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Situated within 200 metres of Polonnaruwa Clock Tower and 600 metres of Deepa Uyana, Sahan Tourist House features rooms with air conditioning and a private bathroom in Polonnaruwa. This property offers access to a balcony and free private parking. Boasting family rooms, this property also provides guests with a sun terrace. Top! Very friendly host, good location near bus stop and ticket office! Great breakfast and clean room.

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9.5
Exceptional
106 reviews
Price from
US$16
per night

Boasting garden views, Geethani Tourist Home Polonnaruwa features accommodation with patio, around 200 metres from Polonnaruwa Clock Tower. This property offers access to a terrace, free private parking and free WiFi. The accommodation provides airport transfers, while a bicycle rental service is also available. Perfect location for old city. The owner is the loveliest and most helpful person who made us feel so looked after, we loved him! Very clean and comfortable and great value for money. Thanks Viraj!

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9.1
Superb
280 reviews
Price from
US$21.82
per night

Boasting lake views, Sudu Neluma Home Stay offers accommodation with balcony, around 1.6 km from Polonnaruwa Clock Tower. This property offers access to a terrace and free private parking. The homestay has family rooms and facilities for disabled guests. The place is really nice and the owners are great. I was on the line with them all the time so they helped me reach their place. Their place is around 3km from the ancient city. They have bicycles for a small fee. The road next to the lake is amazing. I loved it. The room was spacious and cozy, hot water was available. You can get AC for an extra charge but I think a fan is enough. The food mom cooks is very delicious. I had dinner and breakfast with them. They were there to help me with everything and give me information about my sightseeing. I def recommend this place!!!

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9.2
Superb
235 reviews
Price from
US$8
per night

Located in Polonnaruwa, 2.5 km from Gal Viharaya and 2.9 km from Polonnaruwa Vatadage, Lake Cabin offers air conditioning. This property offers access to a balcony, free private parking and free WiFi. The accommodation provides a 24-hour front desk and room service for guests. The location was beyond expectations. Two separate cabins were situated next to each other. Each had two double beds, air conditioning, tea or coffee making facilities, a mosquito net and linen and toiletries. There was a small balcony with seating for four persons and the balcony was right next to the electric fence separating the forest reserve around Parakrama Samudraya man made lake. The view in the morning from the balcony was exceptional, and we could watch the sun rise amidst many water and land birds flying around us. We identified a grey heron, purple heron, many king fishers, peacocks, green and blue tailed bee eaters, a crimson backed golden back (woodpecker) among the numerous birds and two mongooses had a playful morning right before our eyes. The breakfast and dinner were delicious with three types of local fruits plus the meal. The host Sanka was lovely, providing us with our meals on the dot. He also found d accommodation for our driver in a nearby place. There is a wooden elephant making workshop right next to the cabins and our friend from Germany was delighted to watch elephant carving from wood and purchased 5 beautiful elephants. There are shops to buy common items within 200 meters of the cabins and bicycles are available for rent for those who like to cycle. We spent a lot more time in the cabin than we expected as we didn’t want to leave bird watching from our balcony!!

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9.1
Superb
221 reviews
Price from
US$24
per night

Located within 200 metres of Polonnaruwa Clock Tower and 1 km of Deepa Uyana in Polonnaruwa, Man Guest Polonnaruwa offers accommodation with seating area. Among the facilities of this property are a restaurant, a 24-hour front desk and luggage storage space, along with free WiFi throughout the property. There is free private parking and the property provides paid airport shuttle service. Confortable and clean, very good value for money, best fried rice we had in Sri Lanka! Very cute baby cat

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9.2
Superb
647 reviews
Price from
US$20
per night

Situated within 1.5 km of Polonnaruwa Clock Tower and 1.9 km of Deepa Uyana in Polonnaruwa, Binara Home Stay provides accommodation with seating area. Boasting a 24-hour front desk, this property also provides guests with an outdoor fireplace. There is free private parking and the property features paid airport shuttle service. Beautiful location in a garden with fruit trees and flowers. Our hosts were a very charming family. We ate delicious breakfast and dinners on the balcony. Guest accommodation upstairs and private, my sister and I had two very good rooms facing onto the garden. Close enough to ride bikes ( provided) to the Ancient City. Credit cards accepted.

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9.1
Superb
131 reviews
Price from
US$9
per night

Set in Polonnaruwa, near Polonnaruwa Clock Tower, Deepa Uyana and Polonnaruwa Vatadage, Aruna homestay has a garden. Boasting a shared kitchen, this property also provides guests with a sun terrace. There is free private parking and the property offers paid airport shuttle service. We had an amazing stay at Aruna Homestay over the new year. They invited us into their home and treated us like part of their family. They invited us to celebrated the new year with them. It was an amazing experience and Aruna and his wife and daughters are truly amazing hosts. The room was clean and comfortable - no complaints there - as advertised. We were able to also rent a scooter from Aruna to go exploring more the ancient city which was very helpful. All in all we had a fabulous time - only sad that we could not stay longer.

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9.7
Exceptional
34 reviews
Price from
US$18.50
per night

Featuring garden views, New Haven Polonnaruwa features accommodation with balcony, around 49 km from Pidurangala Rock. There is a private entrance at the guest house for the convenience of those who stay. The guest house offers rooms with air conditioning, free private parking and free WiFi. It was a comfortable stay and the staff was friendly. Nice comfortable bed. The room is spacious. Close to the city center. .

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9.4
Superb
14 reviews
Price from
US$12
per night

The homestay comes with a flat-screen TV. Towels and bed linen are provided in the homestay. The property has an outdoor dining area.

Guests at the homestay will be able to enjoy activities in and around Polonnaruwa, like bike tours. Kody the Host is very friendly and helpful. He and his wife make excellent breakfast and delicious rice and curry (never had such a good curry). Kody is also a tour guide and can give advice where to go in Sri Lanka. The accommodation is spacious and clean.

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9.8
Exceptional
6 reviews
Price from
US$42.50
per night

Located just 700 metres from Polonnaruwa Clock Tower, Villa Ravichini features accommodation in Polonnaruwa with access to a garden, a bar, as well as a housekeeping service. This guest house provides free private parking, a shared kitchen and free WiFi. The accommodation offers airport transfers, while a bicycle rental service is also available. The guesthouse is close to the main sites. Ravi makes delicious breakfast with lots of fresh fruits. He even made us a takeaway breakfast when we had to leave early for elephant safari. Ravi organized bikes for us to use to see the ruins. He also set up an elephant safari with an excellent guide, Shiron. He was knowledgeable and showed us some incredible birds. He had a knack for getting us in the right spots for elephant viewing and was respectful to give the elephants space. Highly recommend a trip with him. We also recommend the morning trip as he said in the afternoons sometimes there are 200 jeeps!

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9.2
Superb
66 reviews
Price from
US$10
per night

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