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Top 10 budget beach hotels and guesthouses in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has some of Asia's loveliest, most surf-able beaches – and plenty of affordable places to stay. Here are 10 of the best hotels and guesthouses, starting at just £5 a night
Surfers Point, Arugam Bay. Photograph: Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images
Beach Hut, Arugam Bay
This simple collection of rooms has been around for almost 25 years, and the atmosphere is pure surfer-casual – which is appropriate, given that Arugam Bay is Sri Lanka's surf hotspot. Seven rustic treehouses on stilts have views and cool breezes, and there are six more rooms on the ground (some have shared bathrooms, ask before you book). The popular restaurant turns out set lunches of fresh Sri Lankan seafood and hosts barbecues on Friday nights – grab a seat at the long communal table and strike up a chat with some of the surfers who have been coming to stay with legendary owner Ranga for decades. A loosely fenced-in outdoor area has tables and hammocks interspersed with scrubby trees just a few metres from the sea – the perfect place to hang loose with a lassi.
• +94 773 179 594, Facebook page, double rooms from £10
Meedum Villa, Unawatuna
Unawatuna beach. Photograph: Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Popular with European travellers, the beach resort of Unawatuna is jam-packed with hotels that range from bare-bones to eco-chic but good value is thin on the ground. A few minutes' walk from the sea, Meedum Villa is a smart choice. The guesthouse offers large en suite rooms (those on the top floor are enormous) with hot showers, four-poster beds and good (ie hole-free) mosquito nets. Ask friendly owner Janath to book you a whale-watching tour in nearby Mirissa (at a rate much lower than you'd get by booking it yourself), and he'll give you a discount on the room rate as well if you stay more than a couple of nights. The open-air common spaces on each floor have refrigerators and drinks, and are the perfect place to meet other backpackers. The short walk to the beach takes you past trees full of monkeys.
• +94 77 716 3674, meedumvilla.com, double rooms from US$35 a night B&B
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Sri Lanka has some of Asia's loveliest, most surf-able beaches – and plenty of affordable places to stay. Here are 10 of the best hotels and guesthouses, starting at just £5 a night
Beach Hut, Arugam Bay
This simple collection of rooms has been around for almost 25 years, and the atmosphere is pure surfer-casual – which is appropriate, given that Arugam Bay is Sri Lanka's surf hotspot. Seven rustic treehouses on stilts have views and cool breezes, and there are six more rooms on the ground (some have shared bathrooms, ask before you book). The popular restaurant turns out set lunches of fresh Sri Lankan seafood and hosts barbecues on Friday nights – grab a seat at the long communal table and strike up a chat with some of the surfers who have been coming to stay with legendary owner Ranga for decades. A loosely fenced-in outdoor area has tables and hammocks interspersed with scrubby trees just a few metres from the sea – the perfect place to hang loose with a lassi.
• +94 773 179 594, Facebook page, double rooms from £10
Meedum Villa, Unawatuna
• +94 77 716 3674, meedumvilla.com, double rooms from US$35 a night B&B
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