Cape Weligama - Relais and Chateaux

除了貴，沒毛病。斯里蘭卡著名茶品牌Dilmah旗下的酒店產業，整座酒店在懸崖之上，所以沙灘相對是弱項，衹有兩處很小的沙灘，不過卻是沖浪聖地。房間密度很低，私密性絕佳。入住時會有歡迎飲料，可以點椰子或者果汁啤酒。套房面積非常大，尤其是洗手間，淋浴間還可以作為濕蒸房用。早餐是點餐式，選擇很多，不過都是西式，水果很好吃。客房服務很好，第二晚疊的毛巾大象有被可愛到。在酒店裡竟然還看到很多衹散步的孔雀，動物與人類和諧共處的畫面很有意思～

2023.9.30下午兩點來到cape weligama酒店，這個酒店在懸崖上，是斯里蘭卡三家羅蘭夏朵集團的酒店之一，在11月到4月從酒店有時候能看到鯨魚。位置不錯，有點類似於峇里島的寶格麗酒店，但是不如寶格麗這麼大，服務一般般。晚餐基本衹能從酒店吃，感覺不便宜，早餐很豐富。從酒店能看到蜥蜴和孔雀，最近新來了個博物學家，可以帶小朋友收集樹葉觀察各種動物，很有意思。不過這種酒店也就住一次體驗一下，後面也不會再住了。

房間很大，用餐環境無敵，泳池面向印度洋.人少景美，食物服務都很好，很適合度假.

This was our first visit to Sri Lanka, which we were looking forward to as part of our winter tour including Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand and a return to the cold UK through Oman and Quatar. Our 25 yrs son spoke highly of his experience during his backpacker/surfer visits to Sri Lanka, but we were looking for a higher level of comfort. Cape Weligama is a member of the Relais and Chateaux hotel association. We have a friend amongst the management team at R&C whose advice I sought prior to our decision to book. I personally don’t enjoy Indian spices although my wife loves curry, hence the combination of western and local cooking at the resort was important. The resort scored perfectly well in that respect, overall, the food offering is very good. We had booked a King bedded Master Suite and were allocated one in the eastern beach side of the property at ground floor level overlooking the “family” swimming pool in the “Arthur C Clarke” building of 4 suites. The villa blocks are named after reputed writers, personalities, or navigators, coincidentally my wife’s maiden name is “Clarke”. We were a little disappointed with the view from our ground floor suite, the upper-level suites have more light, especially on the west side of the resort (closer to the adults-only halfmoon shape pool). During the first 24 hours there seemed an absence of senior management presence at the resort, but this significantly changed on our second day when having expressed our disappointment, the assistant Executive Director Mr da Silva met with us and expressed his objective was to ensure our full satisfaction. Since then we received an outstanding level of personal attention to our needs thought our stay. Two days prior to departure, we received a complimentary upgrade to one of the higher elevation villas – this was very appreciated and offered spectacular sunset and ocean views with an abundance of wildlife proximity. Should we return, this would be the sector of the property that we would prefer. The rooms are well constructed with good quality furnishings. Not quite the latest technology seen in more modern luxury hotels, but the internet connectivity was excellent, and everything works. The rooms resemble the earlier Aman properties we stayed in such as Amanpulo in Philippines. There is direct access to a small beach where the hotel has a rustic bar with limited drinks. We sensed that this area could be improved with more extensive cocktails and smartened up. As a guest you are assigned a “curator” or butler who’s role is as an individual concierge and point of contact with the hotel. Our curator “the Brilliant Brenden” was very attentive, and instantly responsive on WhatsApp, not only helping whist in the resort, but also being on hand and contactable during our off-property excursions. Another star performer in their team was Mr Senith, the restaurant manager. Each day we would discuss our bespoke menu, and which place and time we would like to eat. These intimate

Wonderful relaxing stay. We had a large room with a lovely terrace. The restaurant is very nice with sea views and a very good range of food and drink options, both Sri Lankan and International. The gardens are very beautiful as is the coast and the peacocks. The staff were all very friendly and the service is excellent. People with mobility issues need to be careful to get a room which can be directly accessed by a buggy. I think our room was quite a way from where a buggy could have picked us up had we needed it.

The reason the food was so good was because of the selection and the variety of dishes that one could choose from the presentation was excellent. The spice level was amazing if you wanted it to be which we haven’t found in any other restaurants, the staff was so friendly and would accommodate any special needs you have from gluten-free to oat milk options.