Ahangama, the up-and-coming surfer hideout on Sri Lanka’s palm-fringed south coast, has seen intimate boutique properties pop up like mushrooms in the past few years. The sleekest new addition is Palm Hotel, a seven-key resort nestled between rice padd...
Ahangama, the up-and-coming surfer hideout on Sri Lanka’s palm-fringed south coast, has seen intimate boutique properties pop up like mushrooms in the past few years. The sleekest new addition is Palm Hotel, a seven-key resort nestled between rice paddies and palm trees in a coconut grove some five kilometres inland from Ahangama’s craggy beaches.
Palm plays at a refreshingly different beat from the whitewashed colonial villa hotels found elsewhere around town. Inspired by east London’s industrialist warehouses , it has swapped arched doors and driftwood accents for a Brutalist-inspired pavilion made of charcoal black shipping containers and large steel-framed windows. Bamboo roll curtains and rattan furniture provide the tropical touch, while chrome side tables and interior accents keep up the glam factor.
The same theme spills over to the guest rooms. Created from corrugated steel, six A-frame cabanas are scattered around the grove. Inside, whitewashed bamboo wall covering and poured concrete bed frames match with bamboo lanterns and rattan furniture. Taking advantage of Sri Lanka’s year-round balmy weather, every cabana comes with an open-air bathroom decked out with rain shower and natural bathroom amenities.
Palm Hotel’s offbeat location puts it away from any restaurants, but an open kitchen solves that problem. There’s an all-day breakfast menu with the usual local breakfast trimmings , as well as an extensive dinner menu of Sri Lankan fusion dishes, including a toothsome fish pie with papadum and cheddar crust – paired well with house-made passion fruit shrub soda. §
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