Uga Ulagalla

Peacocks roam a 58-acre estate outside Anuradhapura while the guests try to keep up. This eco-resort takes the low-footprint brief seriously, running a solar farm and lending bicycles for getting around the grounds. The twenty chalets have plunge pools and sleek, high-ceilinged interiors that lean modernist rather than Buddhist-souvenir. A sunken spa operates out of an underground chamber, and the restaurant sits inside the old colonial mansion.