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A tro­pical holiday paradise awaits you at the Ayurveda Guest­house. Located in a fishing village on the west coast of Sri Lanka, the resort has a spa­ciously laid out garden with a small lagoon in the centre and direct access to 3 kilo­metres of sandy beach.

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Ferienhaus/Hotel Ayurveda Guest­house in Ahungalla / LK – Sri Lanka

Holiday home//Hotel Ayurveda Guest­house

A tro­pical holiday paradise awaits you at the Ayurveda Guest­house. Located in a fishing village on the west coast of Sri Lanka, the resort has a spa­ciously laid out garden with a small lagoon in the centre and direct access to 3 kilo­metres of sandy beach. The guest rooms are spread over the main building — the Bogen­villya — and several bun­galows. Situated right on the lagoon is the “Lagoon Bun­galow”, a house on stilts that includes three resi­dential units with private ter­races and views of the lagoon or the sea. The “Palm Grove Bun­galow” leads via a bridge over the lagoon. The building con­sists of two loft-like, trans­parent housing units with par­tially roofed ter­races. From here, you have a view of the palm grove and the sea. The “Araliya Bun­galow” is sur­rounded by palm trees and araliya trees and is ideal for families. The simple, elegant building includes four bed­rooms with en-suite bath­rooms and large ver­andas. Opened in 2022, the “House Above Trees” floats on six-metre-high steel pillars with views over the man­grove forest to the sea. The con­s­truction is inspired by the Bud­dhist temple archi­tecture of the late Middle Ages, the white-red-blue side walls a homage to clas­sical modernism. The wooden box made of local teak is divided into bedroom and living room with a large glass front to the terrace.

The Ayurveda Guest­house is part of the one world foun­dation Sri Lanka. The revenue from the guest­house is used to finance a school for more than 1,000 children, ado­le­s­cents and adults. The school founded by the Aus­trians Kathrin Messner and Josef Ortner in 1995 had been com­pletely des­troyed by the tsunami in 2004 and was rebuilt in a dif­ferent location. The Lagoon Bun­galow is one of the few buil­dings on the coast that sur­vived the tsunami.

Pic­tures by Eva Schlegel

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What to do

A stay at Bogenvillya may be combined with an individually designed Ayurveda treatment.


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Region LK – Sri Lanka, Ahungalla
Name Ayurveda Guesthouse
Scenery Between palm trees and a lagoon right on the ocean
Completed Lagoon Bungalow 2001, Palm Grove Bungalow 2012, Araliya Bungalow 2015, House Above Trees 2022
Design Carl Pruscha, Vienan; Varuna de Silva, Sri Lanka; Valerie Messini, Vienna
Architecture Modern
Accomodation Holiday home, Hotel
Criteria 1-2 (house/apartment), Rooms for 1-2 (hotel), Beach, Family, Garden, Lake/river, Loft, Pool, Restaurant, Sea, Spa

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A dre­amily beau­tiful resort located directly on Ahun­galla Beach, fea­turing a para­di­siacal garden, a large salt­water pool, morning yoga ses­sions, and full board. Ayur­vedic tre­at­ments are optional, and guests may also choose to “simply enjoy a holiday,” which is usually not pos­sible in tra­di­tional Ayurveda retreats. This special place takes a more relaxed approach: the motto “One World” also applies to tog­e­therness, which means “One Table” — all guests dine tog­ether like a big family at one table. The food is simply deli­cious, and the team of the two head chefs, Wan­satha and Chamil, is as talented as it is warm and wel­coming. Alcohol is not served.
The resort accom­mo­dates around 25 guests in a wide variety of rooms and bun­galows, some of which are truly spec­ta­cular. It is well worth taking a closer look at them on the website before booking. Ahun­galla Beach is ideal for beau­tiful beach walks, including sunsets, and also serves as a starting point for excur­sions in the region — whether by local train, tuk-tuk, or taxi. The Foundation’s office is happy to assist with planning when booking.
For nearly thirty years, the pro­ceeds of the One World Foun­dation have been used to finance the nearby One World Foun­dation College, which curr­ently edu­cates 1,000 stu­dents with a staff of 40 tea­chers. A holiday that simul­ta­neously sup­ports a noble cause — it doesn’t get any better than that.

Stephanie Gessner sagt:

Der Besuch der One World Foun­dation / des Ayurveda-Guest­house-Resort ist mit der Teilhabe an einem Gesamt­kunstwerk, Teilhabe an einer “sozialen Plastik” im Beuys’­schen Sinne ver­bunden. Katrin Messner und ihr Team schaffen eine kör­per­liche, intel­lek­tuelle und spi­ri­tuelle Wohl­fühloase, die man am besten mit dem infla­tionär ver­wen­deten (hier zutiefst pas­senden) Wort “ganz­heitlich” beschreiben kann.

Wir haben das “House above Trees” 14 Tage gebucht und zusätzlich Ayurveda-Essen und ‑Anwen­dungen genießen dürfen. Der Ter­rassen-Aus­blick auf den indi­schen Ozean aus der Baum­gipfel-Per­spektive ist atem­be­raubend, aber auch Kathrin Messners Gespür für die Kom­bi­nation aus euro­päi­scher Kunst‑, Detail-Moderne und sin­gha­le­si­scher Tra­dition ist außer­ge­wöhnlich stimmig. Der Garten ist ein Kunstwerk für sich!

Die Freund­lichkeit und Herz­lichkeit der Men­schen ist anste­ckend, die Vielfalt von Flora und Fauna wun­dervoll viel­fältig!

Was dem Ganzen noch eine besondere Note ver­leiht, ist der Umstand, dass Kathrin Messner mit den Ein­nahmen aus dem Ressort seit 40 Jahren ein eigen-gegrün­detes Schul­projekt für die Ärmsten unter­stützt / finan­ziert, sodass es nicht nur um die eigene Erholung geht, sondern man als Gast ein Sozial-Projekt mit­fördern darf, was mit hoher inte­gra­tiver Kraft die Lebens­qua­lität und die Zukunfts­chancen junger Men­schen ver­bessert.

Wir sind sehr glücklich, das mit­er­leben zu dürfen, tief berührt in Herz und Seele. DANKE!

Mathias Meyn + Grit Kubin sagt:

Ein abso­luter Traum. Direkt am Strand. Archi­tek­to­nisch wun­derbar. Tolles Essen. Span­nende Men­schen. Jederzeit wieder.

Lars O. Lüke sagt:

Will­kommen im Paradies!

Wir waren 2 Wochen in der Bogen­villya und haben eine Woche lang eine Ayurveda-Kur gemacht…

So gut erholt war ich noch nie!

Die Mas­sagen sind wahn­sinnig gut und die Ärztin extrem professionell!Meine Rücken­schmerzen sind seit der Kur wie weg­ge­blasen.…

Die Anlage ist ein Traum, die Besit­zerin unglaublich nett, das Essen ist gesund UND lecker.

Man trifft auf sehr nette und inter­es­sante Men­schen und es gibt eine Vielzahl an inter­es­santen Tages­aus­flügen. Zum Bespiel zu den Wohn­häusern der beiden Bawa-Brüder. Nicht nur für Archi­tekten ein Muss!

Außerdem unter­stützt man mit seinem Besuch in der Anlage auch noch eine gemein­nützige Foun­dation, die sich um die Aus­bildung von über 1.000 Kindern und Jugend­lichen kümmert — ein sehr tolles Projekt!

Wie werden auf jeden Fall wie­der­kommen! Dunja und Jörg aus Köln

Dunja Liebmann sagt:

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