A villa holiday is one of the most relaxing ways to spend your holiday and there's nothing more relaxing than sunbathing by your own private pool. A holiday villa with pool does not to be expensive either.
If you are planning a family villa holiday, a villa with pool is a must. Even if your villa is located near the beach, a swimming pool provides you with 24 hour access to some fun in the water, as well as an enclosed area to watch your kids play safely.
If you want to stay in superb accommodation where you have the freedom and space to do as you please when it suits you, then you should consider a villa with pool holiday. Each villa comes with a private pool and is fully equipped with everything you could need down to the last teaspoon, and all offer that special something.
Relax in the tranquillity of your own comfort and explore the local culture and cuisine.
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhalese: , Tamil: இலங்கை; known as Ceylon before 1972) is an island nation in South Asia, located about 31 kilometres (18½ mi) off the southern coast of India. It is often popularly referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It is home to more than 20 million people.
A strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia, Sri Lanka has been a centre of Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times, though a fifth of the population follow other faiths - notably Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and indigenous religions. Sinhalese people form a majority of the population (74%). The second largest community, concentrated in the north east of the island, are the Sri Lankan Tamils. Other communities include the Muslim Sri Lankan Moors, Malays, Burghers and indigenous Veddah peoples. Famous for the production and export of tea, coffee, rubber and coconuts, Sri Lanka also boasts a progressive and modern industrial economy. The natural beauty of Sri Lanka's tropical forests, beaches and landscape, and rich cultural heritage make it a worldwide famous tourism destination.
After nearly two thousand years of rule by independent kingdoms—including integration of a part of the island into the Chola Empire at one point—parts of Sri Lanka were colonised by Portugal and the Dutch before passing to the control of the British Empire. During World War II it served as an important base for Allied forces in the fight against the Japanese. A nationalist political movement arose in the country in the early 20th century to obtain political independence, which was granted from the British in 1948. Sri Lanka has enjoyed surprising stable democracy and economic progress, given that in recent decades it has faced two bloody Marxist uprisings (1971 and 1987), and since 1983 a bloody civil war between the Sinhalese-dominated government and Tamil terrorists led by the LTTE who demand an independent Tamil state in northeastern Sri Lanka.
Tsunamis caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake devastated the southern and north-eastern part of the island's coast, causing the death and displacement of hundreds of thousands.