Отель очень понравился Liked the hotel very much

I liked the hotel very much, there are almost few comments. Our room was in the first building on the second floor, the view of the ocean is amazing. We went to rest in the rainy season and were a little worried if we would get into continuous tropical downpours and dampness. Fortunately, there were only two showers in 10 days, one at night and one (on the day of departure) in the morning. The showers are not long, after half an hour you can go sunbathing. The sky was almost always covered with clouds, we really liked it, it is more comfortable to sunbathe. The hotel staff are wonderful, very friendly and helpful. All this is in previous reviews, I will not repeat. From the remarks: in the 1st and 2nd buildings there is no roof over the balconies, therefore, in case of rain, not only can you not go out to the balcony, but also the mattresses on the sunbeds, pillows on the chairs on the balcony get wet. The hotel didn't think of this. And big claims to the hotel guide Svetlana. We don't understand why they keep her there. Finding her is almost impossible. On the first day, they barely found it, having spent a lot of their time, and did not hear anything useful for themselves. You start asking about excursions - some obscure mumbling, about local specifics - similarly. They told her that they were ready to go on some specific excursions, promised to call until the evening and tell her what days the group was recruited for. We waited for a call for three days and... alas. Good vacationers at the hotel advised the local guide Salim. I first turned to Aish, who is recommended by many here, but his prices are high now, I don’t know how they were before. Salim was our guardian angel, and excursions, and shopping, and refreshments... all with his help. He brought fruit from his garden, pineapples were plucked from the garden in front of us, peeled and served on the table, papaya and red bananas - from a branch... We took one-day excursions: to Kandy, to Yalu on a safari, and along the river... Moreover, the program was We saw exactly what we were interested in. By the way, regarding the excursion to the Gale fort, which Aish offered us for a lot of money, we visited almost everything returning from a safari without any additional expenses.
Some useful information for beginners may come in handy: it is customary to pay for any services at the end, bargain everywhere. A tuk-tuk ride costs 100 rupees (initially they ask hotels for 200), and the tuk-tuk is at your disposal for 2 hours. For example, if you go shopping, to a restaurant, he must wait and, if the trip is within 2 hours, deliver to the hotel for the same money. It is better to buy fruits through a guide, he even asked us not to get out of the car, because at the sight of tourists prices go up to heaven. We somehow tried to buy mangosteen on our own, initially we were asked for 800 rupees per kg, after a long bargain - 300 rupees. For example, Salim bought us 200. The same applies to tea. I brought exotic fruits home for gifts: pineapples, papayas, lychees, mangosteens, passion fruit, red bananas. Fruits will have to be checked in. Everything went fine for me, the only thing is that the papaya turned out to be the most vulnerable, it was slightly wrinkled. Seafood is cooked very tasty in the Amal restaurant, I definitely recommend a visit. Opposite the hotel there is a restaurant simpler, but also quite acceptable. But in general, the hotel is very good, the country is insanely interesting and very exotic for us, the people are friendly and welcoming... Be sure to go, you will not regret it. I would very much like to visit there again. If there are questions, ask!