Cinnamon Bentota Beach
Galle Road, Bentota — 108.8 km from Bandaranaike (CMB), about 2 hr 19 min. Fixed fares from Rs 19,800, agreed before you fly.
About Cinnamon Bentota Beach
Cinnamon Bentota Beach is in Galle Road, Bentota, about 2 hr 19 min by road from Bandaranaike International Airport. Booking and travel sites report 2 room types, including Luxury Seafront Room and Premium Pool Access Room. Booking and travel sites report 4 restaurants and bars, including Ottimo and Zest. Check-in is reported as 14:00 and check-out as 12:00. Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door at a fixed price.
Getting there from the airport
Your driver meets you in arrivals and takes you to the door. One fixed price for the whole car, agreed before you fly, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
Location
6.42733, 79.99820
Visitor guide: Cinnamon Bentota Beach
What to know before you go. Last reviewed 06-10-2026 by TaxiList research. Each fact says how far it can be trusted.
- Luxury Seafront Room: private bathtub, ocean backdrop
- Premium Pool Access Room: immediate access to private pools
- Ottimo: breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Zest: breakfast, lunch, dinner
- Sea Meets Spice: sea-facing; seafood and Sri Lankan curries
- Fuze Bar: cocktails, snacks
- Water sports on the lagoon (water ski, jet ski, windsurfing, stand-up paddling)
- Kids club
- Yoga classes
- Cycling and walking tours
- Artisan village (pottery, mask carving, drumming lessons)
- Swimming pools incl. swim-up bar and kids pool
- Spa
- Fitness centre
- Free WiFi
- Contactless check-in
Near Cinnamon Bentota Beach
Places to visit close to the hotel. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Day trips from Cinnamon Bentota Beach
Further afield. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Cinnamon Bentota Beach has real architectural history behind it. The hotel was originally built in 1967 as the Bentota Beach Hotel, designed by Geoffrey Bawa — the architect most associated with Sri Lanka's tropical modernist style — making it one of the earlier examples of his hotel work on this coast. The building was fully refurbished and reopened under the Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts brand in 2019, updating the property while keeping its Bawa-designed bones intact.
The site itself is part of the design: the hotel sits on Galle Road between the Bentota River and the open sea, so guests get both a riverside and an oceanfront character within the same grounds, with direct beach access and views that take in the water on more than one side. Bawa's influence shows up in how the building handles that in-between site, and it remains one of the more discussed examples of his architecture among guests and visitors interested in the design.
The hotel has 159 guest rooms, each with air-conditioning, a private balcony and an en-suite bathroom stocked with complimentary toiletries, with sea views available depending on room category. Four restaurants operate on site, covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, children's meals and a broadly international menu, so guests have a genuine choice of where to eat across a longer stay rather than a single main dining room.
Beyond the rooms and restaurants, the grounds include landscaped gardens, a fitness centre and yoga sessions, rounding out a property that pairs a well-known piece of Sri Lankan architectural history with a fairly conventional modern beach-hotel amenity list. For travellers specifically interested in Bawa's work, or simply wanting a beach hotel with a river on one side and the sea on the other, Cinnamon Bentota Beach is a fairly distinctive choice on this part of the coast.
Your transfer to Cinnamon Bentota Beach
The nearest hotel on this site is Avani Bentota Resort in Bentota Beach, a few minutes on foot.
What it costs
| Vehicle | Seats | Typically | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy car | 3–4 | Alto, Aqua, Axio | Rs 19,800 | Book |
| Van, SUV and group | 4–50 | Every, Vezel, Toyota KDH, Coaster | Rs 25,870 | Book |
| Premium car | 3–4 | Camry | Rs 35,210 | Book |
One price for the whole car, not per seat. Drivers and fleets set their own rates, so these are typical prices from our system, not a guarantee — your actual quote can differ. Quoted by the same engine that prices your booking, for the 108.8 km shown — your own quote reflects the exact address, the time of day and any waiting time. See all 9 vehicle classes ↓
Questions about this transfer
How much is a taxi from Colombo airport to Cinnamon Bentota Beach?
From Rs 19,800 for the 108.8 km, about 2 hr 19 min. That is a fixed price for the whole car, quoted before you book, not a meter reading.
How long does the transfer to Cinnamon Bentota Beach take?
About 2 hr 19 min in normal traffic. Arrivals at Bandaranaike are busiest in the early morning, when the long-haul flights land together.
Will the driver wait if my flight is late?
Yes. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it. There is no automatic flight tracking yet, so if you are delayed, message your driver on the number in your confirmation. Extended waiting beyond the pickup window is chargeable on a point-to-point transfer, and the terms say by how much.
Can I book a return transfer from Cinnamon Bentota Beach?
Yes — the same journey in reverse, at the same fixed price, booked at the same time or later.
All vehicle classes and prices
| Vehicle | Seats | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini / Small Car | 3–4 | Rs 19,800 | Book |
| Economy / Medium Car | 3–4 | Rs 22,050 | Book |
| Sedan | 3–4 | Rs 23,750 | Book |
| Mini Van | 5–7 | Rs 25,870 | Book |
| SUV | 4–5 | Rs 26,290 | Book |
| Van | 8–14 | Rs 27,570 | Book |
| Luxury Car | 3–4 | Rs 35,210 | Book |
| Mini Bus | 15–30 | Rs 36,480 | Book |
| Bus | 30–50 | Rs 50,060 | Book |
Every class, every price, none hidden. Each Book button opens the booking form for this transfer with that class chosen.
Book your transfer through us
- Fixed price in advance, for the whole car. No meter.
- Your driver's profile is shown before you book.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
- Day trips from the hotel can be booked from the cards above.
How this transfer works
One fixed price for the whole car, not per seat. There is no meter, so the figure you are quoted is the figure the booking honours. Give your flight number when you book and your driver has it.
The return leg from Cinnamon Bentota Beach is the same journey booked the other way, at the same price, and can be arranged now or later in your stay. Departures want you at Bandaranaike three hours before a long-haul flight, so add the 2 hr 19 min back to that.
Before you book
- Taxis in Bentota — what the roads do at different times of day, and how being collected here works.
- Airport transfers — meeting your driver, luggage, child seats and how payment works.
- The airport to Bentota route — the drive itself, in detail.
- A driver for several days — the usual arrangement for anyone travelling beyond Bentota.
- The district map — where Bentota sits, and what is around it.