Rest in the hotel "Villa Larissa", Marawila, Sri Lanka

Written: 4 november 2011
Travel time: 28 july — 14 august 2011
Your rating of this hotel:
2.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 2.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 3.0
Amenities: 3.0
We want to immediately apologize to those who wrote positive reviews earlier, and those who were satisfied with this hotel! We never thought that we would fall into the category of people who only do what they grumble about shortcomings! We must have been VERY unlucky, because during our stay, the owner of the hotel, Larisa, was away, so we encountered some problems. . .
Pros:
- the hotel is located in a VERY picturesque and not inhabited by tourists place, a great opportunity to get acquainted with the real life of a fishing village (what are the farewells, meetings of fishermen and counting the catch "the whole street"!!! )!
- the locals are incredibly friendly, sociable and, surprisingly, not intrusive;
- the territory of the hotel is small, neat and well-groomed (the photos of the hotel on the site really correspond to reality, only now the hotel has become greener and more comfortable);
- the rooms are cozy;

- the ocean, even stormy, brings pleasant surprises (for example, a turtle or "unidentified objects" - see photo);
- sand on the beach in the form of "streaks" of three colors: red, black and yellow! By the way, all these are rare earth elements that are part of minerals: zircon, rutile, monazite, ilmenite, and also granite!
- incredibly beautiful sunsets!!!
And now, unfortunately, for the cons:
- first of all, the inappropriate behavior of the manager (Solomon): it was somewhat unexpected to hear, in response to a request to repair a leaking shower, a recommendation to move to another hotel if something does not suit us (by the way, the inspector from Coral was a witness to the conflict). We admit that on the eve of "strongly strained" the hotel staff with a request to rearrange the child's bed from the air conditioner blowing on it!
- food. . . what was served for breakfast and dinner can hardly be called restaurant food! Occasionally, Solomon's mother saved the situation - in this case, vacationers received dishes of good national cuisine;
- and one more thing, the beach: they were very surprised why there are no photos of the beach on the sites... Now, we hope there will be... By the way, from the hotel to the beach, indeed, 100-150 meters. Only first you need to cross the road (I wonder why the site says that the hotel is located on the first line?! ), and then make your way between the fence and a half-abandoned store (see the exit to the beach against the sunset in the photo). The beach itself fits well between two garbage cans and perfectly combines 3 umbrellas and 2 collapsing trestle beds. . .
This, in fact, ends the negative impressions! We tried to run into the manager as little as possible (as, admittedly, he did with us), walked a lot, met the locals, admired the sunsets... In general, we tried to get the most pleasure, which we managed, especially considering the first part of our holiday: a seven-day tour across the country (remained fabulously satisfied and highly recommended)!

Just before leaving, Solomon even helped us with the purchase of local fruits (because of the holiday, we couldn’t buy everything that we planned for hotels)... So, one cannot say that everything was terrible, but the sediment was not good (to put it mildly! ) Remained. . .
This hotel is best suited, in our opinion, for people who face language problems and / or like to make new friends on vacation and spend time in close company of vacationers...
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