Talpe, boutique hotel
Why House
Ten rooms in a three-acre walled garden.
A family-minded boutique hotel set among tropical plants, fruit and spice trees. Luxury without formality, a short walk from the reef-sheltered lagoon at Dalawella Beach and fifteen minutes from Galle Fort.
- Rooms
- 10
- From the airport
- 2 hrs
- Galle Fort
- 15 min
In residence
- Take single rooms, a wing, or the whole property
- Dalawella Beach, with year-round swimming and sea turtles
- Dining pavilion beside the pool
- A fine setting for small celebrations
Rooms
- Main House (3 rooms)
- Garden Villa (3 rooms)
- The Cabana (2 rooms)
- Garden Bungalow (2 rooms)
Near Why House
Diving the reefs and wrecks
About 3 km away, November to April
Yatagala temple
About 4 km away
Snorkelling at Jungle Beach
About 4 km away, November to April
Back roads by bicycle
About 5 km away
Rumassala hill on foot, at dawn
About 5 km away
Koggala Lake by boat
About 6 km away
At the villa, on request
- Cooking with the villa chef. Curries, sambols and hoppers made in the villa kitchen, from coconut scraped by hand to the tempering of the spices. Then you eat it all.
- Dancers and drummers at the villa. An evening of Kandyan and low-country dance and drumming on the lawn, arranged for a celebration or simply for the night.
- A spa ritual for two. Two therapists, two hours and oils blended for the day, at the villa or in a spa pavilion among the tea.
- Ayurveda, properly. A consultation with an Ayurvedic doctor, then treatments and food shaped to you. For a few days, or as a programme of two weeks or more.
Getting there
- Airport transfers. A private car and driver meets you at Bandaranaike International and brings you back.
- Chauffeur for the stay. A car and driver on call for the length of your trip.
- Between stays. Door-to-door transfers when your trip takes in more than one address.
On these journeys
- West to East 10 nights, Bentota, then Galle Fort, then Talpe, then Weligama
- Family by the Sea 10 nights, Talpe, then Galle hills