Ambassadors, Galle
Sri Lanka, Galle & South Coast

A large house in the Fort in a quiet part of Lighthouse Street close to the crystal clear beaches that provide good snorkeling.

The house was the home of the representative of Bangladesh - hence the name - before the current owner took over a few years ago. Then began extensive renovations that saw the opening up of ancient archways bringing light and air flooding in.

The designer has captured that essence of what makes a tropical house comfortable. A small garden at the front with temple trees flows under a twin set of columns leading into a large sitting room with comfortable sofas and antiques. Leading from this room through archways into a small grass courtyard where the resident rabbits hop about and a small table invites for shaded breakfast. The formal dining room adjoining the kitchen comes next and a stair case leads up to the master suite and twin room. These rooms have a private access to the roof terrace overlooking the roof tops of the Fort. The three other double bedrooms are downstairs overlooking the pool. Another small garden at the end of the house has a stair way leading up to the roof terrace.

This five bedroom property is amongst the finest in the fort.

Villa - The 'Villa' is a similar concept to the 'holiday home' in Europe, with some very key differences. They are usually fully staffed with cooking and service provided for you. Staff will generally cook meals to your specification and purchase food and drink for you at cost price, making them excellent value. They are generally, but not always, pretty smart and luxurious too and feel in many ways like a small private hotel. Nonetheless, your villa is still effectively a home and therefore you cannot expect the same level of training, English speaking or slickness that you might expect from a hotel at a similar cost. As the owners are not generally holiday professionals we cannot guarantee the quality of a villa matches expectations in a way we can with hotels. That said, the personal local touch means villas are generally much more friendly and interactive than hotels and have much to recommend them. The privacy and space makes them wonderful for families and groups of friends.

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