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The villa, hour by hour

31 photos, all taken at Tranquil Escape, shown in the order they were taken: from first light to after dark. Each time comes from the camera’s own clock.

No stock photos, and nothing made with AI.

6 AM9 AMNoon3 PM6 PM

Each mark is a photo. Taller marks, more than one.

First light

5:58 AM

The house sits among tall trees on a quiet lane in Hikkaduwa.

The villa among tall trees at first light, seen from the air — 5:58 AMThe house among the trees, from the air

Morning

8:05 to 8:35 AM

Morning light in the rooms, on the top terrace and across the pool.

A Deluxe Triple Room with a king bed, and the sofa bed opened out as a third bed — 8:05 AMA Deluxe Triple Room, the sofa bed opened out as a third bed

A bathroom in grey and white tiles with a timber window — 8:16 AMA bathroom in grey and white tiles. Finishes differ from room to room.

The top-floor terrace with a long timber table and rocking chairs — 8:25 AMThe top-floor terrace: a long table and rocking chairs

A bentwood rocking chair on the terrace — 8:25 AMUp close: a rocking chair, and the terrace’s timber ceiling

The terrace's timber ceiling and pendant lamps — 8:25 AMUp close: a rocking chair, and the terrace’s timber ceiling

The pool in the morning sun, with umbrellas and the garden behind — 8:28 AMThe pool in the morning sun

Loungers under green umbrellas beside the pool — 8:35 AMLoungers under green umbrellas

Midday

12:04 to 1:52 PM

From our kitchen, and the rooms everyone shares.

Toast, preserves and a pot of tea on a table in the garden — 12:04 PMToast, preserves and a pot of tea, from our kitchen

The living room with timber sofas and an open door to the garden — 1:52 PMThe living room

The carved front door, open to the garden — 1:52 PMThe carved front door, open to the garden

Late afternoon

4:05 to 5:49 PM

The rooms and their bathrooms. No two rooms are quite the same, and the bathroom finishes differ from room to room.

A Deluxe Triple Room with a king bed and a yellow sofa bed, folded — 4:05 PMA Deluxe Triple Room with the sofa bed folded

A Deluxe Double Room with a flat ceiling, a timber door and a towel rail — 4:13 PMA Deluxe Double Room with a flat ceiling

A Deluxe Double Room with soft wall lights and cream cushions — 4:36 PMA Deluxe Double Room with soft wall lights

A bathroom with timber-look tiles and a wide basin — 4:58 PMA bathroom with timber-look tiles, and its rain shower. Finishes differ from room to room.

A rain shower beside a timber window — 4:58 PMA bathroom with timber-look tiles, and its rain shower. Finishes differ from room to room.

A Deluxe Double Room under a vaulted timber ceiling — 5:23 PMA Deluxe Double Room under a vaulted timber ceiling

White linen and charcoal cushions against a timber headboard — 5:23 PMLinen made up daily, and towels at the foot of the bed

Rolled towels at the foot of a king bed — 5:23 PMLinen made up daily, and towels at the foot of the bed

Another Deluxe Double Room with a vaulted ceiling and gold curtains — 5:39 PMAnother Deluxe Double Room, vaulted, with gold curtains

Late sun through gold curtains onto the bed — 5:39 PMLate light through the curtains

A bathroom in sand and brown tiles with a walk-in shower — 5:49 PMA bathroom in sand and brown tiles. Finishes differ from room to room.

Dusk

6:33 to 6:55 PM

The villa’s best hour, as the pool and the garden lights come on.

The long pool lit at dusk, the garden around it — 6:33 PMThe pool as its lights come on

Loungers under umbrellas, with lamps along the far wall — 6:33 PMLamps along the far wall

The garden path leading down to the lit pool — 6:38 PMThe garden path to the pool

A tree lit from below beside the house — 6:38 PMA tree lit from below

Green umbrellas and loungers beside the lit pool at blue hour — 6:47 PMUnder the umbrellas at blue hour

A frangipani tree lit from below, an umbrella beside it — 6:47 PMFrangipani, lit from below

The pool table on the covered terrace, lamps above it — 6:55 PMThe pool table on the covered terrace

Take the whole villa and every evening like this is yours alone, from 2 nights.

Night

7:39 to 7:43 PM

Dinner behind glass, and the pool after dark.

The glass-walled restaurant lit up beneath the pool table terrace, the pool in front — 7:39 PMThe restaurant, behind glass, below the pool table terrace

The pool at night under the umbrellas, trees lit behind it — 7:43 PMThe pool at night

Times come from each camera’s own clock. The photos were taken on more than one day.

Around Hikkaduwa

Not our photos: licensed from Unsplash and credited, so you know which is which.

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The lighthouse on the ramparts of Galle Fort at dusk

Galle FortPhoto: Hendrik Cornelissen, Unsplash

Galle Fort and the sea from the air

Galle Fort from the airPhoto: Sarmat Batagov, Unsplash

A sea turtle in the shallows at Hikkaduwa

The reefPhoto: Zoshua Colah, Unsplash

A surfer on a wave at Hikkaduwa

SurfingPhoto: Croyde Bay, Unsplash

A leopard yawning on a rock in Yala National Park

Yala National ParkPhoto: Tommaso Delton, Unsplash

Boats on the sand at Hikkaduwa Beach, seen from above

Hikkaduwa BeachPhoto: Serhii Kabakov, Unsplash

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