Villa Thalassa near Tangalle – 7 bedroom(s)
Approx distance (in kms):
Kathaluwa Beach – Few Steps; Colombo – 190 kms or 4 hours; Airport – 210 kms or 5 hours;
Salient Features:
Certificate of Excellence Winner;
Private Swimming Pool;
Two Level Property;
Ocean Access Private Villa;
Spacious Living Area;
Spacious Dining Area;
7 x Bedrooms;
Well Equipped Hygienic Kitchen;
Television with Cable;
AUX Music Player;
Resident Caretaker(s);
Enclosed Car Park(s);
Professional Services available.
Booking Rental below are 1 Week Stay Charges for upto 10 adults, they exclude service charges & applicable taxes besides a Damage Security Deposit.
Long Weekends / Extended Holidays attract an additional Surcharge. Minimum Nights Rule applies. Extra adults – On Request.
We are happy to Offer Discounts for 10+ Night Stays, Last Minute Bookings and for Defense Personnel & their family members.
April 1st to June 30th;
Oct 1st to Dec 15th:
$ 750  or  ~₹ 50,000
July 1st to Sept 30th:
$ 1,000  or  ~₹ 65,000
Jan 10th to Mar 31st:
$ 1,250  or  ~₹ 82,500
Sri Lanka has long seduced adventurous Brits looking for a tropical retreat. They have traditionally headed to tea estates in the misty hills, or to Galle, but as property prices have risen and seafront availability has become scarce, Tangalle has emerged as the new hotspot.
Their 8,500 sq ft house, built in the “inside out and outside in” style of the Sri Lankan modernist architect Geoffrey Bawa, is set in 1.25 acres (or 206 perches, by the measure used locally) and overlooks the crashing waves of the Indian Ocean.
Named after the Greek word for sea, this seven-bedroom, two-story waterfront retreat residence with teak floors boasts an open-air sitting room, a courtyard and Colonial-style interiors. A large walkway lined with pillars from an abandoned temple leads through the courtyard into the home. Thalassa is decorated with locally sourced furniture and Dutch and Portuguese antiques. Scattered around the home are paintings by Sri Lankan artists.
All the bedrooms have ceiling fans. There is no need for air conditioning because there is always a breeze.
There are really three gardens. The seaside garden is often windy and has 25 palm trees and a one-minute walk from the house to the beach. There are hammocks and loungers and built in benches along the front of the house and a croquet set and table tennis.
The courtyard garden contains both pool and massage pavilion and is sheltered and the bougainvillea and hibiscus thrive here. The back garden is defined by the gravelled driveway and the family dogs, cats and hens live out here too. Big shady trees abound in all of them.
There are seven double beds, which all have sea views, and seven en suite bathrooms, a huge sitting room with a piano, two outside sitting rooms, a big dining room, a pool in the inner courtyard, a massage temple, a great kitchen, a study with satellite TV, internet, DVDs and books and games and spacious staff quarters.
There are luxurious 10 inch mattresses, mosquito nets and fans in every room and stunning use of coloured polished concrete in the bathrooms and elsewhere. The furniture is a mix of state of the art - a vast stainless steel chandelier and barbecue - and genuine eclectic antiques. The Burmese teak floors in the two biggest downstairs bedrooms, the study and sitting room are recycled from a defunct ballroom in Nuwara Eliya, and the walkway has pillars from a collapsed South Indian temple. Dutch and old Brit antique chests and planters’ chairs sit side by side with modern white sofas and Chinese cabinets. There are Sri Lankan and other pictures everywhere.
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Our greatest asset is our family staff.
Nandi is the smiling resourceful housekeeper who runs everything for us and we have known her personally for nearly 20 years. We trust her completely and she works very hard to ensure that all our visitors are relaxed and happy. She is also one of the best cooks on the island.
Jayantha and Samantha serve at table, organise luggage, transport, gardens, pool and maintenance.
Then there are Neetha, Sumana and Kusuma who wash up, clean rooms, chop, slice, do the washing and ironing and also cook.
Samantha drives us locally in his tuktuk and gathers others for local expeditions as well. When the house is full, Nandi summons extra ladies to help from the village.
Nandi has a list of about eight drivers with vans for longer expeditions or the airport runs - our favourite is Gameni, who is a great naturalist and Sri Lankan enthusiast.