The Sanctum

Great welcome, clean and spacious rooms, new resort, warmhearted family business on a high level, tasty and authentic kitchen. Locals from Colombo are spending their holidays here. Great nature around and historical sights in 10min car drive close by.

it was great.

The breakfast and dinner were excellent. The swimming pool was lovely too. The owner was so incredibly helpful, he could not do enough to make our stay informative and enjoyable. I would definitely recommend The Sanctum.

Cannot think of anything.

Epic spot all round. Came to talaimannar for kitesurfing and the spot was a lil trip north of the hotel. Niro pulled a couple strings to get us out to there on a tractor loaded with our gear and food to last us the day. Epic service, real friendly staff and the food was mint. We were always well feed every sitting 👌🏽

I don't really have anything i disliked about the Sanctum. The place is still in the process of being built, which seems difficult considering the infrastructure in Sri lanka. Givin time, i think the Sanctum will be an all-time spot once there are social areas and the rooftop built and ready for guests. Still a premo spot.

We had the best stay at the Sanctum. We came for Kitesurfing on a whim as didn’t know what the spot would be like or any infrastructure related to kitesurfing. Niro very quickly organised a tractor to take us to the windiest spot, which blowed about 5 knots more than kaliptya every day (we didn’t know this before going) as well as a lunch package to eat out at the spot. The spot was world class with consistent wind blowing 6 days out of 7 (in January). Niro and all at the hotel went above and beyond to say yes to every request. The food was great every day and so much of it and very reasonably priced. Definitely recommend the sanctum to anyone coming to Sri Lanka to kitesurf (or anything else). Thanks to Niro and all at the sanctum for such an epic stay!

Good time to visit as not yet finished and you get useful attention from the owner. Will probably be more expensive when it’s all up and running.

Siting of electrical switches (including by shower in bathroom).

The property was managed well, by a very enthusiastic owner who is hands on. Interacted well with the guests and supported us with sightseeing and the excursions.

Meals require quite a bit of advance notice, hopefully they could do better once construction of the kitchen/ restaurant is completed.