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Galle · Southern Ceylon

A Hidden Colonial Sanctuary.

A 200-year-old Ayurvedic doctor’s house, quietly restored by his family, hidden in the jungle above Galle — the whole place is yours alone.

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Morning · The Bungalow

A colonial bungalow from a slower century.

Medusa was built when the island still answered to another name — teak darkened by generations, lime walls that hold the cool, verandas opening onto a garden the jungle keeps trying to take back.

You arrive in a hurry, and the hurry simply leaves you.

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Veranda opening to the garden
Floating breakfast
First light

Breakfast floats on the water.

Two ways to stay

One bungalow. Two doors.

Ayurveda retreat
Private Ayurveda · 7 nights

The Retreat

A resident Ayurvedic doctor, daily treatment drawn from a 200-year family lineage — the whole bungalow, yours alone.

From €2,800
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The villa
The whole bungalow, yours

The Villa

Sleeps five. Two antique four-poster rooms, a private pool, a jungle garden, and staff who remember your name.

Direct from $95 / night
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Into the garden
The lineage

A doctor’s house, before it was yours.

The first owner was a physician of the old school — an Ayurvedic doctor, our great-grandfather, who received his patients here. The verandas where you take your tea were his consulting rooms; the garden grew his herbs.

Four generations on, the door is still open.

The legend of Medusa

Midday · Hela Ayurveda

Medicine, the old way.

A consultation, a reading of your constitution, a course prepared for your body and the season — oils warmed over a flame, herbs from the garden, morning yoga, a daily rhythm of stillness.

Resident doctorGarden herbsMorning yogaFour generations
Ayurveda in the garden
Golden hour
Evening · Golden hour

The day ends early here.

The light goes gold, the garden exhales, and there is nowhere you have to be.

Moments

From around the bungalow.

The pool
The table
Interior
Yoga in the garden
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In their words

“The bungalow was absolutely gorgeous and super homely. We were four friends on a wellness vacation and this was the best decision.”

Airbnb guest · March 2026

Through the night
Through the night

Alfred is awake whenever you are.

Our concierge answers in moments, at any hour — treatments, transfers, a table, a question about the bungalow.

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An invitation

One booking at a time.

When you stay, the bungalow is entirely yours. See your dates and our best direct price.

Check inFri 14 Nov 2026
Check outThu 20 Nov
Guests2 adults
No platform feeBest rate, directFree cancellation to 14 daysFloating breakfastGalle pickup

Alfred
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Good evening. I’m Alfred, the keeper of the house. I can check dates, plan an Ayurveda week, or arrange a car from the airport. What may I help with?



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