De Silva Palm Resort

Localização perfeita para os velejadores. O resort possui muita variedade e qualidade de equipamentos para aluguel. Comida muito boa. Funcionários sempre de bom humor e dispostos a ajudar. Cama confortável!

Não consegui ficar mais dias.

Prettig resort, gericht op surfen, heerlijk zwembad, hele fijne massage (aanbevolen!)

Kamers zien er anders uit dan de foto’s. Strand is eigenlijk geen strand, behalve voor surfen eigenlijk niet te gebruiken.

Die Lage an der Lagune ist perfekt zum Kiten. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und stets bemüht. Die Atmosphäre im Camp war sehr freundschaftlich und fast familiär. Man kommt schnell ins Gespräch mit anderen Gästen.

Great swimming pool. One of the best in the area. There’s a table tennis table and pool table which is enjoyable for the evening. Staff were so lovely and welcoming. They really made the place! Very good Moscow mule at the kite centre bar. Friendly atmosphere too.

Strange setup for food and drink. Breakfast is served at the hotel but lunch, dinner and drinks are only accessible at their kite centre (about 250m from hotel). This isn’t a big deal (particularly for the kiters), but did feel odd given the pool area has a nice bar but no one is ever there to serve. Food was variable in quality. There are much better locations at far better prices a short tuctuc away. Recommend Sandy Edge and Mama’s Here. WiFi is only available at reception or kite school. This is good to help to disconnect, but can be annoying if wanting to quickly research something from the room or pool area. If working remotely, this hotel wouldn’t suit. The WiFi can also be a bit temperamental if more than 4 people are using at the same time - I believe this is a problem across Kalpitiya though, not just this hotel. Pricing for the spa treatments made no sense. EUR 25 for a 30 minute head/foot massage but then EUR 30 for a 60 min full body massage. Whilst the therapist was sweet, he didn’t appear to be formally trained and was also a bar tender and other roles for the hotel. In my view, if a hotel offers spa services, they should have a specialist available (whether that’s internal specialist or external contact). Their water pricing also made zero sense. The environmental sentiment is correct, where you buy a glass bottle upon arrival and the refill at their refill stations. However, the glass bottle was no where near big enough, was expensive to begin with and then they charge EUR 2 a day for unlimited refills. Bear in mind a 1.5L plastic bottle is rs.160. We ended up buying plastic bottles because their pricing was crazy but then got charged the EUR 2 per day each at the end anyway. We sadly didn’t realise they did this until we departed the facility.