Avani Kalutara Resort

Avani Kalutara Resort is a lifestyle beach resort on a peninsula between the Kalu river estuary and the Indian Ocean, designed in the tropical modern style of Geoffrey Bawa. Its 105 rooms, suites and private pool suites come with balconies or patios, minibars, rainfall showers and sea, river or garden views. Facilities include an outdoor pool with a waterslide and pool bar, the Anantara Spa, two restaurants serving local, Western and Asian dishes, two bars, a fitness centre, watersports on the lagoon, a kids' club and babysitting — and the resort is pet friendly.

Kalutara's Bodhiya temple and Richmond Castle are a short drive away, with Bentota's beaches about twenty minutes up the coast. For a resort stay that blends design, beach and lagoon in one, Avani Kalutara is one of the west coast's most distinctive addresses.