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June 18, 2024
Just back from our 7 nights. Absolutely loved it. My 5th trip to the Maldives, am a travel agent and have been blessed to be able to call this country my second home. This trip was probably my favourite. Laid back chic is correct, it's still classy - but relaxed. Not at all snobby or too structured, it's perfect. Some thoughts / comments: Highly recommended to do all inclusive. We did Premium all incl. The Maldives is pricey, so not having to worry about this is priceless in my opinion. You're on holiday, so why stress about the price of things? Best not to overthink it, just do all incl as you’ll end up saving $ in the long run. The rooms are beautiful, we were in a beach villa, perfect location, huge oversized king bed, massive is an understatement. Big pillows and super comfy, the mattress I'd call medium firmness, not plush but not firm. Just right :) did walks out to the end of the water villas each day, approx. 2.5km round trip from the main resort. Food - where to start. I'll just say we ate everywhere and everywhere was incredible. Special shout out to the lads at the crab shack, and all the staff at Kanusan, these 2 are really the standouts, although we also loved the Arabian grill and the buffet. Theme nights are really fun and there is literally every food to suit any taste buds, from western to asian and everything in between. All the staff were amazing. They work like they genuinely love their jobs, which is what you want. The seaplane lounge in the new terminal is great too, exactly what you want when you've just landed. Snorkelling at the house reef is brilliant. Great selection of fish and sharks and also really close to the beach (approx 100m to swim out). Spa - massage was awesome, we got head neck and shoulders. Lovely ambience. Prices vary from around $80 USD to $300 ish, but worth it. There is a sauna and steam room at the spa, which you can use after 10am at any time. The gym was well equipped, decent selection. Nice protein shakes and protein ball from the milk lab, again open after 10am. Cocktails - all incredible, I think we tried most of them :) good wine and beer selection too. Coffee - fantastic. The rooms have ILLY pods in them, which is nicer than Nespresso in my opinion. Very family friendly too if you take the kids, had a look through the kids club and spoke with a lot of couples we met who raved about it. Plenty of beach lounges and day beds, and the lads from the beach club will come around often to see how you are going for drinks :) Ocean - close to 28 degrees i'd say, super warm. The weather. May is the start of the wet season, but after having spent over a month in the Maldives over different months of the year, you have to just take the good with the bad. If you want to give yourself the best chance of calm fine weather then ideally you’d go between Nov to April, however we had lovely weather for most of this trip – with that nice constant tropical breeze each day. Who knows t