супер отпуск!! super vacation!!

We stayed at this hotel in October. In general, I liked everything))) also drank juices and dried themselves with towels during check-in (as in all previous 3 * hotels during the tour). The hotel is very large, a bit confusing corridors, but overall nice. The room is clean, everything you need (safe, hair dryer, gel-lotions) is there. Very good free wifi. There was no bathroom on the balcony, apparently it is in the rooms above the class. The bed was with one large mattress, as promised)) the ocean in front of the hotel is dirty, we went to Bentota, there are much better beaches. There are several pools in the hotel, but all are small.
We took only breakfast and did not regret it. All the same, I want to get out into the city in the evening, see interesting places, chat with people, and not sit constantly in the hotel restaurant. The breakfast buffet is quite varied, for all tastes, but every day is the same. By the end of the holiday, I got a little tired. In the evening we went to eat at the guest house next door. It's called pahalage. For two came out about 25-30 dollars with alcohol. Very tasty cooked, a little bit long, but still delicious. In general, I recommend. A couple of times we went to restaurants in the city, also tasty, but more expensive.
It's a long walk to the city, so you have to use the services of tuk tukers. We traveled with several boys, all are very sociable, they know English and a little bit of Russian, but I want to recommend one. His name is Jiva, phone number is 0774171883 A very good boy, his prices are much lower than the others.

The hotel staff is nice and smiling, but in my opinion a little lazy, especially the cleaners and waiters. They cleaned twice a day, but each time they forgot something, then bring towels, then water, and so on. But in principle, these are trifles. we went there not to sit in a hotel, but to get acquainted with this amazing country.
We thought about how best to do with excursions. The most interesting sights are located in the center of the island, in the "cultural triangle". Therefore, if you go from the coast, you need to allocate a couple of days, the hotel is idle at that time . . in the end, we decided to immediately take it from the tour operator and did not regret it, and the price is good, and the guarantees... We took a general excursion for 6 days and 5 nights, but since those who wish it was not enough, it turned out to be individual !! , all this time we drove in a Toyota with air conditioning and listened to a guide who speaks good Russian. I liked it very much! A sea of ​ ​ impressions! And another tip, do not buy anything during the excursions, no souvenirs and Ayurvedic things, all this is sold 5 times cheaper near the hotel, especially the Spice Garden and the folk crafts workshop in Kandy. Is that tea in factories an exception. Don't repeat our mistakes. .
Well, a few more tips from personal experience. If you smoke, bring your own cigarettes because smoking is expensive in this country. The day of the full moon is a holiday and everyone has a day off. Alcohol is not sold on this day. At the airport, when exchanging currencies, carefully count the money, otherwise we were almost heated by 1000 rupees. Take a lot of small dollars and rupees, you always need to give someone a tip)) write down all the expenses at the hotel, minibar, laundry, etc. , because upon check-out you will be presented with an invoice, where there may be extra positions. We encountered this, but refused to pay for the left. and of course, do not sit in the hotel, there are a lot of interesting things around. We went to Galle by bus, a very beautiful fort, many streets, beautiful houses and restaurants. Tuk tukers offer the Big Buddha temple and a turtle farm, they thought it was nothing special, but it turned out to be very interesting))) we thought that Sri Lanka is similar to India, so most of the first-aid kit was coal, sorbex, etc. , but nothing was useful, better take something cold. (although there are no problems with pharmacies there either).
In general, the vacation turned out to be superb, I didn’t really want to leave home)))