We stayed HB for 3 lovely nights here and used the hotel as a base (we had a car) to visit Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa & Minneriya National Park (recommend them all especially Minneriya NP while not full of elephants at the moment we saw 8 together and had this beautiful park mostly to ourselves). The view from our room (monkeys included), and the terrace was wonderful and we enjoyed it very much - in the day, at the gorgeous sunsets & some spectacular storms at night. The staff were all very friendly and the food very tasty (I can’t eat gluten or dairy and that was catered for at every meal). We also enjoyed a full body massage at the hotel’s facilities, this was amazing! Very relaxing and after a hike up Sigiriya very welcome. Would recommend a stay here anytime.