A dear guest wrote...

“Relax, Relax, Relax”

I may never again meet Nick Buckingham, owner, entrepreneur, visionary of Buckingham Place, but it is unlikely that I shall ever forget him and the exceptional, exquisite, peace-filled haven that he has created at the end of Wellawathugoda Road on Rekewa Beach outside Tangalle, Sri Lanka.

Every word that everyone has written about this wonderful creation, every photo on the Buckingham Place website, every award given it by tripadvisor and every testament articulated for this gated inspiration is deserved and yet will only partially express the joy, peace and tranquility you will feel within Buckingham Place. It is not just a hotel, it is an experience of life as it ought to be lived or contemplated. It is the Discovery Channel without a high definition television; a life-refreshing, enchanting sanctuary of simple indulgence.

A review of Buckingham Place is almost pointless - you just have to experience it. If you find fault dear friend it will be within oneself not within Buckingham Place. Four nights in the luxury of Buckingham Place, at the start of the wet season before the rains arrived with almost ideal conditions, including cacophonous thunderstorms in the late afternoon, was as near to perfect and ideal as my partner and I could have wished for.

The invisible ubiquity of hospitality of the staff, the ambiance of top class facilities and the gentle pace of the natural environment within and beyond the gates - oh and the food... yes the food... and yes the wine... and the... well you just need to experience it for yourself. If I never get back to Buckingham Place I will be sad but I will also rejoice to know that there does exist a place, an hotel, where the form and substance of human endeavour to create beauty and peace for the soul has been achieved. Iron & Board (On Request).