Name: Shady Edge
Address: Dalawella Junction,Unawatuna, 80600 Unawatuna, Sri Lanka, Dalawella Junction,Unawatuna, Galle District, 80600, Sri Lanka
Rating: 9.1

Shady Edge

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About this property

Comfortable Accommodations: Shady Edge in Unawatuna offers private bathrooms with balconies, garden views, and soundproofing. Each room includes a work desk, washing machine, and free WiFi. Exceptional Facilities: Guests enjoy a lush garden, free WiFi in public areas, and a paid airport shuttle service. Additional amenities include a coffee shop, full-day security, breakfast in the room, room service, and bike hire. Prime Location: Located 6 km from Koggala Airport, Shady Edge is a 3-minute walk from Dalawella Beach. Nearby attractions include Galle Fort and Galle Light House, each 8 km away. Activities and Surroundings: The guest house offers cycling, scuba diving, and surfing. Guests appreciate the friendly host, beach access, and convenient location.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 8.1 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.8)

Free private parking available on-site

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Room type	Number of guests
Double Room with Garden View 1 double bed
Double Room with Sea View 1 extra-large double bed

Guest reviews

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Guests who stayed here loved

Abigail

United Kingdom

“Lovely downstairs room with a little garden and chairs outside. Felt clean and had a mosquito net and fan. Owners were wonderful and really kind, made a beautiful full Sri Lankan breakfast for us in the morning for $5 each. Very affordable place.”

Tomas

United Kingdom

“Very nice, kind and friendly hosts with a beautiful accommodation which was very close to the beach, and an absolutely fantastic breakfast on top of our stay!”

Rhea

United Kingdom

“An experience for those that are looking for something authentic, loved the family they were brilliant hosts. They provided a generous breakfast for you if you request it, the bed was comfortable with a fan that kept us cool. Upon check-out they...”

Kostiantyn

Ukraine

“Great hosts, attentive to any request. There is a fan above the bed. I am satisfied with everything except the lack of hot water. Good accommodation for modest money. I recommend!”

Tru

United Kingdom

“Really nice family who looked after us each day, made us tea ☕️ and made us feel very welcome. Fantastic location by the beaches, very comfortable bed and a lovely room. Thanks for a brilliant stay 😊🇱🇰”

Esa

Finland

“This home accomadtion contains whole downstairs. A small patio with plants, nice clean room with fan (no aircon, but fan was enough) and spacious bahtroom. Shower was better than in most places: A rain shower with proper height and separate hand...”

Jess

United Kingdom

“Such a kind couple that run this place! I left my bikini by accident and they came to drop it off at the next place I stayed for me! Such sweet people!”

Tayla

United Kingdom

“The hosts are lovely! We arrived late and the host told us to quickly jump in his Tuktuk so he could drop us off somewhere for dinner before all the restaurants close, free of charge. They also did our laundry really well for a small additional...”

Jon

United Kingdom

“Our hosts were very helpful and friendly ,and presana had his own tuk and picked us up from Galle train station. It's a budget option and the room is small but bed comfortable and there is a small shaded courtyard. The breakfasts were...”

Büsra

Germany

“big bed with moscito net and big fan, huge western style bathroom, little grocery shop right next door and many food options just a few meters away. it has also a teracce to enjoy the evening or morning with beautiful tropical plants.”

Quality rating

Booking.com rated the quality of this property as 3 out of 5 based on factors such as facilities, size, location and services provided.

Hosted by Prasanna Sampath

9.5

Host review score

Prasanna Sampath

Unawatuna area is very beautiful place.you can see lots of places in here.there are turtle beach infront of the vijaya beach. Turtle beach famous for turtles.you can touch them and feed they also.vijaya beach is a very good restaurants.food is very taste.pizza is very very tasty.you can see Japanese temple,jungle beach,frog rock,unawatuna beach and galle fort .you can also surf. We can help to contact surfing places.and also you can diving.we can contact them.you can go on boat trips in koggala lake.you can also go whale watching.

Host name is prasanna sampath.he is a driver.his wife is house wife. Her foods are very taste.if you tell her,she can make your srilankan breakfast and dinner very delicious.prasanna has two daughters.the eldest daughter is 18 years old and the youngest daughter is 15 years old. The eldest daughter will talk to you very cleverly. Her name is vishmi.if you have a boring time you can talk with her.if you want to go somewhere,you can go with her.prasanna's family is very supportive.they will ve very close to you...

Prasanna's mother's house is next to the shady edge.

Language spoken: English

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Check-in

From 12:00 to 00:00

You'll need to let the property know in advance what time you'll arrive.

Check-out

From 05:00 to 10:00

Cancellation/ prepayment

Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required option.

Children and beds

Child policies

Children are not allowed.

Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction

There is no age requirement for check-in

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

Cash only

This property only accepts cash payments.

Smoking

Smoking is not allowed.

The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

Please inform Shady Edge in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.