Villa Hundira

Lovely hotel, beautiful design with lots of areas to relax. A much needed stop off after a night of travel, a peaceful sanctuary. The staff are all very laid back and friendly and there is a great pool overlooking the lagoon. We also had a very nice evening meal and breakfast. I would highly recommend and return

One of our favourite hotels on our trip to Sri Lanka decorated throughout with stunning local textiles and artefacts. Staff were amazing, very helpful, polite and professional. The location, which is very quiet and tranquil, is perfect for travelling to the airport. We did have initial issues with our room but the staff immediately sorted this out. Nothing was too much problem for them. The food was delicious and we so enjoyed the tasty breakfasts and evening meals. An added bonus is the amazing textile workshop attached to the hotel. Well worth a visit to watch the decorative textiles being produced. Thank you to all staff for making our last few days in Sri Lanka so special.

Villa Hundira was just a place we chose to stay conveniently near the airport, so we could rest after an overnight flight, and be ready to move on the next day. It was a quiet, restful location next to the lagoon, with a pool to chill in. Food and drinks were very reasonably priced and service was good. Our pool suite room was large and well appointed, although I would recommend going for a pool suite with balcony, as although this probably has less space in the room, the outside balcony would be better than having communal space by the pool. Negombo is nearby and has a number of places of interest for the visitor (although we did a whistle stop tour of many of them in an hour or so).

Our 6th visit and still the best for airport transfers in a quiet location on the lagoon. Since our last visit the manager had changed, along with the chef and now offered much better food choices and quality, along with attentive pleasant staff. It really is a great place to stay, with an excellent pool and hidden places in the grounds to relax and unwind in. The attached "Thimble" workshop has amazing fabric items for sale and benefits the local fishermen's wives... we always return with something, this time a computer cover. The first and last place on all our visits...

We stayed at Villa Hundira for 2 nights at the start of a 19 day tour of Sri Lanka. We landed in Colombo at 0930 and it's a 40 min drive from the airport to the hotel, which is located on the spit of land between the Negombo Lagoon and the Indian Ocean. The hotel kindly allowed us to check in early, so we were in our room (no.1 - a deluxe room) at 1200. The hotel is set back from the tarmac'd road, up a rather rutted track, but our guide's saloon car managed to negotiate it, if rather gingerly! It was a very spacious 1st floor room with large balcony overlooking a sort of mini canal that meanders through the property to the lagoon. We had a kind size bed plus spare single bed, and a good sized bathroom and very large separate shower cubicle. The room was fairly traditional in style, with dark wood floor and furniture and we slept well. WiFi was good. The property itself is in colonial style with a number of buildings spread around the canal and two pools, with lots of separate seating/eating/relaxing areas. We think there were about 10 rooms but it was always very quiet - we saw a max of 3 couples at meal times, so it was a good place to recharge after flying in from a night flight. We tended to relax by the pool close the lagoon and there was a small bar adjacent so you could order cocktails, beers etc which watching birds and fruit bats in the late afternoon! Food was very tasty, some of the best we had during our nearly 3 week trip. There was a good choice at breakfast - as with all our hotels in SL, commencing with a fruit platter, then choices ranging from SL traditional dishes like string hoppers or coconut rotis with curry dishes (particularly enjoyed these, including fish curry which we think was tuna), to other nicely cooked dishes like Eggs Benedict. We also ate one lunch and one evening meal there and were happy with the range of menu choices. We enjoyed sitting "canal-side" for our meals. So tranquil. As per our experience throughout Sri Lanka, the staff were lovely - always smiling and helpful. As we stayed for 2 nights, we used this hotel as a base to take a scenic half day boat trip that took us on the nearby Dutch canal, into a river, into the lagoon and out onto the ocean to see local wildlife (from water monitors and kingfishers to dolphins at sea!). This included a visit to the bustling Negombo fish market as well. We also took a tuktuk tour of Colombo in the late afternoon. We were really happy with our choice of hotel to start this trip around such a beautiful country and would recommend.