Off-the-beaten-path luxury in Sri Lanka: Check in to the designer's se
🍑Some say Sri Lanka is bankrupt and lacks good hotels, but little do they know there are many unique and luxurious hotels hidden here. 🌽It is also the birthplace of an outstanding designer with extraordinary achievements Geoffrey Bawa. 🥕For those who love architectural design and luxury hotel experiences, this route is perfect 🍯Known as the "Father of Asian Architecture", Geoffrey Bawa has 11 classic works in Sri Lanka. 🍗This 8-day customized itinerary selects some of the distinctive hotels, manors and studios for a visit, while also including cultural and leisure attractions such as Sigiriya, stilt fishermen, and coastal trains. 🥐【Hotels to visit】 Jetwing Vil Uyana: Built on wetlands, it perfectly combines culture and nature. 🌽25 residences stand on the wetlands, with more than 100 species of wildlife. 🍅Lunugangga: Bawa designed a fixed visiting route. 🥦Through a series of arrangements of buildings, courtyards and open spaces, visitors can 🍆experience the foreshadowing and ingenuity Bawa has embedded. 🥖Club Villa Bentota: Located in Bentota, Bawa also used it as his own villa. Later, the house was divided into two parts: one became the "Club Villa" and the other remained a "Villa". 🥐 Brief Garden, by Bevis Bawa: A garden designed by Bawa's elder brother, Bevis Bawa. Hollywood star Vivien Leigh once stayed here. 🌽 Geoffrey Bawa’s Residence: Drawing inspiration from traditional Sinhalese manor houses and Dutch colonial-era townhouses, Bawa designed a group of houses separated by courtyards. 🥔【Hotels to stay】 🍞Heritance Kandalama: Kandalama Heritage Hotel is Bawa's masterpiece. 🥜Guests will feel like sleeping deep in the clouds. Jetwing Kandy Gallery: A 5-star hotel in Kandy, opened in 2019, just a few minutes' drive from the bustling center of Kandy. 🍅Cinnamon Bentota Beach: Bawa's first beach resort hotel, with a spacious coconut grove garden covering 30 acres, built in the tradition of Dutch colonial architecture. 🥦Heritance Ahungalla: Ahungalla Heritage Hotel is also one of the masterpieces by architectural master Bawa, located on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka. 🍟Amanwella: An international luxury hotel located on the southern coast of Sri Lanka in Tangalle, about 15 minutes' drive from the village of Dickwella. 🥓 Sheraton Colombo: As an international 5-star hotel, Sheraton Colombo is also one of the transition hotels for pick-up and drop-off. 🥞Disclaimer: Images sourced from official Instagram. #SriLanka#Bawa#GeoffreyBawaResidence#Designer#WhereToGoOnVacation#NationalDay#CulturalAttractions#OffTheBeatenPathTravel