Thalassa, Tangalle, Sri Lanka

Thalassa is primarily a home where the owners come and stay with friends and family and so it is a real privilege for those guests that do manage to book early to come and stay here. Space and light pervades this luxury villa, which is decorated exclusively with local and traditional Sri Lankan furniture and materials, all beautifully designed. Sri Lankan art and pictures adorn the walls and add to the authenticity of the house.

They have used only Sri Lankan materials, furniture and fittings throughout the house, and were delighted to discover how luxurious these are, and often stunningly designed too. There are luxurious 10 inch mattresses, mosquito nets and fans in every room and stunning use of coloured polished concrete in the bathrooms and elsewhere. The furniture is a mix of state of the art - a vast stainless steel chandelier and barbecue - and genuine eclectic antiques. The Burmese teak floors in the two biggest downstairs bedrooms, the study and sitting room are recycled from a defunct ballroom in Nuwara Eliya, and the walkway has pillars from a collapsed South Indian temple. Dutch and old Brit antique chests and planters' chairs sit side by side with modern white sofas and Chinese cabinets. There are Sri Lankan and other pictures everywhere.
Thalassa Location

Thalassa is equidistant between Dickwella and Tangalle. You pass the 189 km marker (from Colombo) and soon see a big blue T sign for Thalassa and you turn right, then immediately left and follow road round to right down a long drive towards the sea where the sign Thalassa will be obvious and through big wooden gates to the property.It takes about five hours from the airport to our house down the coast road without stopping.
Thalassa Accommodation

It grew to 85OO square feet on two floors of covered space. There are seven double beds, which all have sea views, and seven en suite bathrooms, a huge sitting room with a piano, two outside sitting rooms, a big dining room, a pool in the inner courtyard, a massage temple, a great kitchen, a study with satellite TV, internet, DVDs and books and games and spacious staff quarters.
Thalassa Excursions


:: Watersports are available at the Dickwella Village Resort where they have snorkelling, boogie boards, windsurfing, diving, boat trips and kayaks.

:: Whale watching is a great success from Mirissa Harbour -- about an hour away - sometimes you will see giant rays, dolphins, turtles and lots of pygmy blue whales which are about 6O feet long. It's a beautiful three hour trip in a good big wooden boat.

:: Turtles can be seen at night at Rekawa -- about 20 minutes east of us -- where there is a WWF protected beach where five out of seven of the world turtle species come to lay their eggs. Like salmon, they travel thousands of miles across the oceans to return to their natal beach.

:: There are several wildlife reserves not far away. Elephants and leopards and birds can be viewed at Yala (two hours away); elephants and monkeys in abundance at Uda Walawe (one and a half hours away) and bird life, small animals and a few elephants at Bundala (one and half hours). Kalamatiya lagoon and bird sanctuary is about half an hour from Thalassa.

:: Fishing

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