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Holiday Island Resort & Spa

4.0 of 5
on the tip of South Ari Atoll
Hotel amenities
Special offer
20% off room rate
Ranked #14 of 17 hotels in South Ari Atoll
4.0 of 5 stars 198 Reviews
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What travellers say about this hotel
  • Full board(6)
  • Beach bars(6)
  • Sea plane(5)
  • Free boat(5)
  • Very good(5)
  • Buffet style(3)
  • Low tide(3)
  • Staff were excellent(3)
  • House reef(3)
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Florian020
Lausanne, Switzerland
Senior Contributor
27 reviews
31 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 February 2012 NEW

I stayed one week into the Holiday Island Resort. I found that despite affordable prices, the quality of rooms was nice. Air condition is working very properly, but furnitures and decoration was not enhanced since the resort creation in 1994. This is particularly noticable in the public areas, such as at the bar, at the buffet restaurant. There were a... More

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Anna G
Manchester, United Kingdom
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12 reviews
8 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 February 2012

Me and my husband stayed at holiday island 9th january 2012 for a week. The beach and jetty are stunning! It's true paradise!!!it's 5 * beach!!!!!!! But hotel is nightmare! Reception looks like in cheap motel,Hotel's stadard is very poor!!!very poor service as well!!!! Restaurant is a joke! You are signed to one tabel for whole stay...but You're not seeting... More

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t112p
London, United Kingdom
Reviewer
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 November 2011
5
people found this review helpful

Just returned from Maldives and our experience was made terrible by management. The island is fine and view of ocean beautiful, but nothing else going for it. 1) Due to delays in flights, got to hotel past midnight, instead of midday, so missed half board meal. Manager Mr Nazeeh said he could not give us food, even though we paid... More

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thasj
Antwerp
1 review
1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 October 2011
1
person found this review helpful

Our holiday in Holiday Island was amazing! We had the all-in and where very glad we took it! It's very expensive to go out of the all-in, water is like 4 dollar for 1 bottle! We had discounts on some thing if we asked it nice. We had an all-in list to choose our drinks like, water, coke(light), sprite, coctails,... More

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Benjw967
Norwich, United Kingdom
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3 reviews
2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 August 2011
1
person found this review helpful

We went to Holiday Island last year and loved it. We requested to be near the jetty and they placed us write next to it which was good and I would advise this! The rooms were pretty basic but good - the outside shower was awesome even with the lizards. The food was amazing and varied although at lunch there... More

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MikkelGeertsen
Frederiksberg
Reviewer
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 July 2011

This is actually a repost as my old profile is no longer valid. Its been a few yars since we returned from Holiday Island Resort (2006), and this reason for this late review is that I forgot about tripadvisor until now when i again is searching the perfect holiday. The bungalows at Holiday Island Resort are great but not luxurious.... More

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jovani_10
Brighton
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16 reviews
26 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2011
2
people found this review helpful

we flew with monarch airlines, which is the worst airline to travel with on an 11 hours flight. on the way back there was not enough drinking water on board everyone was dehydrated we had to wait to land in london to get water. the transfer from male to the island was nice, the rooms were less than average, the... More

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sueyoungSolihull
solihull
Reviewer
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2011
4
people found this review helpful

Well we booked this as a special treat for our 50th birthdays. So wanted something a bit different but also very nice. Well we got the biggest surprise ever. Right from take off at Birmingham Airport we were looked after. On arrival at Dubai we found our departure gate very easily and got to Male airport slightly early. We then... More

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mas_zlin
Zlin, Czech Republic
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 April 2011
4
people found this review helpful

We spent beautiful 9 days in the Holiday Island Resort in South Ari Atoll. I extensively used data on tripadvisor for the selection of the hotel, so here is my review back. Flight: We took a direct flight with Austrian from Viena to Male (and back) and it was a very convenient one. The staff was nice and took care... More

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Lesley5234
Washington,Tyne&Wear UK
Reviewer
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 January 2011
5
people found this review helpful

Been to the Maldives three times, Bandos, Olhuveli and now Holiday, the Maldives is our favourite place on earth. If this had been our first time it would have been our last. First arrival it looks lovely. Try to get a room on jetty side it's at least got a nice view of the sea and neighbouring Sun Island. The... More

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  • Holiday Island Resort
  • Hotel Holiday Island
  • Holiday Island Maldives
  • Holiday Island Resort Maldives
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