramatic 18-meter infinity pool, which gives a feel of merging with the sea and the horizon beyond.
Amapola’s friendly household staff includes a cook/housekeeper, maid, gardener, and watchman who together with the three dogs – Labradors and Rhodesian Ridgebacks -- ensure security. The dogs are friendly and gentle and very much a part of this household.
Excursions
Excursions
Amapola serves as an excellent base for exploring the fine beaches and tranquil rural countryside of the south. Weligama, Unawatuna and Mirissa beaches offer a perfect environment for swimming and snorkeling along the coral reefs. Amapola is also located just 20 minutes away from the historic Galle Dutch Fort, a UNESCO-protected World Heritage site and a melting pot of cultural influences. Several hours can be spent wandering along its narrow streets and ramparts.
Location
Location
Amapola, a secluded beach house, overlooks Weligama Bay on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in Sri Lanka. The journey to Amapola from the Katunayake International Airport will take approximately five hours. The historic town of Galle is 30 minutes away. The fine beaches of Unawatuna, Weligama and Mirissa are all nearby.