Araliya, Nisala and Sagara  are Sri Villas’ trio of boutique properties that stand shoulder-to-shoulder facing the sea. Sharing a tropical palm-shaded garden, an expansive swimming pool and a welcoming staff team these villas can sleep up to 18 people and are ideal for hosting large companies of families and friends. The three owners of Sri Villas, themselves lifelong friends, built the property with this in mind since they had always enjoyed the sociability of communal holidays. The shared surroundings and collective facilities benefit many larger mixed age groupings whilst the fact that each villa is self-contained gives individuals or family units their own privacy and individuality too. The villas can be rented individually or as a group of three.

Each contemporary villa comes with its own living and dining space, fully-equipped kitchen and terrace that spills onto the tropical garden beyond. A little rickety gate to the front of Sri Villas leads onto a wide golden beach that stretches for half a kilometre between two rocky outcrops; it’s mostly deserted except for the odd fishermen, the occasional turtle and a scattering of strollers at sunset. You can swim and body board in the sea here during the November to April season although the villa’s inviting lap pool is an absolutely glorious place to while away the hours of the day, and faces right out towards the sunset; its generous size is definitely a bonus, as you can really enjoy a proper swim.

Sri Villas is a great place for entertaining since the palm-shaded garden and glorious wide sandy beach offer ideal locations for celebrating birthdays, reunions and of course, hosting intimate tropical weddings too. Offering nine rooms in total these cosy villas can conveniently accommodate all party guests which makes the effort of organising an event much easier whilst the villa’s grocery system for food means that it’s very economical as you pay for all food and drink at cost price. The chef has his own kitchen so when you do choose to be catered for, you still have the run of the villas to yourself. There’s an efficient staff team looking after the whole property with one houseboy assigned to each villa for continuity and ease.