Bandos Hotels with Gym

Service was excellent - shout out to Afiffa in the main restaurant that did everything short of handstands to make sure I was well taken care of. If its your first Maldives trip - most resorts occupy the entire island. This means that you do not need to carry any currency or form of payment as you just bill your room for everything. It also means that you only eat and shop at the resort. To shop or eat of the resort you need to take the water taxi back to Male'. Therefore you need to factor at least half board into your trip costs or expect an average meal to run $50 per head. The diving was world class and the dive shop was very well equipped with a comfortable and easy to use dive boat. Beautiful pool area if you can drag yourself away from the beach that looks like the ones on the 'Paradise Calendars'. I will go again!