Best places: Hotels in Matara, Sri Lanka

Polished rooms & villas in an upscale beachfront resort offering dining, a spa & an outdoor pool.

Upmarket beachfront resort offering 3 restaurants & a cocktail lounge, plus 3 outdoor pools & a spa.

👍👍 While traveling Sri Lanka, I spent one week at Layback in Weligama for a surf and yoga camp. I’m only one week, I made so much progress in my surfing! They work with small groups with multiple instructors, so it almost felt like a private class sometimes. What also really helped improving my surfing...

Understated rooms with balconies & sea views in a relaxed hotel offering beach access & 2 cafes.

Laid-back bed-and-breakfast on a working plantation, featuring an infinity pool & a guest lounge.

Serene, resort with spa treatments, beach access & dining, plus surfing & yoga classes.

Stylish hotel featuring bright rooms & suites with sea views, plus a restaurant & an outdoor pool.

Genteel beachfront resort with 3 restaurants & an open-air lounge, plus an outdoor pool & a spa.

Polished, tranquil ecolodge featuring organic meals, an Ayurvedic spa & an open-air yoga pavilion.

Warmly decorated villas in a casual hotel offering dining, an outdoor pool & ocean views.

👍👍 So what can I say… This is the most stylish place on South so far. Really cool environment, jungles everywhere, nice lamp music and a really friendly stuff. This place was meant to be a temple of awareness and harmony. The food is delicious! I highly recommend you to try the smoked scamorza toastie...

Upscale boutique hotel offering a chic restaurant, an infinity pool, a gym & a spa.

Polished quarters in a luxe boutique hotel offering free breakfast & Wi-Fi, plus beach access.

Basic rooms in a humble hotel offering a restaurant with sea views, plus surfing & yoga lessons.

Modest dorms with mosquito nets in a low-key hostel featuring a bar, a surf shop & a restaurant.

👍👍 Let's talk about the food – an absolute triumph for the taste buds. The pesto spaghetti with prawns was an absolute revelation. The combination of the perfectly cooked prawns with the rich pesto sauce was a match made in heaven. The flavors were vibrant and harmonious, leaving me craving for more ev...

Colourful rooms in a relaxed hotel offering a bar/restaurant, an outdoor pool & direct beach access.

😐 We had only breakfast at the Jungle view restaurant and in our opinion it is overpriced especially if you compare it to other breakfast options in Mirissa. The coffee is probably out of an automatic machine, as an Italian I would not order it again, the smoothie was okay but could be topped with mor...

Relaxed guesthouse offering yoga classes, surf lessons & a restaurant, plus an outdoor pool & a bar.

Laid-back hotel offering ocean views, an infinity pool, a bar & a restaurant, plus breakfast.