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hotel Holiday Island

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At Holiday Island, you will spend a quiet holiday, with all the necessary comfort. You can also enjoy the facilities and activities of Sun Island, the island facing it.

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Advantages

  • 24/7 room-service
  • Beach bar and watersports
  • The end of the island is covered in beautiful white sand

Disadvantages

  • The industrial architecture
  • No swimming-pool

location

The island is located on the Ari Sud atoll, 35 minutes away by sea plane and 150 minutes away by speed boat from the Male airport.

to know

It is one of the only hotels in the Maldives to have access for handicapped people. The clients can use the equipment of Sun Island (see Sun Island insert). Six daily trips take place from 9:30 a.m. to midnight. Optionally, the "all inclusive" package with Nouvelles Frontieres includes a 1.5-litre bottle of water per day/per room. Snacks at the coffee shop from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. with tea and coffee. Drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) served at the main restaurant (during meal times), at the beach bar from 10:00 a.m. to 12 a.m., from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 5:00 P.m. to 6:00 p.m., at the main bar between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 in the morning. After 1:00 a.m., drinks will be billed (except water). Drinks included (ask detail at our agencies), served in a glass, ordered at the main restaurant, the main bar and at the beach bar and taken on the premises. The all-inclusive package does not include : room service, mini-bar, drinks taken during excursions and other activities. Night fishing and a half-day excursion (organised at set days and times, announced on the premises, based on weather conditions) on a local island, per person are included on the entire duration of your stay. For newlyweds, a fruit basket and a bottle of wine are given by Nouvelles Frontieres.
Underwater diving :
Le coral reef is located 10 minutes away by boat. You can see sharks in the lagoon.

13/20 Hotel Overview

Built in September 1994, the Holiday Island is a small, friendly, simple hotel that offers complete peace. The hotel offers a main bar with a small terrace on the beach, open from 7:30 a.m. until the last client. The hotel does not have Water Bungalows, only Super Deluxe Beachfront, meaning Deluxe Villas on the beach. The hotel has Internet access (1 dollar for 15 minutes and 10 cents extra per minute), a fitness room (free), sauna, hammam, billiard room, tennis (for a fee; court lighted at night), football, beach volleyball, badminton, and table tennis. Numerous water sports are offered. Concerts, games (crab race, tournaments), folk music evenings and club nights are organised every night.

11.5/20 accommodation

The hotel has only one category of rooms : Super Deluxe Beachfront. Each block is made up of one room. The rooms, simple, lined with tiles, have satellite television (18 channels), mini-bar, safe, direct telephone with international calling, adjustable air conditioning, a fan, and a tiled terrace with deckchairs.

12/20 Food and drink

Your meals will be served at the main restaurant (with a teakwood terrace facing the sea) buffet style. You can also eat at the Coffee Shop (costs extra). Room service is available 24 hours a day. 3 bars will allow you to eat, including 1 karaoke bar and one bar on the beach.

13/20 Beach

The beach is beautiful, endowed with a gorgeous sand strip. The sand has a good size, more or less coarse in some places. Each bungalow has teakwood deckchairs available on the beach. The nautical base offers catamaran, windsurfing, canoeing, water skiing, wakeboarding, kneeboarding, fun tubes, ringo riding,...

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      Equipment

    • spa
    • sauna
    • hammam
    • nightclub
    • fitness room

      Sports

    • tennis
    • football
    • beach volley
    • badminton
    • ping-pong

      Water sports

    • windsurfing
    • water skiing
    • diving
    • free diving
    • sailing
    • canoe
    • big game fishing
    • ringo
    • jet ski
    • windsurfing

      Services & Facilities

    • air conditioning
    • medical permanence
    • excursions
    • internet access
    • laundry
    • room service

      Entertainment

    • tournament
    • games
    • music

    Practical Information

    pros

    • Nature of incredible beauty.
    • One of the best destinations in the world for diving and snorkelling.
    • Attractive hotels.
    • Has some of the world's best surf spots.
    • The local islands, in the Haa Alifu and Hanidoo atolls are stunning and the people are warm and friendly.

    cons

    • The unapplied environmental initiatives.
    • Activities are basically limited to beach tourism - unless you enjoy diving and snorkelling.
    • Hotel islands are not representative of Maldivian culture at all.
    • Disappointing food quality at most hotels (even luxury hotels).
    • General problem with garbage disposal.

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