Alilya Resort and Spa -Sigiriya

 After climbing Sigiri rock we were tired and wanted to relax. And next we reached “Aliya resort and spa” which is located 13km away from Colombo.

“Aliya” means “The elephant” in English. We could see elephant carvings and paintings all around the resort premises.  It is a four-star hotel and has a large swimming pool which is facing towards the Rock Sigiriya.

 

 Rock Sigiriya is visible to the main lobby of the resort from far away through the mist. It gives a spectacular   view of Sigiriya rock to the pool and hotel premises, such a wonderful attractive eye catching view cannot be described with words.

Aliya Resort has been built according to the cultural village atmosphere with an eco-friendly system, comparable with a typical Sri Lankan village. There is a tree hut  which symbolizes cultivation of Sri Lankan Chena and paddy fields.  

In the middle of the hotel compound there was a clay house which is built with straw roof called “Nagula”, the paddy museum, where you can see all the equipment of cultivation which were used in ancient period such as clay pots, stone motor and pestle, sickles and buffalo carts. 

There was a typical Sri Lankan village type kitchen model too. Therefore, it was a good experience for me to explore our ancient traditional kitchenette as it is very rare nowadays to see this kind of villages.

When considering their cuisine, food is very delicious and served with different varieties of dishes that consist of local and international dishes with mouthwatering taste. If someone wants to taste Sri Lankan traditional food, they can get a good experience with their buffets. They have three main buffets for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They have a Chinese restaurant which is called “Makara”. This restaurant beautifully illuminates with red lights. Most of the Chinese guests dine there without fail. 

This resort consists of large rooms as well as spacious stunning bathrooms that nicely decorated with paintings. Rooms are well furnished and categorized as Deluxe, Deluxe twin, Deluxe with attic, wooden chalets and suits. These rooms are built as separate units.

Though we didn’t visit, there was a Spa called “Ayur vie” for Ayurveda treatments especially for body and head oil treatments, facial treatments, steam bath and foot treatments. This place is providing Yoga and meditation lessons for guests too. And it will be a great experience for foreigners who seek exotic voyages. 

Apart from above facilities there were gym, badminton court, night club and karaoke as well.

We enjoyed well with this eco-friendly atmosphere. It is a good place for relaxation, physically as well as mentally. 

This environment soothes mind.  This eco-friendly resort is full of native huge trees which cool down the atmosphere with breeze. They have planned this eco themed resort nicely. It is far away from hustle cities

If we had more time we would have definitely visited Minneriya national park, Pollonnaruwa archeological ruins, Dambulla rock cave and temple too. So I left Aliya resort and Sigiri village with the determination of returning back to explore more things in the future which I missed this time.  After the Covid pandemic, I am waiting impatiently to visit there once again …….