I never write reviews, but this sucks. The hotel is dead. At all. Dirt on every corner. Everything is old and dead. Never!! ! Never take a tour to this hotel! The rooms are rundown and dirty. The windows have never been washed. In the pool, the water is not changed at all. Towels are nasty. The beds are all broken.
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I never write reviews, but this sucks. The hotel is dead. At all. Dirt on every corner. Everything is old and dead. Never!! ! Never take a tour to this hotel! The rooms are rundown and dirty. The windows have never been washed. In the pool, the water is not changed at all. Towels are nasty. The beds are all broken.
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We chose another hotel, but we did not receive confirmation and the agency offered us this option. We didn't choose him. I remember the chic view from the window to the ocean, I liked the good cuisine very much. Near the hotel there is a bakery where they sell insanely delicious rotti with seafood. Breakfasts are excellent especially for this region and tuna for breakfast and fruits, papaya juices.
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We chose another hotel, but we did not receive confirmation and the agency offered us this option. We didn't choose him. I remember the chic view from the window to the ocean, I liked the good cuisine very much. Near the hotel there is a bakery where they sell insanely delicious rotti with seafood. Breakfasts are excellent especially for this region and tuna for breakfast and fruits, papaya juices. I didn’t like the beach, it’s not equipped at all, there are only a couple of covers people can’t get in, I had to go to the city to another beach, like 5 stars, there are no sun loungers on the beach, there are only 5 pieces near the pool. The hotel is in principle normal in terms of food, service, cleaning. We have seen other hotels there in terms of cleanliness worse.
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The location of the hotel is good, the food is normal, but the water in the pool is dirty, the hotel is "tired", there are no windows in the room, just frosted glass, it is impossible to ventilate. The towels are not clean. I didn't like living conditions very much. The food is normal.
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The location of the hotel is good, the food is normal, but the water in the pool is dirty, the hotel is "tired", there are no windows in the room, just frosted glass, it is impossible to ventilate. The towels are not clean. I didn't like living conditions very much. The food is normal.
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There are no complaints about the hotel, there are complaints about the tour operator, we flew on Fly Dubai, it seems like everyone was warned, but on the other hand, it didn’t turn out very nice. It was a long flight, we flew by two planes, although on the planes they fed everyone except us, only Arabs were fed, they didn’t even offer us water, not to mention tea and coffee.
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There are no complaints about the hotel, there are complaints about the tour operator, we flew on Fly Dubai, it seems like everyone was warned, but on the other hand, it didn’t turn out very nice. It was a long flight, we flew by two planes, although on the planes they fed everyone except us, only Arabs were fed, they didn’t even offer us water, not to mention tea and coffee. Hotel class. We were very interested in the price, a budget option. I've read reviews and people seem to be happy with it. We are especially picky and decided that everything would suit us. We arrived early, at about 6 am, we were settled in 10 minutes. The girls are all friendly. I was traveling with my daughter, so I asked for separate beds in advance, the only thing that we were not fed upon arrival. Although everything was paid for, breakfast was paid for, for me it was incomprehensible that they paid for 11 breakfasts, and fed 9 times. We swam on the beach where the turtles were, of course there were waves on the hotel beach, the sand itself was generally awesome golden color. Everything was beautiful, clean, there were few people. Palm trees, exotic plants. The pool was cleaned quite often, the sunbeds were taken out to the ocean and to the pool, if you do not take into account that this hotel has a small territory boldly put five stars for service. It can be seen that the hotel is upset that it has captured the neighboring territories, we just lived in a new extension. Excursions were bought not from guides, but from locals. We went to a tea factory, where they fed us a free cake and gave us free tea. There are no shops nearby, you need to go to them. Well, such a small repair will not hurt, but everything works in the room. We asked them for sockets for the euro standard, they did not refuse and helped us. The hotel is wonderful, no complaints about them.
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The hotel is terrible in every way! Rooms with traces of former beauty, standards resemble an aquarium made by an amateur, there is no balcony, the windows do not open. fruits. Sunbeds in a terrible state. Only the ocean pleased with its power and beauty, but with it you need to whisper, swim behind the waves for those who can’t go back hard.
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The hotel is terrible in every way! Rooms with traces of former beauty, standards resemble an aquarium made by an amateur, there is no balcony, the windows do not open. fruits. Sunbeds in a terrible state. Only the ocean pleased with its power and beauty, but with it you need to whisper, swim behind the waves for those who can’t go back hard. per person You can tuk-tuk 200. In front of the beach there is an excellent supermarket with a liquor store. rest in Hikkaduwa is unforgettable but not in Lawang. Believe me, before that I was in Eden and Long beach. Yes! I almost forgot the tuktuker Denis in the style of pineapple - do not agree to buy and cook fish and seafood with a subsequent dinner at his house or a ride to the hotel: he cooks spicy and not tasty and wants money like a master chef. Go to Hikku by all means, but better in Citrus, Hikku trance, or hikkaduwa beach wanted 3 at worst
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Everything in the hotel is great, we really liked it. We looked at the reviews and did not regret it, good service, very tasty food. The location is not very convenient, it took 8-10 minutes to get to the center. Our room was good with an ocean view. The room was clean, cleaned well. There was a guide at the hotel, but he was not very interested in us, we met a taxi driver who spoke both Russian and English, he gave us a tour himself, took us at cost, we paid him only for gasoline.
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Everything in the hotel is great, we really liked it. We looked at the reviews and did not regret it, good service, very tasty food. The location is not very convenient, it took 8-10 minutes to get to the center. Our room was good with an ocean view. The room was clean, cleaned well. There was a guide at the hotel, but he was not very interested in us, we met a taxi driver who spoke both Russian and English, he gave us a tour himself, took us at cost, we paid him only for gasoline. We liked the rest, I recommend the hotel!
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I chose the hotel for reasons that stardom in Sri Lanka is relative. My tour operator assured me that by the standards of Lanka, this is an excellent hotel. Regarding the flight, I can say that it is quite difficult, but in principle tolerable, the flight was with a transfer in Sharjah. We were not fed on the plane, but I took cookies and water with me.
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I chose the hotel for reasons that stardom in Sri Lanka is relative. My tour operator assured me that by the standards of Lanka, this is an excellent hotel.
Regarding the flight, I can say that it is quite difficult, but in principle tolerable, the flight was with a transfer in Sharjah. We were not fed on the plane, but I took cookies and water with me.
In Sharjah, we quickly transferred to another plane and arrived in Colombo.
For those who fly for the first time, I want to note that upon arrival in Colombo, you must first queue to pay for a visa and only after that passport control. I did not know about it and stood in the queue at passport control, from where I was sent to pay for a visa. And I want to say that everything is done so slowly that 3 hours is not enough to complete the documentation. Despite the fact that the arrival early in the morning at 3 am and it really annoyed.
Next is luggage. Also a complete mess, we all stood in line for luggage on one of the tapes. It turned out that our luggage was at the very end of the airport, and we also found out about this by chance, because there was no sign from which country the luggage arrived. Further, currency exchange, in fact, exchangers are all located on the territory of the airport itself. Without leaving the building.
Then it was somewhat problematic to find my meeting side, the man really held the sign with the wrong side and I had to puff to find my meeting guides.
Next transfer, everything is ok. Upon arrival at the hotel around 9 am, check-in was waiting for us at 12 or 2 in the afternoon. They didn’t check in in the morning, as far as I understood in Sri Lanka, it’s like that everywhere, I didn’t offer money for early check-in and just fell asleep on the couch at the reception. Next room, very personal, spacious, there was a sofa, bed, wardrobe. Everything is good in the bathroom, the place is really full. A single room without an ocean view, the windows really do not open already in the reviews, someone wrote about this, although this is for the best, since this side overlooks the highway and with the windows open, I simply would not fall asleep.
The beach is quite good, there are no lagoons nearby. Meals: I had breakfast and I wanted the menu to be tweaked a little, not critically.
I took lunch and dinner at the hotel, I actually spent 400-800 rupees per dish on money, I didn’t need much. There was one unpleasant incident on check-out, I always paid all the bills at once, and at the end at the reception I was billed for lunch as unpaid. !! ! I was not going to pay for anything, I asked the staff to get a video filming and invite that officer who recorded something wrong. In the course of the checks, too, it was necessary to collect... The conflict was settled, in general, everything about the hotel.
Excursions: I took an excursion from another guide, his name is Annuj, he is a worker from Tpg. ))))) Level mi mi mi. A pretty one, at our request, stopped not only where the tour was planned, but also where we asked. At prices, the excursion is cheaper than from our agency.
The ocean, for an amateur in the off-season, I'm not a good swimmer, so I had to hang out not far from the shore. Of course, it is probably better to go to Sri Lanka in the season when the ocean is calm and there is no rain. It's my opinion. Although there were people who liked the rough ocean for fun, they did not like the quiet one. As they say, taste and color...
Tuk tukers, even those thimbles, then there is no change, then you are lucky in the wrong place. Then I met a normal Sri Lankan and all problems were solved. There is a fruit market near the hotel, to be honest it was very accessible, 5 minutes walk, there was no point in going to Hikkaduwa at all. There was a grocery store nearby. I tried their cottage cheese, really awesome stuff.
In general, that's all, my tour agency is Top Travel, I go from them for the second time, there are no complaints, everything is prompt, thanks to Lyudmila Bugaytsova !!!! !
Regarding the flight, I can say that it is quite difficult, but in principle tolerable, the flight was with a transfer in Sharjah. We were not fed on the plane, but I took cookies and water with me.
In Sharjah, we quickly transferred to another plane and arrived in Colombo.
For those who fly for the first time, I want to note that upon arrival in Colombo, you must first queue to pay for a visa and only after that passport control. I did not know about it and stood in the queue at passport control, from where I was sent to pay for a visa. And I want to say that everything is done so slowly that 3 hours is not enough to complete the documentation. Despite the fact that the arrival early in the morning at 3 am and it really annoyed.
Next is luggage. Also a complete mess, we all stood in line for luggage on one of the tapes. It turned out that our luggage was at the very end of the airport, and we also found out about this by chance, because there was no sign from which country the luggage arrived. Further, currency exchange, in fact, exchangers are all located on the territory of the airport itself. Without leaving the building.
Then it was somewhat problematic to find my meeting side, the man really held the sign with the wrong side and I had to puff to find my meeting guides.
Next transfer, everything is ok. Upon arrival at the hotel around 9 am, check-in was waiting for us at 12 or 2 in the afternoon. They didn’t check in in the morning, as far as I understood in Sri Lanka, it’s like that everywhere, I didn’t offer money for early check-in and just fell asleep on the couch at the reception. Next room, very personal, spacious, there was a sofa, bed, wardrobe. Everything is good in the bathroom, the place is really full. A single room without an ocean view, the windows really do not open already in the reviews, someone wrote about this, although this is for the best, since this side overlooks the highway and with the windows open, I simply would not fall asleep.
The beach is quite good, there are no lagoons nearby. Meals: I had breakfast and I wanted the menu to be tweaked a little, not critically.
I took lunch and dinner at the hotel, I actually spent 400-800 rupees per dish on money, I didn’t need much. There was one unpleasant incident on check-out, I always paid all the bills at once, and at the end at the reception I was billed for lunch as unpaid. !! ! I was not going to pay for anything, I asked the staff to get a video filming and invite that officer who recorded something wrong. In the course of the checks, too, it was necessary to collect... The conflict was settled, in general, everything about the hotel.
Excursions: I took an excursion from another guide, his name is Annuj, he is a worker from Tpg. ))))) Level mi mi mi. A pretty one, at our request, stopped not only where the tour was planned, but also where we asked. At prices, the excursion is cheaper than from our agency.
The ocean, for an amateur in the off-season, I'm not a good swimmer, so I had to hang out not far from the shore. Of course, it is probably better to go to Sri Lanka in the season when the ocean is calm and there is no rain. It's my opinion. Although there were people who liked the rough ocean for fun, they did not like the quiet one. As they say, taste and color...
Tuk tukers, even those thimbles, then there is no change, then you are lucky in the wrong place. Then I met a normal Sri Lankan and all problems were solved. There is a fruit market near the hotel, to be honest it was very accessible, 5 minutes walk, there was no point in going to Hikkaduwa at all. There was a grocery store nearby. I tried their cottage cheese, really awesome stuff.
In general, that's all, my tour agency is Top Travel, I go from them for the second time, there are no complaints, everything is prompt, thanks to Lyudmila Bugaytsova !!!! !
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We bought a tour to Sri Lanka in advance, read a lot of reviews and were looking for a good, but not expensive five. As a result, we chose the Lavanga Resort & Spa hotel in Hikkaduwa. I won’t tell you about the flight and transfer. and so many people know how tiresome it is to get from Colombo. We were ready for this, so we weren't too tired))) About the hotel: Yes, the hotel did not disappoint.
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We bought a tour to Sri Lanka in advance, read a lot of reviews and were looking for a good, but not expensive five. As a result, we chose the Lavanga Resort & Spa hotel in Hikkaduwa. I won’t tell you about the flight and transfer. and so many people know how tiresome it is to get from Colombo. We were ready for this, so we weren't too tired))) About the hotel: Yes, the hotel did not disappoint. What was written about him was so. The staff does not speak Russian, there are no Russian TV channels, well, that's good. The air conditioner does not work well and is very noisy. But a magnificent beach, excellent service (cleaning 2 times a day), good food and reasonable prices for dinner. We went to the village, for a change, but did not like it. It is about 2-3 km to the village, you can take a tuk-tuk, drive 5-7 minutes. Prices in local restaurants are lower than in the hotel, but the street is very dirty and crowded. If we discard some of the shortcomings of the hotel, our ignorance, etc. they rested very well. Special thanks to the travel agency Velsi Tour for help in obtaining a tour
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