Having visited the Maldives on 3 previous occasions we decided to visit this beautiful island in early October. The island is located a short 15 minute speed boat ride from Male which is a lifesaver after a long haul flight, while others are faced with seaplanes and internal flights within 1 hour of landing your settling into your room leaving the stresses of modern life behind you. There are only around 60 villas (water and beach) so the island has an exclusive adults only feel, other than meal times hardly any guests around only the many staff quietly going about there business. For the duration of your stay you are assigned an island host to take care of checkin/out, bookings for restaurants trips etc. Patrice our host looked after us impeccably, always on hand regularly throughout the day to check on us, arranging special treats and taking care of any issues we had, always with a smile and attention to detail that was second to none. Thank you Patrice The villas are immaculate, very quiet with a large comfortable bed, quiet A/C, tv (sports channels prem football etc), fully stocked mini bar with wine, beer, bubbly, soft drinks and snacks. Open air bathroom with rainfall shower and huge 2 person tub to relax in and stare at the stars in the bubblebath with your soulmate. We stayed in overwater villa 319 sunrise side with a private deck, sun loungers and steps into the ocean to cool off. Views over the lagoon toward the neighbouring island, great for watching the boats zipping in and out The main Swing bar and infinity pool area are beautiful, sunny and breezy with full waitress service of drinks all day and snacks in the afternoon all premium brand and free flowing The Main restaurant (Ylang Ylang) is a 5 min stroll thru a Palm tree lined sandy avenue. Breakfast and lunch are semi A la carte while dinner is full waitress service. The food is excellent restaurant quality with a mix of western, asian and seafood. On our last night they surprised us with a special table on the beach by the love heart , all the staff then came to say goodbye, which meant so much. Massive thank you to all the team at the restaurant. You guys are FABULOUS keep doing what you do! Best service we have had at any hotel worldwide. Underwater restaurant Only blu was a great experience had a lunch and dinner there with the fishes and sharks. Food and service 5* Dinner on the beach at the Gaadiya 17 food truck was a treat, steak lobster etc accompanied by live music from the resident island duo. The Spa on the beach was lovely, very relaxing. 1 couples massage for every 4 nights. I think the island is man made but the beaches are very good with sun loungers shade from umbrellas, cleaned and raked regularly during the day and deserted most days. There is some broken coral that washes in with the sand, but still beautiful. The house reef runs on the sunset side along the front of the water villas to the pool area with a safety rope and life buoys
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