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Palagama Beach

3.0 star property
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Outdoor pool
Terrace/patio
Property grounds
Beach Cabana Room
Garden Cabana Room

Reviews

9.6 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • On private beach
    On private beach
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping

Explore the area

Map
12 Palmyra Avenue, Alankuda, Kalpitiya, 61360
  • Ruwala Nature & Adventure Park
    8 min drive
  • St. Anne's Shrine
    17 min drive
  • Alankuda Beach
    22 min drive

Room options

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Budget Double Room

Budget Double Room

  • 39 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Garden Cabana Room

Garden Cabana Room

  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Beach Cabana Room

Beach Cabana Room

  • 19 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Villa, 1 Bedroom, Non Smoking, Garden Area

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

Etalai

When you stay at Palagama Beach in Etalai, you'll be 8 minutes by car from Ruwala Nature & Adventure Park. .This beach resort is 4.5 mi (7.2 km) from Alankuda Beach and 5.8 mi (9.4 km) from St. Anne's Shrine.
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What's nearby

  • Ruwala Nature & Adventure Park - 8 min drive - 4.2 km
  • St. Anne's Shrine - 17 min drive - 9.4 km
  • Alankuda Beach - 22 min drive - 7.2 km
  • Dutch Fort of Kalpitiya - 36 min drive - 25.6 km
  • Base Hospital Puttalam - 37 min drive - 26.3 km

Getting around

  • Bandaranaike Intl. Airport (CMB) - 178 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Thasleem Hotel - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Diana Restaurant & Baar - ‬16 min drive
  • ‪Breeze Bar, Aarya Lagoon - ‬15 min drive
  • ‪Blue Lagoon - ‬17 min drive
  • ‪Adhly Fine Dine - ‬5 min drive

About this property

Palagama Beach

Family fun at the shore
Palagama Beach offers 14 air-conditioned accommodations with complimentary bottled water and coffee/tea makers. Beds feature premium bedding. Business-friendly amenities include desks and safes. Additionally, rooms include complimentary toiletries and ceiling fans. Housekeeping is offered daily and refrigerators can be requested.
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a private beach.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services.
Make yourself at home in one of the 14 air-conditioned guestrooms. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Relax on the private beach or enjoy other recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool and bicycles to rent. Additional amenities at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge). Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
Enjoy a satisfying meal at Coralia serving guests of Palagama Beach. Unwind at the end of the day with a drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free valet parking is available onsite.
Coralia - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Free valet parking on site
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Local area shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • Coralia

Things to do

  • Bike rentals
  • Children's pool
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Spa services

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Fridge (on request)
  • Supervised childcare (surcharge)

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe
  • Library

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Private beachfront location
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • Mosquito nets

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Ceiling fan
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Fridge (on request)

More

  • Desk
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: noon; Check-in end time: 10:30 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 10:30 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 25.0 per night
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 55

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 110 per vehicle (one way)
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 25.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Palagama Beach Hotel Etalai
Palagama Beach Etalai
Palagama Beach Resort Kalpitiya
Palagama Beach Resort
Palagama Beach Kalpitiya
Palagama Beach Resort
Palagama Beach Kalpitiya
Palagama Beach Resort Kalpitiya

Palagama Beach Reviews

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 9 out of 11 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 11 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 11 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 11 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 11 reviews" "

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Frances

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Picturesque and wonderful
This little hotel is so wonderful. The pool is honestly to die for. So picturesque, especially at sunset, although pretty amazing all day long! The staff are amazing and so accommodating. It’s true the margaritas are fav, although sadly they couldn’t offer them in the second night of my stay. But as I left, they were doing a shopping run, to replenish. My room was comfortable and super, the only thing missing for me was A/C. I had a massage and it was excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alison

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff delightful, good chef, great breakfast choices. Accommodation quite quaint and possibly a little tired but perfectly comfortable and very private. Fantastically relaxing place and a good pool. The margaritas were excellent but bar not well stocked. We loved it - we stayed five nights at the end of a four week trip which had been pretty hectic so we very much appreciated the peace and quiet
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Away from the crowds
With a direct view of the sunset over the infinity pool, this isolated resort, built by a famous architect, will make you want to stay longer. Spa services, delicious food, helpful staff, comfortable natural building materials will charm you. Don’t miss it!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

nancy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful and peaceful in every way
We arrived tires, having biked 90km to get there, and were immediately set at ease by the kind staff. We were provided with a lovely and spacious cabin upgrade with a king sized bed and hot water showers. Out stay continued to get better. Swimming in both the infinity pool and the lovely ocean beaches. An excellent choice of drinks at the lovely bar. The best food ever! The staff helped us plan our activities, including Ayurvedic massage treatments at their spa. We could have stayed a week!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
With the effort to get there!
Host Denzil was very accommodating with our very late arrival and early departure. He arranged the drivers both ways for seamless transport. Ours was a short stay so we did not get to check out the park safari - but will deff return for that. Palagama Beach is a wonderful refuge from daily life - the pool, lounge and restaurant are delightful - lovely a la carte menu and the best Margaritas in all of Asia! The shaded cabanas round the pool are the perfect place to catch the sea breeze and lounge away an afternoon. Lovely a la carte menu and the best Margaritas in all of Asia! Minnie the resident dog is an important contributor to a friendly, comfortable atmosphere. Shirodhara and head massage treatments from Rohan at the spa could very well become addictive!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017

10/10 Excellent

Tom + Laura, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect honeymoon destination
We stayed here for 5 nights at the beginning of our honeymoon in Sri Lanka. We had a wonderful stay. The beach cabana was lovely. The food was a very enjoyable mix of Sri Lankan and Western cuisine. The staff were very helpful and made it very easy to arrange activities such as dolphin watching and safari.

6/10 Okay

Sue

Liked: Cleanliness
Charming and basic accommodation but fairly remote
This hotel is very basic but very charming. It is accessed by a dirt road of 4 km and staff will arrange tuk tuks as necessary. One good thing is that you will not be bothered by people selling items on the beach, the locals are mainly fishermen and it was fun watching them fish off the beach. It is very relaxing and the pool is good and well maintained. The staff are all very helpful and will arrange tours and special food orders.The walls of the beach villa are made of palm leaves with open areas which allow insects in but the bed does have a very efficient mosquito net, which they will spray with repellent.There is no ac, fridge, tv or wifi in the room. Part of our bathroom was in a small compound with no roof but clean .The communal areas are open with no ac and could do with fans to move the air around. If you have no appetite for nature being close, this may not be the place for you. As a final recommendation , the vines growing the sand by the beach could be removed, as they can be a trip hazard.

8/10 Good

Turid Rossbach

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel, great view/location/food/drinks!
Wonderful hotel, such a relaxing stay with lovely helpful staff members always happy to help

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Direkt am Strand
Wunderbare Anlage direkt am Strand. Sehr freundliches Personal.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quel chouette endroit !
Nous avions réservé 4 nuits au Palagama Beach après un circuit de 8 jours au Sri Lanka. Le repos que nous avions souhaité avoir après ce voyage magnifique mais relativement fatiguant, nous l'avons trouvé là dans ce petit paradis terrestre, havre de paix, petit éco-hôtel de taille familiale, sympa à tous les points de vue. Très bonne cuisine ! Le personnel souriant, gentil, efficace, aussi bien au restaurant, à la réception que pour l'entretien de la chambre et les endroits communs. Wifi gratuit aux endroits communs : piscine, bar, resto, réception Excursion en bateau avec accompagnant sympa qui connaît bien la vie sous-marine et qui parle en connaissance de cause, aussi bien pour l'observation des dauphins (un vrai spectacle !) que pour la beauté sous-marine pendant le snorkling. Il nous a proposé de filmer avec notre "gopro" sous l'eau pour les 2 excursions et nous en gardons des images et des souvenirs absolument magnifiques. Un endroit où on se sent chez soi et que je souhaite recommander vivement !