AN EASY GUIDE TO SRI LANKAN RESORTS

• The Deer Park: Where nature meets luxuries ( unique concept in eco-tourism where guests can enjoy an unspoilt natural surrounding of a virgin forest, still enjoying all modern luxuries. )

• Habarana Lodge: A lodge, a hotel and much else besides ( An early morning stroll along the Habarana tank side. Tendrils of mist rest above the still water, waiting to dissipate with the rising sun. )

• Lighthouse Hotel: beacon in the South

• Yala Safari Beach Hotel: Yala's unique bird hide ( Relax in the wilderness where wonders of nature meet: The wonders of the Yala Safari Beach Hotel derive not only from a meeting with nature, but also from an encounter with the values that make a holiday great. )

• Kotmale Holiday Resort : A place with a host of tourist attractions ( Surrounded by mountains with forest covered slopes and lower tea plantation and paddy fields, with the soothing sounds of the singing birds, is the Kotmale Holiday Resort.)

• Browns Beach : the vintage hotel in 'Little Rome' ( One of the flagship hotels in Negombo, Browns Beach Hotel opened its doors in 1970 and became the most sought after hotel in Sri Lanka's West Coast, specially among beach-loving tourists.)

• Blue Oceanic Beach Hotel : The star in 'Little Rome' ( Blue Oceanic offers 110 air conditioned rooms with central air conditioning, telephone, mini bar, channelled music, and large private balconies which offer a spectacular view of blue ocean. )

• Suwasevana Holiday Resort : The star in Kataragama ( Suwasevana Holiday Resort is the latest addition to the chain of hotels and resorts which is being built in Kataragama.)

• St. Andrew's Hotel, Nuwara Eliya: A mansion in the hill country ( St. Andrew's is majestically located on a pastoral landscape, flourishing in fauna and flora, surrounded by doxwood, in a charmingly laid out summer garden, overlooking the age old Golf Course.)

• Kosgoda Beach Resort : exotic haven for holiday makers ( Kosgoda Beach Resort is located in a picturesque garden between the sea and a lagoon, thereby creating an aqua paradise village on the south western coast of Sri Lanka.)

• Hotel Hemalee - The pioneer in the Cultural Triangle ( Hotel Hemalee is a popular stop-over resort for tourists who visit Polonnaruwa ruins, Somawathi Chaithiya, Dimbulagala, Medirigiya National Park, Minneriya, Sigiriya, Dambulla, Anuradhapura and Trincomalee.)

• Yala Safari Game Lodge - Where nature meets wonders ( Only a kilometre from the Yala Wildlife Sanctuary, bordered by the ocean and blessed with a picturesque lagoon, the Yala Safari Game Lodge has been built beside the finest destination in Asia for Leopard watching.)

• Medawachchiya Rest House : the popular stopover on A-9 ( The word 'Medawachchiya' means 'Meda' (centre) and Wachchiya (Villa) and therefore the name 'Medawachchiya' was given to the junction which is exactly 17 kilometres radius to four popular tourist spots - Anuradhapura, Mihintale, Vavuniya and Madhu.)

• Hotel Yenisey - a touch of Colonial and Chinese flavours ( Overlooking two main tourist attractions, the Race Course and Gregory's Lake in Nuwara Eliya is Hotel Yenisey.)

• Topaz - Kandy's jewel among hotels ( Located in the salubrious climes of Anniwatte is Hotel Topaz, offering visitors a sweeping view of its peaceful surroundings of lush greenery, hills and the city of Kandy, from all points of the hotel.)

• Hotel Mihintale ( Where the back garden extends to a jungle with bird-life )

• Walawe Rest ( Near Uda Walawe National Park )

• Hilton Holtel - Colombo

• Mount Lavinia Beach Hotel

• Hotel Blue Water - Wadduwa ( Spread out on 14 acres of beach land )

• Royal Palms Beach Hotel - Kalutara

• LightHouse - A Hotel in the Dutch Fort

• Swiss Residence - Kandy