Thambapanni Retreat is a charming, small boutique hotel that has been recently totally renovated and upgraded in 2014. It really does offer very good value for money. The hotel itself is set in luxuriant jungle foliage, in a quiet area of Unawatuna about a 5min walk from the beach. It is set hard up against the hill and unusually, some of the rocks are used feature walls in some of the rooms. There are a number of steps to some of the rooms.