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Since October 2010 our guest lists have boasted the loveliest, friendliest, most interesting and diverse travelers under the tropical sun! Whether adventurers, nature lovers or sun-worshippers, collectively they share an appreciation for a hardworking team, down to earth good service and natures’ own sanctuary. Many return year after year, often for several weeks at a time like 9 times guest (now good friend) David Boseck. Rarely nights pass without friends of Buckingham Place in residence, and on occasion, for the hotel to be filled with folks who’ve stayed before and are reluctant to leave.

If this is your first stay relax, just be prepared you can check-out any time you like but…!

 
 


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).

Buckingham Place is one of only a handful of
Sri Lankan hotels ever to achieve the
Trip Advisor Travelers Choice award Best of Best Top Small Hotels – WORLD*

Best of Best Romance – Asia (2021)
Best of Best Small Hotel – World (2020)*
Best of Best Small Hotel – Asia (2020)
Best of Best Romance – Asia (2020)

Travelers’ Choice Awarded Since 2013
Travelers’ Choice Awards are based on guest reviews and opinions.
They are the highest honor Trip Advisor bestows and put Buckingham Place in the top 1% of hotels in the World.

SRI LANKA’S NO1 TRAVELER RANKED HOTEL ON TRIP ADVISOR FOR 9+ YEARS (‘til 2020)

Thank you dear wonderful guests, we’re nothing without you!

Buckingham Place was included in the prestigious
Telegraph Top 10 Hotels – Sri Lanka’s Best Coastal Retreats Of 2018

WELCOMING SRI LANKANS & WORLD TRAVELERS SINCE 2010

PROPOSALS TO HONEYMOONS

We avoid ‘package deals’ and honeymoon offers but do know how to add a little sparkle!

We’ve lost count of marriages that began here - so many spontaneously. As for honeymooners, barely a week goes by without welcoming couples who recently wed. So, if you’d like a little extra magic for your once in a lifetime moment just say the word - we’ll fly into action to make it even more memorable with cool ideas up our sleeves, special arrangements or both – for free or at minimal cost!

THE TREE HOUSE

Loved by Lovers!

Our much sought after honeymoon suite features a coconut tree in the centre of its open-air circular bathtub bathroom.

The vibrant, airy and spacious bedroom enjoys lagoon views from the balcony and bed!