KALUTARA, SRI LANKA—The Anantara Kalutara Resort is scheduled to open in October, offering 141 guestrooms, suites and pool villas.
A short distance from the historic town of Kalutara and an hour from Colombo, the property will reside along Sri Lanka’s southwest coast. The beachfront setting between the Indian Ocean and Kalu River provides coastal, river and lagoon frontage.
Surrounded by tropical gardens, coconut palms and the shoreline, the craftsmanship of the property is inspired by the late Geoffrey Bawa, a notable local architect. Some guestrooms include a humidor, while others are interconnecting or wheelchair accessible and poolside. Suites offer a lounge and the one-bedroom presidential suite provides a private plunge pool and sundeck. All suites and villas feature Bose Bluetooth speakers, and a Villa Host is available for special requests. A garden terrace encloses one- and two-bedroom villas.
Three restaurants offer a variety of dining options and local specialties. There is the Spice Spoons cooking school and Upper Deck Bar and Dining by Design for tailored private dinners.
Elsewhere, the Anantara Spa offers 11 treatment rooms with holistic Ayurvedic therapies and western spa treatments. The double-story space features two yoga and meditation pavilions and is surrounded by a lotus pond.
Two meeting rooms and a 500-seat conference center are slated to open in March 2017. An SUV limousine service is available for trips between the resort and Kalutara South Station, and Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport.
Anantara Kalutara Resort is the brand’s second resort destination to open in the country. The brand’s first resort, Anantara Peace Haven Tangalle, opened in January.