Отель недорогой, неновый, доброжелательный персонал. Отличное соотношение цены и качества The hotel is inexpensive, not new, friendly staff. Excellent value for money and quality

For the first time, we decided on a more distant journey, compared to Turkey, Greece and Egypt. They did not regret at all, despite the long and rather exhausting trip. Therefore, if you still doubt whether it is worth going to Sri Lanka, do not hesitate!!!
We chose the city to which to go thoroughly. The choice fell on Hikkaduwa, because. there is a coral reef where the waves of the ocean break, so they are not so big. But still, we did not see calm even once in 10 days. Of the hotels in Hikkaduwa, the choice is not great: either Hikkaduwa Beach 3 *, or Hikkaduwa Trans (something like that, I don’t remember the exact name) 5 *. We chose the first hotel, because. it cost twice as much. Meals took only breakfast (by the way, VERY tight). They did not regret it, because we were not tied to the hotel for the whole day, we could go on excursions. There are no problems with food in Sri Lanka. She's pretty inexpensive. By the way, we highly recommend changing money, because. it is more profitable to pay in rupees. You can change at the airport, but in the city in banks, the exchange rate is also normal. At the airport, we immediately recommend buying a mobile communication card so that there is Internet. We did so, so we did not use the hotel's Wi-Fi.
About the hotel. He's not new. Furniture, bed "tired". But these disadvantages are covered by very friendly staff (in this country people are generally super kind). The employees are very helpful and any issues are resolved promptly. And the most important advantage of the hotel is its location on the first line. The view from our room was amazing. True, on the other side of the hotel there is a motor road, along which buses drive and honk at night. But this is a disadvantage of the entire coast, because. along the sea there is a road.

The beach at the hotel, like others, however, does not have its own. All beaches are urban. So stock up on towels, bedspreads and enjoy the ocean under the shade of palm trees. Do not be too lazy to go to the Hikkaduwa trans 5 * hotel (this is not far), on the beach of which you can swim with turtles for free. We went several times and enjoyed it very much.
We do not like passive recreation, so we traveled a lot around the country. First we toured the outskirts. Not only does he take the fare clearly according to the tariff, based on the mileage, he will also give you a tour. We wanted to go to a turtle farm, but Kemal took us to the Blue Lagoon, to the tsunami museum on the way, and showed us many interesting things (flying dogs, "live" mimosa, etc. ) . . We also went south to the city of Galle in international surf school. Then for 2 days on our own (by train and bus) we went to Kandy, saw tea plantations, rode elephants, were on a beautiful observation deck in the mountains. In general, we saw quite a lot in 10 days, but I still want to return to this country. If you speak English, you will find it very easy here. You can not buy sightseeing tours, but literally for a penny (for example, a train from Hikkaduwa to Colombo costs only 1 dollar for 100 km) to travel around the country.
Output. This hotel is well worth the price we paid. If you are a more whimsical tourist, you will have to pay many times more for other hotels.
Good luck to everyone who is interested.