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Unawatuna, lk

Laras Place

Lara's Place is a family-run guesthouse set on a steep hill above Unawatuna, surrounded by jungle with ocean views from its balconies. The property offers comfortable rooms, a rooftop dining area serving varied breakfasts and dinners, and personal service from the hosts. Access is via tuk-tuk, and the hosts can arrange local transport and scooter rentals for exploring the area.

Four-poster bed with white mosquito net canopy, wooden frame, and brown throw blanket in spacious room with concrete floor, bedside lamps, and kitchen area in background.
Laras Place

"The ocean is an archivist of time... every wave a story."

Lara's Place is a family-run guesthouse set on a steep hill above Unawatuna, surrounded by jungle with ocean views from its balconies. The property offers comfortable rooms, a rooftop dining area serving varied breakfasts and dinners, and personal service from the hosts. Access is via tuk-tuk, and the hosts can arrange local transport and scooter rentals for exploring the area.

— The Kingfisher Family

Personal Sanctuaries

Each room is an editorial study in coastal minimalism, featuring locally sourced timber, hand-woven linens, and an unobstructed dialogue with the sea.

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Deluxe Double Room with Sea View

From $100 / night

Diffused daylight through frosted glass and sheer curtains softens the textured concrete walls, with a narrow window framing a glimpse of the ocean and dense tropical foliage. The space is an urban-minimalist take on a coastal room, where matte tile and black metal fixtures meet the drape of a linen canopy over the bed, and the walk-in shower shares a wall with that greenery-filled window. It feels quiet and textured, a cool-toned counterpoint to the warmth outside.

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Penthouse Suite

From $140 / night

Floor-to-ceiling glass opens the space to a horizon of ocean and distant islands, where palm fronds cast dappled shadows across the stone terrace and its woven rattan lounge chairs. Inside, the layout feels generous, with the bed framed by sheer linen and high exposed beams overhead, and the mood is one of raw concrete softened by woven textures and diffused daylight. The terrace, with its metal railing meeting tropical foliage, becomes the room’s true living area, a place to watch the light move across the water. This is a room defined by that open-air flow and the slow, breezy rhythm of looking out.

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Standard Double Room

From $80 / night

Soft daylight filters through sheer curtains, draping a queen bed in a gentle enclosure of linen and rattan that feels more open-air bungalow than sealed hotel room. The space accommodates a seating area and a balcony that frames dense green foliage with a distant ocean horizon, its mood defined by woven textures and the slow turn of a ceiling fan. The bathroom is a simple, concrete-walled affair with a wooden slat floor, quietly functional. Mornings here begin with the light moving across the bed, and the day’s rhythm is set by the balcony’s view.

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Curated Moments

Beyond the Room

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Surf at Dawn

Experience the bay's perfect break before the world wakes. Private instruction available for all levels.

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Temple Walks at Dusk

Guided spiritual journeys through ancient local shrines as the sun dips below the horizon.

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Fresh Seafood Gastronomy

The daily catch prepared by our chef with heirloom spices and traditional Sri Lankan techniques.