Beautiful Staffed 4 Bedroom Villa, Very Personal Touch Overlooking Paddy Fields
Location
Car: Not Necessary
The Rice house, as we named our house, is located not even 5 minutes from the beach. You can choose to go either in the direction of Matara to Weligama for surfing lessons and whale/dolphin watching tours during the months December till April (25 minutes by tuc tuc) and Mirissa bay for the lovely big stretch of beach, or in the direction of Galle, where you will find a lot of nice beach clubs along the Galle Matara road, such as Talpe beach club (5 to 10 minutes by tuk tuk), Era beach ( 10 minutes) and Vijaya beach club (15 minutes).
Unawatuna bay (15 minutes) is flocked with a lot of restaurants and sun beds. It is a very vibrant beach, nice and very safe for younger children.
Just 25 minutes away is the 17th-century Galle Fort, a must see!! Galle is a beautiful old colonial town where the mix of trendy restaurants and shops on one side and local life on the other side is still well balanced.
Sri Lanka is renowned for its cultivation of high quality teas. It is the second biggest tea exporter of the world. Therefore you should visit a tea factory. Only 30 minutes from our house you will find Handunugoda Tea Estate. Here you will have the opportunity to visit the tea factory and learn how the white tea is plucked and made into one of the best teas in the world. You will also be able to taste the famous tea on the veranda of the main planters house while the plantation history is briefly explained.
The climate of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka is very suitable for the growth of cinnamon. Enjoying a cinnamon infused lunch at a cinnamon plantation just 30 minutes from our house is another activity well worthwhile.
Enjoy a bike ride tour with Idle Bikes that will bring you to paddy valleys with a half away coconut stop in a shaded ambalamba set in a beautiful garden.
Most of all you should take the time to relax at our house. Watch the water buffaloes and the hundreds of birds passing by while taking a dip in the pool or just sipping your tea at the veranda. Ask Gayan, our chef, to prepare you lunch and/or dinner. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the house and the surroundings as much as we always do!!
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2011
About the owner: We, Oscar and Marijke, grew up in the Netherlands. Although we still love to go back to Amsterdam now and then, we have not lived in Holland since 1996. For 10 years we lived in Italy, where our three children were born. After a few years in Stockholm, we moved to Singapore in 2008, a 3 hour flight away from Sri Lanka.
Why the Owner Chose Galle, Sri Lanka:
More than 15 years ago we travelled to Sri Lanka for a holiday without any preparation. We even did not bring a lonely planet, at that time our travel bible, because it was a very last minute decision.
Without any expectations we started our trip and found out that it became one of our best holidays ever. People were very, very friendly, the food was very tasty, the variety of the country really appealed to us (cultural triangle, tea plantations, beautiful beaches, etc.) and we loved the Dutch heritage buildings we saw during our trip. Years later we decided to bring our children to Sri Lanka and we again enjoyed it so much that we decided to contact some real estate agents during our trip. We spend a few days looking at heritage buildings in the province of Galle, because that was originally the idea, to renovate a heritage building. All the houses that we saw unfortunately were not well plotted on their piece of land or were very dark, difficult to enlarge, etc. So we decided to look for plots of land to build our own 'heritage building'. We immediately fell in love with a plot of land, overlooking paddy fields. That was 3 years ago and in the mean time we have built our house, integrating old building materials.
We can see ourselves as retirees seated on the veranda and spending our time watching the many beautiful birds passing by. Until that time we would like the house to be used by people all over the world.
The Unique Benefits at this Villa:
It is a nice combination of being in the middle of the nature, away from it all, but close enough to the lively surroundings of Galle and Unawatuna. The house is fully staffed who will do their utmost to make your stay relaxed and unforgettable. Enjoy!!
Contact us
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Photos
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The Rice House Front View
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Paddy field view
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Paddy field verandah seating area
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Detail of dining area
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Living room
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The kitchen
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One of the bedrooms
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Peak into one of the 4 bathrooms
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One of the antique beds
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A peak in one of the bedrooms
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Another bedroom
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One of the bathrooms
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Distance of paddy field verandah from the rice paddy
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Swimming pool
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The dining area on the paddy field veranda
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Garden view from front court yard
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A peak into one of the 4 bathrooms
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One of the many daybeds
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One of the 4 antique basins
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Terrace with garden view in front of a bedroom
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Another daybed
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One of the daybeds
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Sri Lankan artifact
Partner Offers
- Response time Within a few days
- Response rate 90%
- Calendar last updated 09/28/2016