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Male City: careful making your resort selection

by emmet7

my stay was paid by my company as I was there on business.

So I will not refer to the exact resort I stayed in by name as we may do some business with them in the future.

I did not enjoy our dinners with 100s of other people and the buffet food grew tiresome very quickly and for full board, I thought it was nonsense you had to pay for water etc

If you are not a diving enthusiast, I would strongly question a stay of more than 3 days.

Many resorts are enlarging their number of rooms to accommodate the influx of budget tourists primarily from Russia, China and France, from what I saw.

The best destinations are served by seaplane and more remote, in my opinion you should try to find the extra money to splurge and avoid the larger resorts.

nice beachside bungalows, nicely kept grounds

Eriyadhoo Resort: Resort in Maldives

by miapuspa

The only reason we picked this resort as our choice was because apparently (as one of reliable travel agent said) it’s the only one that has room available for us. Actually we made our reservation after we arrived at male airport. Very short notice, huh? I was thinking that there’re so many resort in Maldives, there must be many available rooms, but sadly, the thought that Maldives is a destination from tourists around the world didn’t come into my mind..
We stayed for 2 nights. The hotel didn’t have a swimming pool. You will need that on rainy season when you can’t enjoy swimming in the lagoon.
The rooms are nice, foods are good, some staffs are friendly, some are not. The 55 minutes speedboat trip to this resort were very bumpy (it’s a rainy season, anyway). Overall, its quite beautiful, but there’s nothing spectacular about this resort.

Palm Beach Resort: Top class Italian resort

by PALLINA

Palm Beach Resort in the Laivani atoll offers what a tourist expects from Maldives: relax in a terrif place, accurancy of the service without being oppressive, every kind of services at reasonable price (pls consider "reasonable prices" by comparing it with other resorts. I know it's definitely very expensive). First of all, this island is the biggest of the atoll and 2km long. Every guest can utilize a mountain bike (free of charge) or, if you are really lazy, there are golf-car that everyone can call from the room. there are more or less 100 rooms which are small single houses but the island is relatively big so, in every place you stay, the impression is to be in perfect solitude, you with your sweet-hearted-half! (I do not reccomend to go there ALONE or with a group of friends...for honey-moon is perfect, for a family too). Beaches are wonderful, basic rooms are very big and spacious (with the typicaly maldivian bathroom), the food is very good (both Italians and Maldivians in the kitchen) and the animation group very discrete. Just a solo-singer after dinner!

Very big island to be at the Maldives. You can walk for an hour or make jogging. The ratio quality/price is very good.

Water Bungalow

by BarbieGirl

After the first 4 days of our stay, for the last 3 days we moved to the water bungalow! What a great experience!Going to sleep and wake up with the sounds of the sea!

Beach Bungalow: Velidhu Island - Beach Bungalow

by BarbieGirl

For the first 4 days we have been in a wonderful beach bungalow, we had room No. 130 with a spectacular view and only few steps on the sea.....then for the other 3 days we moved to the water bungalow.....(room No. 213) with a gorgeous view of the blue crystal water.....

Very simple furnitures but very very clean...every day....

Vilu Reef Resort: Vilu Reef Resort

by Mara_2

We stayed in Vilu Reef Resort 2 weeks in 2003 and it was a really nice resort in all aspects.
We came there mainly because we were looking for a good diving resort and it proved to be very good indeed.
There are three typoligies of bungalows: garden, beach and beach de-luxe. For 3 days, because of an over-booking, we stayed in one of the garden and it was OK, but for the rest of the holiday, we stayed in the de-luxe and it was really de-luxe! It was the best bungalow Ii have stayed in!
The restaurant is open air, with only the roof, but there's no sand on the floor as in other restaurants in the Maldives. Once a week a dinner on the beach is organized and it is very beautiful and romantic. Just be ware of crabs that could mistake your toes for food!

There's also a SPA, but we did not tried it. Also a tennis court is available, but we do not play tennis.
The only facility we have used is the diving and it's really good. The oceanic pass is very near and some very good dives with lot of big pelagic fish can be organized. I would not recommend these dives for less experienced divers, as the current can be very strong!

Full Moon Maldives: Natural and Friendly Atmosphere

by gibreel

It is generally a fantastic resort. The staff are very friendly from the cleaners to the front office personnel to the excursions officers - always greeting and chatting with you.

The snorkelling guides will encourage and guide you especially the weak or non -swimmers.

Service is very good esp. the room service. We ordered just a burger and asked to be cut into half so 2 people can share but the order came in 2 plates with half a burger and same potion of veg and fries in each plate.

I'd highly recommend this resort.

The water bungalows are a must-try but other rooms set-up are just as good. They offer stunning views.

The environment is pleasantly natural with nice flaura settings.

The resort thrives on its friendly and caring staff. The resort has 4 restaurants and a bar- great food and live band on 2 nites.

The resort has a nice waterfall pool.

W Retreat and Spa: Indulge

by ambitachenai

'W' meanining 'whenever whatever' is truely the theme of the hotel...

Cooling Stations' dotted over the island offering unlimited ice creams, sorbets, softdrinks, milk and even cold towels!!!

Meeru Island Resort: Magical Meeru

by segan

I went here on honeymoon with my wife in May '07 and loved every minute of it. The staff are excellent although some of the waiters can be a little forthright when trying to get you to sign off for all inclusive drinks even if you are going to be back later in the evening - you will get tired of signing your name if you are on an all inclusive package. The facilities are very good although if you want to play football, you might need a pair of wellingtons rather than football boots if its the rainy season. I think they will be installing an all weather pitch in early '08 which might solve the problem though. If you are thinking of hitting some balls on the driving range, bring a glove as the clubs are very worn and there are no gloves available to use. The spa is amazing. There are actually two spas - the land spa and the spa over the water. Its a little extra to go to the spa over the water but its worth it for massages as you can just stare down at the fish below and drift away. You can book spa treatments for the water spa at the land spa and vice versa as they are a 10 minute walk from each other. The food in the restaurant was very good. I would recommend this resort for a honeymoon or holiday, although it might be best to go in the dry season - we went at the beginning of the rainy season but were lucky that only one day was a washout. Other Dos and donts ... Do the night fishing trip - its very basic but well worth it if you catch something to eat for dinner or lunch the next day. The sunset cruise is also really good if you get a lot of dolphins swimming by the boat. The sea plane trip is slightly expensive and you can be left waiting around in reception for quite a while to be taken out to the plane. It is cheaper in the airport for souvenirs than on Diffushi (the local island next to Meeru), although the guys on Diffushi are a bit more dependent on the trade, so maybe its better to put a little extra money their way. Don't forget some dollars for tips etc.

The driving range is something that not all the islands have. Apart from this its pretty similar to other resorts although slightly bigger so less claustrophobic (the island was fully booked while we were there, but it didn't appear crowded at all).

Villa Hotels Maldives: The double bungalows at the beach

by Fam.Rauca

Here you can find all the comfort that you need, for a few day:
- comfortable double bed
- clean bed-linens
- a big wardrobe
- TV
- telephone
- shower

Wonderful, elegant, and comfortable double rooms, direct on the beach.

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