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Santani Wellness Resort and Spa

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Spa - Thermal Salt Bath
Spa - Thermal Salt Bath
Balcony opening up to the great outdoors
Balcony opening up to the great outdoors
Spa corridor with the Thermal Bath
Spa corridor with the Thermal Bath
Infinity Pool
Infinity Pool
Spa relaxation area - whole spa is open to the nature that surrounds it
Spa relaxation area - whole spa is open to the nature that surrounds it
Spa Entrance
Spa Entrance
Main lobby
Main lobby
Overview with the lobby on left, pool in the middle and some rooms to the far right
Overview with the lobby on left, pool in the middle and some rooms to the far right
Floating on air Restaurant
Floating on air Restaurant
Individual rooms perched on stilts overlooking the valley
Individual rooms perched on stilts overlooking the valley
Outdoor pool
Outdoor pool
Sauna with a glass window to the nature
Sauna with a glass window to the nature
Entrance to the lobby
Entrance to the lobby

From vickum

Santani, is the first wellness resort in Sri Lanka and was selected as one of the Best New Hotels of the World by Travel+Leisure. Santani is one of the most energy efficient hotels of the world with no air-conditioning (which consumes about 70% of energy use at any hotel), almost 90% of timber (both structural and furniture) being recycled or up cycled.
Santani is also the first resort in the world to incorporate concepts of wellness in to its architecture. As an example, the rooms are conceptually designed based on caves with only one outside opening in the front and no windows. This cuts off peripheral distractions and allows the guests a focused view that helps them slow their minds similar to the effect sought by meditating monks from a cave.

Santani was inspired by the words of Juhani "Pallasmaa" - "All great art evokes and experience of silence. The silence of art is not a mere absence of noise but a silence that awakes a mental and sensory awareness that connects us with the benevolent tranquility of the universe". Santani has given true justice to these words.