Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa
Pelana, Weligama — 177.1 km from Bandaranaike (CMB), about 2 hr 37 min. Fixed fares from Rs 26,340, agreed before you fly.
About Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa
Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa is in Pelana, Weligama, about 2 hr 37 min by road from Bandaranaike International Airport. Booking and travel sites report 2 room types, including Superior Ocean Room and Ocean Suite. Booking and travel sites report 4 restaurants and bars, including Weligama Kitchen and Big Fish Restaurant. Check-in is reported as 15:00 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
5.97298, 80.43956
دليل الزائر: Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa
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- Superior Ocean Room: private balcony
- Ocean Suite: various bed configurations
- Weligama Kitchen
- Big Fish Restaurant
- Mirissa Baking Company
- Surf's Up Pool Bar: cocktails and plates overlooking the bay
- Kids club (10:00-20:00)
- Sunrise yoga
- Water sports facilities
- Surfing lessons and whale-watching trips nearby
- Three outdoor pools incl. children's pool
- Quan Spa
- 24-hour fitness centre
- Direct beach access
- 24-hour room service
Near Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa
Places to visit close to the hotel. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Day trips from Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa
Further afield. Drive time is by road, from the same pricing data as your quote.
Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa sits directly on Weligama Bay, one of the most recognisable stretches of coastline on Sri Lanka's south coast and the island's best-known spot for learning to surf. The bay's shape gives it unusually calm, shallow water and long, gentle rolling waves, which is why it has become the default beginner surf beach in Sri Lanka, a very different kind of coastline from the more exposed, experienced-surfer breaks elsewhere on the south coast, and the reason the bay draws a steady stream of first-time surfers alongside sunbathers.
The resort itself is built as a five-star beachfront property with direct access onto that sand, and its layout takes advantage of the calm water rather than working around it: guest areas and pools are oriented toward the bay, and the beach is genuinely swimmable rather than just a scenic backdrop, which isn't true of every hotel beach on this coastline.
Facilities run to three outdoor swimming pools, a spread that's larger than most resorts of comparable size in the area, along with Quan Spa, Marriott's spa brand, which here has five treatment rooms including a dedicated couples' suite. Dining spans several venues, with a strong emphasis on seafood alongside more general international options, reflecting the bay's fishing-village character even as the resort itself is thoroughly modern.
Rooms and suites follow a contemporary style typical of Marriott's international resort portfolio, with the majority of categories offering direct or partial views over the bay, keeping the sea and the surf line-up visible from inside the room rather than only from the pool deck.
What distinguishes Weligama Bay as a location, and by extension this hotel, is that the bay was a fishing and stilt-fishing community long before it became a resort destination, and that working coastline character is still visible from the hotel grounds: fishing boats pulled up on the sand, and the bay's older identity sitting alongside its newer one as a surf town. It gives the resort a genuine sense of place rather than a purely constructed one, and makes it as suited to a first surf lesson as to a straightforward beach holiday.
Your transfer to Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa
Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa is close to the centre of Weligama, the point the quoted distance is measured to.
What it costs
| Vehicle | Seats | Typically | Prices from | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy car | 3–4 | Alto, Aqua, Axio | Rs 26,340 | Book |
| Van, SUV and group | 4–50 | Every, Vezel, Toyota KDH, Coaster | Rs 35,190 | Book |
| Premium car | 3–4 | Camry | Rs 50,390 | 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 177.1 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 Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa?
From Rs 26,340 for the 177.1 km, about 2 hr 37 min. That is a fixed price for the whole car, quoted before you book, not a meter reading.
How long does the transfer to Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa take?
About 2 hr 37 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 Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa?
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 26,340 | Book |
| Economy / Medium Car | 3–4 | Rs 28,980 | Book |
| Sedan | 3–4 | Rs 31,740 | Book |
| Mini Van | 5–7 | Rs 35,190 | Book |
| SUV | 4–5 | Rs 35,880 | Book |
| Van | 8–14 | Rs 37,960 | Book |
| Luxury Car | 3–4 | Rs 50,390 | Book |
| Mini Bus | 15–30 | Rs 52,460 | Book |
| Bus | 30–50 | Rs 74,560 | 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 Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa 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 37 min back to that.
Before you book
- Taxis in Weligama — 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 Weligama route — the drive itself, in detail.
- A driver for several days — the usual arrangement for anyone travelling beyond Weligama.
- The district map — where Weligama sits, and what is around it.