Bentota Hotels at Bentota (62km south of Colombo) ranges from up market hotels and boutique hotels to budget hotels and guest houses.

Bentota features a pristine palm fringed beach; a lagoon set in the tropical greenery; River Bentara Ganga dotted with islets rich in birdlife. And most of all, the prize possession is the Paradise Island: an exotic narrow tongue of land sandwiched between Bentota Beach to the west and Bentota lagoon and River Bentara Ganga to the east. While Bentota Beach from northern end of the peninsula to the southern end is studded with Bentota Hotels, until the neighboring beach of Induruwa, towards inland off Bentota beach too have its own share of Bentota Hotels well set in the all green tropical scenic beauty of the region.

While such are the natural endowments at Bentota, the man-made enrichments too are geared to the industry of inbound tourism to Bentota. Bentota Hotels at Bentota Beach, the prime beach resort of Sri Lanka is well supported by the integrated infrastructure of Bentota National Holiday Resort Complex that occupies the prime land of Bentota: the stretch of land between the Galle Road (A2 main southern road Colombo- Galle-Matara-Hambantota-Wellawaya) and the Colombo-Galle-Matara Railway track that runs right past the Bentota beach.

However the Bentota Hotels established outside of the perimeters of the Bentota National Holiday Resort Complex such as inland Bentota Hotels and isolated Bentota Hotels on the beach afar from the main beach of Bentota aren’t serviced by the Bentota National Holiday Resort.

South-western and southern Beaches of Sri Lanka

South-western and southern Beaches of Sri Lanka are the main draw of the visiting tourists keen on Sri Lanka Beach Holidays. BIA Colombo Bandaranayke International Airport (IATA:CMB) is located at the city of Katunayake close to Negombo Beach on the western coast of Sri Lanka. 37km south of the CMB Colombo airport is the heart of Colombo at Fort. Colombo, the capital, the main seaport, the main transportation hub and emporium of Sri Lanka is the regular base of the tourists visiting to Sri Lanka. Having arrived in Sri Lanka, visiting Colombo mustn’t be missed since the capital city, modern and cosmopolitan stands out in sharp contrast to other cities of Sri Lanka. Furthermore visiting Colombo affords the opportunity to visit Kelaniya Royal Temple whose modern murals all over the walls and ceilings enlighten all the visitors of the major landmarks of the 2550 years of recorded history of Sri Lanka.

Once in Colombo, travelling to the finest tropical beaches of Sri Lanka is made convenient. The finest beaches can be reached by main coastal road called Galle Road (A2) as well as by the southern railway line that runs close to motor road till the terminus point at Matara. The southern railway line is being extended from Matara to Hambantota in the Deep South.

The first beach resort south of Colombo is at Wadduwa (30km) and then 10km further south is the beach of Kalutara. 15km south of Kalutara is beach resort of Beruwala. Bentota, the prime beach resort of Sri Lanka is 8km further to the south. From Bentota onwards till Tangalle east of Matara, the coast is studded with fine palm fringed pristine bay beaches: Induruwa; Ahungalle; Ambalangoda; Hikkaduwa; Galle; Unawatuna; Mirissa; Polhena (Matara);Dickwella;Tangalle.