для желающих отдохнуть на Шри Ланке for those who want to relax in Sri Lanka

The hotel was chosen according to reviews from the Internet according to the price-quality ratio. The hotel is old, but constantly maintained (painted, furniture is updated, tiles are rubbed, etc. ) Our room was a "suite", very decent, consisted of 2 rooms, if you do not find fault with trifles, small scratches on furniture, simple tiles in the bathroom. Plumbing is a little old, but very clean and not broken. The room is cleaned daily, the linen is not perfectly white, but always clean, without a gray coating. of the shortcomings - a poorly working hair dryer in the bathroom, but it is not needed as the humidity is very high and drying hair with a hair dryer is a waste of time. In the evening, they always change anti-mosquito tablets, so you do not need to take them with you. The room has a refrigerator and a kettle with a set of disposable coffee, sugar, tea and cream. There were 2 TVs in the room (in the sleeping area and in the hall, they watched one Russian-language channel Planet RTR). of the pluses, 2 balconies in each room with plastic furniture can be noted, and given that we occupied the 1st floor, we also had 2 additional entrances from sunbeds and pleasant tea parties at sunset. The food is quite good, but a little monotonous, but it practically does not have time to get bored, since the choice of dishes is wide and you can try everything in 9 days. We had breakfasts and dinners. We dined exclusively with seafood in the nearest cafes. At Dylan's (to the left of the hotel), fish was ordered in advance for lunch, which was chosen next to the fishermen upon arrival of the boats, shrimp, colmar. Separately, I want to warn you about excursions. On the first day we went to have lunch in a cafe on the coast and ended up with Silva. While we were eating, he showed us the reviews of tourists about his excursions and the restaurant, and very enthusiastic ones. . . Well, we agreed to buy a ticket on the river from him. Remember that when purchasing an excursion from beach-boys (they are like animals on us "little whites"), negotiate all the conditions, namely, what is included in the cost of the trip, and most importantly, at the entrance to somewhere (for example, a turtle farm, rent a boat, etc. ). Who pays for it?? ? He or you? It turned out that we paid him $50 and then he took money from us and a lot of money for all the entrances and rent of the boat... demanded a bonus. . In general, it is better not to get involved with Silva, because you don’t get information from the tour, but one irritation. . . after all, he only knows three words in Russian and knows "mom-dad, tsunami, the family was washed away. " . . all! Then we found out that Dylan and Nuan had this tour in the range of 17-20 dollars per person, we felt like suckers. . . there are suckers! Well, it’s so beautiful, fascinating, because no one can spoil nature.... Of the excursions, we recommend a walk along the river, it is not stressful (without a spice garden, a turtle farm and visits to jewelry and souvenir shops), everything they carry is simply very expensive. Near the street to the hotel, everything is cheaper. We went to Kandy for 1 day, a very tiring road, we looked at the elephant nursery, the temple of the tooth of the buddha and the botanical garden in Piradeniya, which we liked the most. Thanks to Dylan, at our request, he did not deliver us to related stores, it takes a lot of time. We went to the shops the day before we left for Colombo. I will note only good T-shirts and children's knitwear, all other clothes with Asian specifics and it is unlikely that you will wear them here. I also note that we were “friends” with Dylan until the end of our trip, consulted, used his services, really the guy tried to show and tell what he could about his country, his Russian is not very good, but he understands everything and we understood him too... At our request, he bought a durian and in the evening he butchered it for us, they themselves could not. . . but now we know what kind of fruit about which there is so much noise. Sri Lanka is good for a relaxing family holiday. Yes, I want to say that the tourists who came with us had problems with checking in, namely, they were shown the most disgusting room in turn and squeezed money for the best one, and some paid extra $ 200 and got what they ordered from a travel agency, and the second couple quarreled and also got that what she wanted. . . this is how it can be, so when buying a ticket, do not spare money for the best room (it turns out to be not much more expensive, we got something about $ 400), but there were no problems and everyone liked it. In conclusion, I’ll say that the hotel is a solid 4, and if you don’t want to overpay, take it without any problems - you won’t regret it! Near Palm Beach Hotel -5 *, the owner is a German, the hotel is just great!