Each of the 10 villas at this working tea and spice plantation turned resort in Sri Lanka’s highland cloud forest offers panoramic mountain views. The resort’s founder, Nath Rankothge, who opened the property in 2018, drew inspiration from Sri Lanka’s traditional ambalama rest houses for their coconut frond-thatched design. Added last year, the Sol Sanctuary villa has a stone plunge pool, stargazing oculi built into the teak ceilings and treehouse-inspired decks ideal for spotting parakeets and purple-faced langurs. Guests can consult with nutritionists to develop customized meal plans, and body treatments emphasize Balinese stretching techniques and ayurvedic therapies like pinda sweda, which combines massage with sweat therapy, using hot cotton compresses filled with wet rice and medicinal herbs. Turmeric honey wraps, green tea salt scrubs and other treatments make use of ingredients grown on the 10-acre property. Villas from $500 a night; aarunyaresort.com.
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