The Wallawwa

A Quiet Rural Location Near the Airport

The Wallawwa is not your typical Colombo airport hotel. Set in 200-year-old tropical gardens just 15-minutes’ drive from Sri Lanka’s main international gateway, the award-winning 18-bedroom country house hotel with gourmet food, jungle pool and heavenly spa, carved out of an atmospheric 18th century manor house, exudes style and serenity. As an alternative to hotels in Negombo, The Wallawwa promises to start or end your Sri Lankan holiday in style. Tranquillity reigns at The Wallawwa, and the Z Spa captures the peaceful mood by pampering guests with luxurious and restful treatments.

Accommodation

The eighteen bedrooms and suites gracefully blend the character of an 18th century manor house with bold contemporary additions. Super soft linen dresses four-poster beds positioned to gaze into the gardens, and little details such as vintage phones and bold prints infuse rooms with a retro-contemporary vibe. Relax in peace and privacy in a chicly-styled Wallawwa Bedroom or choose a more spacious Garden Suite for their large bathrooms and open terraces beside lush border-fringed lawns. Families can take advantage of the interconnecting bedrooms and suites, and the ultimate extravagance is the two-bedroom Mountbatten Suite with private plunge pool.

Room Categories: Wallawwa Bedroom, Garden Suite, Family Suite or Mountbatten Suite

Dining

The convivial open-sided restaurant, The Verandah, serves exquisite a la carte Asian Fusion cuisine throughout the day to tables overlooking the 200-year-old tropical gardens. The Wallawwa’s innovative menus use the finest local ingredients, and many of the fruits, vegetables and herbs used in the freshly cooked meals are plucked daily from the extensive kitchen garden.

Nearby Experiences

Sri Lanka • Negombo & the Northwest

Dolphin and Whale Watching in Kalpitiya

November through March is the best time of the year for dolphin watching on the Kalpitiya coast in Sri Lanka. February to March is the best recorded times for sperm whale sightings. The seas are calmer and the dolphin pods gather to feed in the warm rich waters of Kalpitiya.

Sri Lanka • Negombo & the Northwest

Negombo

The wide sandy beaches and the safe sea are the major tourist attractions of Negombo. Water sports and diving are also extremely popular, with a few well preserved coral reefs and a 50 year old shipwreck that serves as an artificial reef for many varieties of fish.

Sri Lanka • Negombo & the Northwest

Wilpattu National Park

This is one of best places to see leopards in Sri Lanka alongside Yala National Park. The open grassy plains are set within the thick dense scrub jungle.

Sri Lanka • Colombo & the West

Independence Square

Sri Lanka • Colombo & the West

Colombo Lighthouse Clock Tower

The Lighthouse Clock Tower is situated in Chatham Street and was commissioned by the wife of Governor Sir Henry Ward in the hope that it would teach the Ceylonese to be punctual. This area is good for shopping for tea, souvenirs, and for exchanging money.

Sri Lanka • Colombo & the West

Colombo Fort

Colombo Fort is home to the Fort Railway Station, the President's House and the Presidential Gardens, a palatial neo-classical building which was originally the home of the British Governors and is now the residence of Sri Lanka's President.

Sri Lanka • Colombo & the West

Galle Face

Opposite the Presidential Secretariat (old Parliament), is Galle Face. Here, every walk of life comes to relax and sit on the grass whilst watching the sunset over the Indian Ocean

Sri Lanka • Negombo & the Northwest