Property of the Month

A Spectacular Villa in the heart of Unuwatuna

This spectacular boutique villa is located just 15-20 minutes’ walk from Unawatuna beach, on the outskirts of Galle Fort. Quiet and peaceful, yet only fifteen minutes from hotels and cultural sites, the villa has easy access to all amenities, including the local market for bargain hunting, and many excellent restaurants for eating out.

All bedrooms resplendent with thick mattresses and quality bedding, look out to the green gardens, equally stunning with Aralya, coconut and fruit trees. A stone path leads to the large 25m swimming pool. Leading from the living room is a terrace with views to the garden and pool, furnished with table and chairs to enable you to dine al fresco. Its three double bedrooms look out onto the green gardens, equally stunning with Araliya, coconut and fruit trees.

All polished cement, designer bathrooms boast some kind of unique feature such as an antique stone font basin, outdoor stone shower complete with bench to bathe under the stars.
Upon entering the grand sitting room with 40-foot teak wooden beamed ceiling to the wrought iron window frames and polished cement floors, this holiday home cannot fail to impress the most travelled explorer.

This Month Top Story

Joyful Christmas in Jaffna

by Ananth Palakidnar

For the first time in 30 years, the sounds and lights of firecrackers dominated the skies of Jaffna, replacing the deadly sounds of artillery shelling, rocket launchers, aerial bombings and machine guns when the Christmas midnight mass was held in the churches of Jaffna, informed sources said.

The Catholic Bishop of Jaffna, Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Savuntharanayagam conducted the midnight mass at St. Mary’s Church, Jaffna with the participation of thousands of devotees who were mainly from the fishing community in the coastal areas of Jaffna.

The fisher folk in Jaffna were the worst affected by the war as there were restrictions in the seas for fishing for three decades. With the end of the war early this year, several measures were taken by the Government to rebuild the lives of fisher folk in Jaffna with the removal of restrictions in fishing in the Northern seas.