Gypcey Home

Just three rooms each with a bedroom, bathroom and lounge area. The bedroom was comfy with good AC. Immediately outside the front door is a small stoop where you can sit overlooking the sandy path which is lined with a few plants. There is a shared outdoor kitchen (simple facility with kettle, fridge, gas ring) together with a seating area. Gypcey Home is located on an unmade dirt road around 5 minutes walk to the main Arugam Bay road and 15 mins to Baby Point surf area. We enjoyed the beaches and Arugam Bay town. We can recommend Mamas Restaurant.

Cold water only in the bathroom. It was a spacious double room but there were no windows in the bedroom which made it gloomy. The shared area was regularly used by the host and his friends making it slightly awkward to use. The fridge could do with a clean. We feel that the room rate was fairly expensive for what it is in comparison with other places.

Très bon accueil, propreté, climatisation neuve, grand lit, emplacement

SDB hors d'âge, pas d'eau chaude, chambre sombre, insonorisation avec les chambres mitoyennes, rapport qualité prix., pas de moustiquaire

Heerlijk ruime kamers, slaap - en woonkamer. goede airco in de slaapkamers. Goed bed. Goede douche handdoeken ! Lekker groot en zacht . En weden na 2 dagen gewisseld. Weer lief en attent personeel !

We misten een koelkastje op de kamer. En het water was altijd koud . Liever een beetje lauw / warm water gehad . En het is erg gehorig. Maar niet veel last van gehad met oordoppen.

We loved our stay at Gypcey home. We originally booked for 2 nights but ended up staying 5! The property was super clean, the rooms were lovely and spacious and it is in a prime location for accessing restaurants and the beach. Musa and his friends take great care of the property and its guests and helped us organise surf lessons, rides around town and were a great friendly face to have throughout our stay. Would recommend to anyone that they stay here in Arugam bay.

While the rooms are private, the courtyard is shared, as is the outside lounge and kitchen, so there is a lot of opportunity to meet your fellow travellers if you so wish. Not so much privacy, but with the beach walking distance away, and heaps of eateries and shops around the corner, you're not likely to be lounging off anyway. The decor is really charming and the courtyard pretty. Water is provided, and the use of the kitchen was a wonderful change from eating out all the time. Blender was our fav!

Our host often had his mates around in the shared space, smoking. There was also a 'smoko' chair around the back, which meant that the smoke came in through the extractor fan in the bathroom. Not a problem if you are also a smoker, so don't let that stop you from booking, as otherwise it is a really lovely place and great value for money.

Gypcey home is a cute little place. It has a few rooms that surround a nice courtyard and communal area which has a pleasant vibe. A quick walk from main street but also quietly tucked away enough to be quiet.

The pictures of the rooms themselves might make them look slightly bigger than they are. Would recommend this place as being more suited for a budget conscious couple or family looking for a an affordable option rather than a group traveling together (unless your preference is for a good price and don’t mind a more compact room). It would have been nice to have a few more towels and linen as there were no hand towels, bath mats or beach towels. The aircon we had was very effective at cooling the place which is really important in A Bay which can be extremely hot, but we could not adjust the temperature and it was stuck on 16 degrees the whole time (which was way better than having no aircon but also got a bit chilly at times and we didn’t have much in the way of blankets for sleeping).