Hotel Veligandu Island Resort(4 stars)

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5.7/6

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  • Hotel in general
    5.7
  • Room
    5.9
  • Service
    5.6
  • Location
    5.7
  • Food and Drinks
    5.9
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Delia
The paradise in the lifetime there really is!

  • 5.8 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
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  • Beach holiday
  • March 2013
There are far from more water villa as beach-bungalows. There are just 12 beach villas and about 60 water villas. The room decor is all villas equivalent. The size of the rooms in around 45 to 55 square meter (with bathroom) beach chairs. Wireless internet connection in the bar - liable to pay the costs. The guests came from the Switzerland, from Austria, Germany and England. The age was from 14 years represented-to 90 years (no joke!). Average age around 40 to 50 years. The hotel could general 6 suns, if the beach villas not generally overbooked would be. Us ... it has happened, as many before us, that we because of overbooking one night in a water villa had to sleep (you can hear the whole night the water the stützpfosten sound and the day on the sundeck no shade-nothing for us. However is the beauty and serenity of this beautiful island that small faults. read more
  • Room
    6.0

    The rooms were as mentioned, very big and modernly furnished. The air conditioning was pleasant and quiet. An additional fan was also in each villa. Especially pleasant was the spacious timber deck with two very comfortable lounge chairs, two chairs and a table. In the bathroom through the shower to go outside, where the jacuzzi was. We have always evenings before dinner use. Al fresco we could in our relaxing 'whirlpool' clear stars and the herumfliegenden bats ( fledermausart ) watch. The sanitary installations, including jacuzzi were always in a very clean and hygienic condition. We never had a reason to complain, very on the contrary. We gave the bellboy in the week 10 American Dollar tip. It is on the Maldives in about the usual. Waiters as well as the staff.

  • Gastronomy
    6.0

    There is the thundi bar, the main restaurant and the pay madivaru restaurant (subject to charges). So in the main restaurant there are three times a day buffet and the is excellent, i would say, it has excellent standards and not only on the Maldives changed, but in terms of many 5 stars hotels weiltweit, where we already vacations have. Alone for breakfast there are at least 5 different types of bread (locally freshly baked), there are wonderful hot waffles, various delicious cold meat, different jams (Switzerland), bircher muesli, freshly made scrambled eggs, bread rolls and much more. To the meals is really something for everyone. International cuisine, indian curries, grilled hochseefisch and so on. You can all these delicacies not at all enumerate, this would scope. Absolutely, i would like to at this point mention, that we generally on the Maldives (so far 7 stays) never stomach/intestine problems had, or sometime were ill. It is very clean and hygienic.

  • Service
    6.0

    The maldivian have a very tactful and pleasant manner, their guests to spoil. You can feel them. Whether room boy, waiters or cooks at the buffet, all are extremely friendly, polite and focused on the wellbeing of the guests, without ever being intrusive. The language on the island is english, few waiters can also a few words of german. The room is very tidy cleaned, there were no complaints. The bed is generally twice daily winterseason would. All guest were alone 3 pillows (in different fillings and sizes ) available. If you want a 'soft topperunterlage' would, this desire immediately fulfilled. The bed linen at least changed every two days. Hand towels and beach towels every day fresh. In every room stands a kettle with six different teas and a nespresso coffee maker with coffee capsuls were available. The mini bar was rich with all sorts of beverages. There are however not all drinks in the all-inclusive included.

  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0

    Who on the Maldives flies and no snorkel things with, commits a r i e s e n f e h l e r! The underwater world in the knee-high water actually disappear - is wonderful! If you are not seen, was not on the Maldives. Snorkelling can each child from 6 years (provided, it can swim). You can spend hours in the water (29 °c) and parrotfish, rays, surgeonfish, anemonenfische (nemo), moray eels, reef sharks (not dangerous!) , turtles, manatas, stonefish etc. See wildlife. Meanwhile, there are already very good unterwasserkleinbildkameras, where the beautiful underwater world very favorably. Initially a t-shirt while snorkeling dress-sunburn danger! Each beach bungalow has its own beach chairs and terrassenliegen. The water bungalows had two terrassenliegen. You can but also as bungalow inhabitants on the long sandbank in the south an umbrella with two beach chairs to get, if you'd rather at the beach is. The bungalows feature a small handheld showers with fresh water, with which one after a bath in the sea buzz off can. I thought that was very pleasant. The pool was nice to look at and very clean, but we didn't use it, since we the sea preferred.

  • Hotel
    5.0

    There are far from more water villa as beach-bungalows. There are just 12 beach villas and about 60 water villas. The room decor is all villas equivalent. The size of the rooms in around 45 to 55 square meter (with bathroom) beach chairs. Wireless internet connection in the bar - liable to pay the costs. The guests came from the Switzerland, from Austria, Germany and England. The age was from 14 years represented-to 90 years (no joke!). Average age around 40 to 50 years. The hotel could general 6 suns, if the beach villas not generally overbooked would be. Us it has happened, as many before us, that we because of overbooking one night in a water villa had to sleep (you can hear the whole night the water the stützpfosten sound and the day on the sundeck no shade-nothing for us. However is the beauty and serenity of this beautiful island that small faults.

  • Location
    6.0

    Air taxi - transfer from the airport hulhulé after veligandu went smoothly, quickly (15 minutes) and without long waits. Perfect. The island is located in the indian ocean in rashdu atoll. Kuramathi ( rieseninsel -actually maledivenuntypisch is the only tourist island nearby.

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Philipp
Twice and unfortunately not again

  • 5.4 / 6

  • Hotel not recommended
  • Couples
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  • Beach holiday
  • March 2013
Firstly veligandu is a small paradise. The location is fantastic, the rooms are great, The staff is super friendly and the kitchen (if also not more completely so good as last year) Excellent. The arrival over Dubai and times was once again exemplary and the transfer from male was Perfectly organized. Unfortunately the furtniture suddenly then when i on arrival told us, that no room is available. The hotel was simply good. This overbooking the hotel has already in the last few years again and again consciously practiced. Guests are after a long journey in about 20 minutes away and ... less attractive island of kuramathi accommodated. Or nights in male for sightseeing advertised. At our first visit was just as the case, and only after very energetic presence was of a sudden a room to the applicable. Knowing full well i this time two weeks before the room and the date of arrival from the hotel the return ask for a confirmation. Nevertheless one has it done again. The disappointment was of course huge and alternativunterbringung was of course unacceptable. The german-speaking guest relations employee seemed from the situation rather overstrained and There have been many telephone calls with our travel agent in Germany run. There were then a solution and i had to then a room with someone for one night parts or at the beach sleep. The whole place was already very disappointing. A 3 time, we will definitely not more after veligandu go unfortunately. As disappointing is the fact that something at a renowned suppliers meiers weltreisen occurs. I think, that i in future again right With airline and hotel and not more with a tour operator. read more
  • Room
    6.0
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    6.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    5.8
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    5.0
  • Service
    3.8
    Competence (handling complaints)
    1.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    4.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    4.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    5.7
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
    Leisure activities (e.g. sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
    5.0
  • Hotel
    6.0
    Family friendliness
    6.0
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
  • Location
    5.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Transportation connection and available excursions
    4.0
    Other leisure activities available
    5.0
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Maria
Plus and minus

  • 5.5 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • March 2013
Veligandu is a natural real 4 star island. It was our 3. visit here, which already speaks for itself. As in the years before amazed us the simplicity and naturalness the island, the still great comfort and all the amenities. Pluses: spa, the open bathroom the water cottages, the terrace of the restaurant, the friendly maldivian staff. Downsides: the palms are yellow (they die?), the villas need new coat of paint, the terrace the water villa is a bit small and offers from lunch no shade, the nearby riff it is manageable, and unbelievable: the cook i could not persuade ... my knoblauchallergie to consider, he cooked even the spaghetti in garlic, therefore no noodles without sauce for me! Luckily was the fischkoch ready, me every day fish without marinade to grill otherwise i would have in spite of the great buffets verhungern must! read more
  • Room
    5.3
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    5.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    5.0
    Size of the room
    5.0
  • Gastronomy
    6.0
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    6.0
  • Service
    4.8
    Competence (handling complaints)
    3.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    5.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    5.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
    Leisure activities (e.g. sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
    6.0
  • Hotel
    5.5
    Condition of the Hotel
    5.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
  • Location
    5.3
    Restaurants & bars in the area
    5.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Other leisure activities available
    5.0
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Ovidiu
A dream...

  • 6.0 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Proof of booking
  • Beach holiday
  • March 2013
A dream. Prior: with Emirates to male (p. nice) and seaplane on the island (still exciting). Please note: free luggage in the seaplane smaller than in Emirates (20 kilogram + 5 kilogram hand baggage; difference 4 $per kilogram; however no control the last gram). Very pleasant and friendly welcome from the travel agent (already ' times' en schwäbelnden maldivian g'sehn?-) ). Maldivian money we didn't need it. American Dollar have generally also made ☺. Euro we didn't need it. Front desk on the island very nice and friendly, both of the maldivian, as well as not maldivian staff; the ... climate is probably. No shoes, no stress, a lot of smiling. Accommodation: bungalow with jacuzzi; great, p. spacious bungalows on stilts with stairs right into the water! Fantastic! We had west side, and so that every evening sunset. By the location on the 'next to the airport' has the lifting of the float planes received (until several times daily). It was not at all bother us, we found it more exciting; the footbridge the access is in the midday sun hot; it is the only place on the island at which one no need for shoes ☺ each pier there are showers to rinse off the sand we had all-inclusive plus, it has some drinks in the minibar and the water in the room and it was worth it (otherwise 0.3 liter Cola or 1l of water 5$). Jacuzzi we (unfortunately) much too rarely used, even if the view from the jacuzzi on the sunset. Yummy was. Toilet was broken once is however very quickly repaired. Food (information for the better classification of the next row: our palate already have one and two Michelin stars experience anything), well. As i am/we are still the words. Thank you Frank! German chef with international experience. Not very long as (a few months). Has our expectations at this vacation exceeded. Breakfast was delicious, muesli, fresh omelets, pancakes, waffles, fresh fruits and so on. Lunch and dinner were the crowning! Excellent, changing, european, asian specialties. Two cooks constantly in addition fresh fish or other delicious freshly prepared. Always fresh fruits and produce the best quality. A constant fight with oneself to curb. But be careful! If you are going to be with children and every evening pizza and chips await (there was a gästefall ) are you rather go wrong here! Also the rather local conditions known büfettstürmen fell out, because never lack was. The realized the newcomers (thank god!) Also relatively quickly. Snorkelling was great! However you have the blaze of colors the corals from the red sea. Dominating color was brown. Still beautiful formations at the nearby reef. The highlight were The (non-dangerous) sharks. Snorkeling with sharks! A wonderful experience. Triggerfish, many surgeonfish, moray eels. Dolphin trip involved-great! Both dolphins, as well as the sunset. The island has a diving school, a doctor. You have the possibility 'behind the kulissen' of portfolios to look through guided tours. It is worthwhile the infrastructure to see and the whole operated effort to understand (wednesday at the willkommendrink management). The employees are very pleasant! Not, as in other resorts described, where only at tips do their job. Quite much praise goes to the management that's why! A small reward one has then always gladly given. The à-la-carte restaurant we didn't use and the bar unfortunately too rarely. The guests were mostly german speaking guests (germans and swiss ) but also some englishmen and french. Plug adapters for England carry forward. On the island we have no particular had. In 2 weeks in march it 2 times at night and 1 times during the day though it rained one day. To 2 hours again the sun shone. It is therefore hardly affected. Criticism (one is balanced stay ☺ ): the towels in the fitness were too small. What else we could make: much less clothes along ☺. For the island rich 1 times slippers and shorts and t-shirts (in march). read more
  • Room
    6.0
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    6.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    6.0
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    6.0
  • Service
    6.0
    Competence (handling complaints)
    6.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    6.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    6.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
    Leisure activities (e.g. sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
    6.0
  • Hotel
    6.0
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
  • Location
    6.0
    Restaurants & bars in the area
    6.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Transportation connection and available excursions
    6.0
    Other leisure activities available
    6.0
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Petra
Veligandu is always a journey werrt!

  • 6.0 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • March 2013
After 18 on the Maldives, and including three times on veligandu, We are sure us the island to have found. On any other island is' for us' everything is so perfect like Veli. Here you can get a clean island with a huge heart from 220 employees. Every single one of them is very cautious and friendly and always in a good mood. The reef is perfect and intact. Here you can turtles, sharks, manta rays, eagle rays and all the colorful small fish while snorkeling watch. With each visit to this wonderful island we saw dolphins (and the not ... only on delphinsafari!). We have after the chef cooking Egon and Jakob, Frank as a cook met and we have to say, the food is very excellent! We only hoped, that Frank at least as long endure as the Egon! Especially we must this year when Laura thanks, it has our vacation this time a bit more to the excellent. Thank you Laura! We come back in the next march again ☺ we reserved already. read more
  • Room
    6.0
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    6.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    6.0
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    6.0
  • Service
    6.0
    Competence (handling complaints)
    6.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    6.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    6.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
    Leisure activities (e.g. sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
    6.0
  • Hotel
    6.0
    Family friendliness
    6.0
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
    Disabled-friendly
    6.0
  • Location
    6.0
    Proximity to shopping areas
    6.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Transportation connection and available excursions
    6.0
    Restaurants & bars in the area
    6.0
    Other leisure activities available
    6.0
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Franziska
Yes, the paradise there was really...

  • 6.0 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Proof of booking
  • Beach holiday
  • March 2013
On the island there are 54 jacuzzi water villas, 10 water villas, 5 beach villas and 12 jacuzzi beach villas. We have a jacuzzi water villa and were extremely happy. There was nothing to fault. Capacity and condition were perfectly, the cleanliness spotless. In spite of the the villas was very close together are built has one its privatsphäre, see and hear your neighbors except if in the water are. All-inclusive includes meals, the mini bar (Sprite, Fanta, Coca Cola, ice tea, iced coffee, mineral water, bitter lemon, tonic, soda water), drinks in the beach bar, as well as cocktails ... at a (4 alcoholic and 2 non-alcoholic) etc. Even pay you espresso, Cappuccino, fresh fruit juice, other spirits, wines except house wine, liqueurs, mixed drinks including cocktails except daily cocktail. Wlan was in the beach bar available, one must however for 1 hour 10 American Dollar, 2 hours 15 American Dollar are charged. read more
  • Room
    6.0

    See hotel general. Facilities jacuzzi water villa: Bedroom: large bed, bedside tables, credenza, various decoration, murals, flatscreen tv, iPod Docking-Station, sofa, stool, table, wooden floors, climate control Dressing area/hall: closet, bathrobes, safe, dressing table, hairdryer, chest of drawers for clothes storage, mini bar, water bottles, glasses, cups, nic-nacs and caps, tea, crab pastry. Bathroom: sink with 2 sinks, large mirror, toiletries, rain and hand shower, toilet Jacuzzi terrace: jacuzzi, 2 beach chairs, a bambusleiter for wet towels/clothes and wood shop to open, perfect view from the jacuzzi on the sea Terrace: 2 wide beach chairs, 2 chairs, a table, an ashtray, lighting on the roof and the wood floor on the sea (pulls in the evening beautiful fish), entrance to the sea and handheld shower

  • Gastronomy
    6.0

    1 main restaurant (dhonveli restaurant), genial'la carte restaurant ( madivaru restaurant) for barbecue dinner, beach diner amongst others at a charge. In the main restaurant, divided into the buffet- house and 3 houses to eat, there were especially in the evening a variety of dishes. Salads, pastries, rice, pasta, fish, meat, potatoes, indian, vegetables, desserts such as cakes, ice cream, sauces, fresh fruits amongst others the chefs prepared on request fish, meat, baked vegetables, stir-fry vergetables etc. To. Every day was something else serves, except for the rice, there was daily different variations and dishes. The breakfast was every day right up to the fruit, you could omelet or waffles freshly prepared. The thundi bar was open all day, had lots of different seating and drinks. In the evening the staff was occasionally something slow and you had to longer for the order or reorder wait. Of the cleanliness everything was spotless, timber flooring and terrace were regularly freed from the sand. Restaurant and bar were mostly with sand and really well looked after.

  • Service
    6.0

    In the morning the villa was cleaned, towels changed, minibar filled and so on. And in the evening was the bed ready for sleeping that means throw pillows away, a corner of the ceiling opened, a small light over the bed and on the terrace on made. The entire staff was always friendly, very friendly and smiled. Main language was english, but some of the staff (reception, diving, restaurant) spoke german or could some words.

  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0

    The game centre included billiards, table tennis, darts and table football. Also free use of the Volleyball and badminton area. The ocean per dive center for diving and snorkel hire. Water sport center for schnorchellektionen, excursions, windsurfing and kayaking. Fitness centre with a variety of equipment. Duniye spa with 5 villas for treatments of course very quiet and with a view of the sea. The offer was enormous for example tropical sun soother, hon & forth, balinese massage, oriental massage, thai massage, hot stone, lymphdrainage, facials and much more the atmosphere was classy and to be comfortable. To the greetings one received a lemongrass drinks and a damp, cool, lovely scented cloth. After treatment, the area set/and a tea. Every evening there was in the thundi bar another entertainment such as disco, presentation of the dive center with video, movienight with mrs. Doubtfire, crab race. The pool was very well maintained and well lit. The water was no typical chlorine but with a bit of cleaning resigned, thus it smelled almost as fresh water. In the morning were the chairs beach towels and opened the umbrellas. At the beach there were some beach chairs and umbrellas for use. Unfortunately, it was similar in the Mallorca holiday and the loungers were in the morning with books, clothes manned.

  • Hotel
    6.0

    On the island there are 54 jacuzzi water villas, 10 water villas, 5 beach villas and 12 jacuzzi beach villas. We have a jacuzzi water villa and were extremely happy. There was nothing to fault. Capacity and condition were perfectly, the cleanliness spotless. In spite of the the villas was very close together are built has one its privatsphäre, see and hear your neighbors except if in the water are. All-inclusive includes meals, the mini bar (Sprite, Fanta, Coca Cola, ice tea, iced coffee, mineral water, bitter lemon, tonic, soda water), drinks in the beach bar, as well as cocktails at a (4 alcoholic and 2 non-alcoholic) etc. Even pay you espresso, Cappuccino, fresh fruit juice, other spirits, wines except house wine, liqueurs, mixed drinks including cocktails except daily cocktail. Wlan was in the beach bar available, one must however for 1 hour 10 American Dollar, 2 hours 15 American Dollar are charged.

  • Location
    6.0

    With the seaplane fly you around 20 to 25 minutes from the airport to the island. The flight time to disturb however at all, since there are sufficiently to see. Excursions were offered some as island picnic, excursions on 2 of the neighbouring islands, snorkeling (also in the dark), dolphin excursion and many more The island is small and you could you about minutes. The beach is wonderful and well-kept (every morning the sand fair ), the sea crystal clear, colors from light blue to dark blue in such a diversity as you has not seen.

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Marcus
Top island with comfort, buffet with air upward

  • 5.8 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • March 2013
Veligandu was our 3. Maldives-islands, that's why we had a small comparison. The island is very neat and actually gives it from the location forth not any really bad bungalows as on the islands. Which us a little surprised was not the quality (perfect) of the food, but for breakfast the quantity. There is still much air upward. Not just low price and the past reviews we had expected more. This was but also some repeatern confirmed. Probably is because of the hotel was impeccable. The spa was perfect and we could after the free welcomemassage simply not resist and ... further posted. The beach is very beautiful and is constantly kept clean. The nearby riff is rather than average to designate, as in general much coral fragments layed out. Sharks, turtles, eagle rays and otherwise. 'kleinfische' there were especially at the left end of the long sandbank to see (the best riffteil ). Our bungalow was to the west orientated and you could also at low tide barely nor Snorkelling. The furnishing was great: jacuzzi, half-open bathroom, mini bar, hair dryer, flat screen tv, safe, kettle, Coffee maker, everything your heart desires. Was available the roomboy came 3 times a day and after that to rights seen. The buffet looked through the subdivision in 3 areas very nice and you can great alfresco dining (mainly at night). What disturbed us a little, was the relatively serious and not very comfortable chairs. The bar is huge and there is many beautiful corners to relax. The cocktails Have somehow all tasted the same and it was very little alcohol, but it was ok. Our summary: veligandu is a very nice and recommending island with a certain comfort the previous islands not offer could. The question is just, if you need. Because it was so many other great islands is we will not yet become repetition authors. read more
  • Room
    6.0
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    6.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    5.8
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    5.0
  • Service
    6.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    6.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    6.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
  • Hotel
    5.7
    Family friendliness
    5.0
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
  • Location
    5.7
    Restaurants & bars in the area
    6.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Transportation connection and available excursions
    5.0
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Bärbel
Great vacation

  • 5.7 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Proof of booking
  • Beach holiday
  • February 2013
Very nice small island with mainly water bungalows. Everything is very clean and well maintained. Only the garden made a bit scruffy impression, many brown leaves in the palms and on the floor, hardly blooming plants. Guest structure: german, swiss, english (or americans?) , a few japanese. read more
  • Room
    5.0

    Very well equipped. Great was the jacuzzi with a view of the sea and the sun terrace. The bathroom is very big, the shower simply only ingeniously spacious. Because we booked all inclusive had, we could the mini bar use. I missed only in the evening a small glass of wine, the was not to the extent.

  • Gastronomy
    6.0

    We only as a part of all-inclusive used the main restaurant. The food was varied and very tasty. One must however sharp food, otherwise the selection somewhat limited. The best were the daily different currys. The dessert was usually too sweet, but i am anyway no dessertfan.

  • Service
    6.0

    Over the service you could definitely not complain. Was not alright (for example no light), was immediately someone. There was a german speaking lady, all the other staff only speak english.

  • Sport & Entertainment
    5.0

    The gym had everything we needed. It were enough sun loungers and sunshades available. We have however nearly only our own terrace used.

  • Hotel
    6.0

    Very nice small island with mainly water bungalows. Everything is very clean and well maintained. Only the garden made a bit scruffy impression, many brown leaves in the palms and on the floor, hardly blooming plants. Guest structure: german, swiss, english (or americans?) , a few japanese.

  • Location
    6.0

    Access to the airport male by a seaplane. The approach we had spectacular presented. Ideal was the water bungalows, that one over stairs directly from of the terrace into the sea could.

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Wolfgang
The 'slightly different' island in the middle of the Paradie

  • 6.0 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Proof of booking
  • Beach holiday
  • February 2013
A bit difficult here to 2 days our trip home was filled up with all the impressions the cockaigne in the middle of the Paradieses gave now that clear words to the readers now an objective opinion to give-i am as now already 4 bin ' victims ' Maldives tourists still try. Nothing is for the readers it more important than a little an impression on this tiny bit Eiland to make because for us was just 'holiday check' a very important clue where we months researched perhaps yes but an alternative to our beloved Kuredu to find where it ... to us in the past 3 times hinverschlug -a forward way, Kuredu is a really fantastic island (see my travel report) and we regret it no mínute already 3 time there-but veligandu so it is now very difficult to put into words what 1st the difference and 2. what veligandu so special power. Many of my previous reviewers have already had the advantages of this island mentioned, personal impressions and suchlike described so what, i can more than one watch out genuinly draufzusetzen and simply the feeling since beschreben -and that is precisely the really difficult and i will try anyway. Many believe Maldives is Maldives - so white beaches, turquoise sea, peace, recovery, etc. - this view is absolutely correct but there are nevertheless from island to island not insignificant differences and you should really good consider that you craves, if one island this inselstaates than its erträumtes destination select or which island you choose. Veligandu is the island if you are after absolute peace longs if you are after seclusion the outside world longs if you any animation disgusted-if you think you want 22 hours on day be alone (a little is still in contact with other with the food for example on)-if you then longs entirely alone to 2 this wonderful reef along the nearly entire island abschnorcheln -if you are not big on excursions is provided except with dhoni or speedboat time on the a or other snorkeling tour to go - if you like i about 4 kilogram in 2 weeks because of this' kitchen ' increase would like-if one no dress code subordinate would like-if you luxury of flat screen tvs to missen would not like (have in 14 days 20 minutes tv seen)-if one simply this but a bit of luxury inmtten this beautiful isle searches-if you in the evening (from 19:30 it was pitch darkthe) on his return into the villa barefoot through the inland stroll, where as beautiful indirectly lit than you would be out of this world-if one an island entering want to even drinking water, where garbage very strict sorts-if you want that all of home familiar luxury of a really hot shower is, a jacuzzi with constantly 37 degrees warm water - if you simply want, that with a maximum occupancy of about 150 guests (but i thought there were maybe 30 since, although fully booked) on a guest 1.5 staff (220 people stuff)-if you are after all these things, longs and above all the friendliness of the people there, the it simple with their incredible tact understand each desire from the eyes to read off without even a moment pushy to appear. Furthermore, and only then, one is here just perfect. What offer other still more expensive islands i asked and answers received. Probably another dress code during dinner times, or perhaps 2 yellow stripes in the towels, or perhaps someone a the villa is, or at mealtimes feeds-otherwise i can with the best will no increase for people like we both there are for peace, a incomparable landscape ( kristallares water including a visit to a fantastic beach and a great underwater world) and after a barefoot island with all its dschungelcharaker inside where nothing lifted or is longing. Could i have an island so plan and all the charkteristik, a veliandu gives, then i think i would have precisely these planning and made the a this small spot gives, the for us simply was worth every penny enjoy it too must! Maldives islands are different-very even-perhaps not so much in its appearance but in your design-in their management in its characteristic and above all in their feeling each experienced differently, because i people are simply different feel and feel-but veligandu for us and means, the words or was very difficult - Kuredu was wonderful - veligandu is a traumparadies amid the scharffenlandes. I hope the reader with my large and lowercase not too confused and could only a personal impression play-an impression the us to a sentence helped, A day after the holiday on veligandu is before the vacation on veligandu - even if until then around 50 to 53 weeks the countdown but already since 3 days around our 'new' so outstandingly beautiful quiet relaxende cosy the body and the soul almost überfüllende of thousands meeresbewohnern umgbene'home' again entering ' to ' ☺ If any questions should have been incurred or bilderwünsche as only-i am still refilled from all the impressions-it was fantastic. By the way, veligandu means Veli (a grain) gandu (many sandkörner)-veligandu (long sandbank) read more
  • Room
    6.0
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    6.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    6.0
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    6.0
  • Service
    6.0
    Competence (handling complaints)
    6.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    6.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    6.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
  • Hotel
    6.0
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
  • Location
    6.0
    Proximity to shopping areas
    6.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Transportation connection and available excursions
    6.0
    Restaurants & bars in the area
    6.0
    Other leisure activities available
    6.0
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Gerhard
Paradise on earth

  • 5.8 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Proof of booking
  • Beach holiday
  • January 2013
Great hotel, absolute rest and relaxation, extensive buffet to all meal times and very tasty, the dessert area is wonderful! Crystal clear, warm water - snorkeling is a must! read more
  • Room
    5.8
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    5.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    6.0
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    6.0
  • Service
    5.8
    Competence (handling complaints)
    6.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    5.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    6.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
    Leisure activities (e.g. sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
    6.0
  • Hotel
    6.0
    Family friendliness
    6.0
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
  • Location
    5.5
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Other leisure activities available
    5.0
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Cécile
Exceeded our expectations!

  • 6.0 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • January 2013
The perfect hotel in the Maldives to find extremely difficult! We have weeks until we finally deciding whether could! Our criteria: - maximum 100 rooms - maximum 2 restaurants (no two classes society) - mixed guests - good food - no familieninsel - beautiful rooms - good sites and dive center - reasonably good housereef to the snorkeling and diving - no strict dress code All the met veligandu and we regret not a bit after our Sri Lanka stay there for our vacation to have. (if you want a super-guide/guide for Sri Lanka searches (languages: german/english was very good-polish/russian ... good) can to me gladly a write message, we stayed with our guide very good experience and may take it up with very good conscience recomend it!) The whole hotel is very clean, the rooms are twice cleaned daily. At the beach one finds never trash and if in the water peru time-bottles or similar drives, you could short out fish and in the next trash; o. Which we highly pleased, are the very clean toilets at the pool/restaurant/bar etc., the toilets become quickly very wet and it is unappetizing then there properties, was not the case at all in veligandu. Switzerland, England and Germany were strongly represented, a few indian, austrian and french and very little (only individual pairs/families) russians /Poland etc. Very pleasant atmosphere between the guests, never someone was loud or rude, overfilled plates was seldom and disrespect for employees we have fortunately never experienced something like that. We were with 22 years probably the recent few in the resort and the average was about 40 years. There were a lot of honeymooners on the way, but also very lots of regular guests the already for years on veligandu have a vacation, few families. Who relaxation/diving/good food, and not the huge party, is on veligandu certainly well looked after. read more
  • Room
    6.0

    When booking we with the travel agent and then two weeks before our vacation still directly at the hotel our wish expressed. 155-174 were our wunschvillen, we had water bungalow # 156 on the west side and it was the perfect villa for us! Since we in this villa on both sides of the terrace a view protection had, we had to minimum of half of the terrace the whole day shade. Various other villas had however the whole day sun. The stairs lead directly at the beautiful turquoise indian ocean. In the morning and evening could one eagle and stingrays or sharks watch direction beach swam. What else could you want?! Under the bungalow was very fine sand with a few broken parts of corals, here you may just be careful where you go-force (you should anyway because of rays etc.) Or otherwise wear thongs, also some crabs lived in the steps, the disappeared however fast if one the stairs runterging. A small shower, it was above the stairs also which we found very convenient, also for rinsing our snorkel equipment. We had about 10 minutes to the restaurant or the bar. On the jetty to the bungalows you should especially afternoon flip-flops carry, as it gets very hot. The rooms are modernly furnished and are exactly as in the previous reviews. But we do not, the (logically) already used furniture a reason to complain about are. Wear and tear, there was always and everywhere. If you expected that the furniture every month exchanged may have somewhat high standards and are looking for a house in the tropics has know, how difficult it is the furniture despite seawater, humid climate and heat in, to keep them up to date! For the still very good looked and damaged was nothing. The mattress was actually a little hard, after 2 nights but one got used to it. The sea at night sometimes noisy, with the door closed but we have only little heard of it and slept very well. In that mini bar are all soft drinks such as Pepsi, ice tea, nescafé ice coffee, Fanta and so on. Included in the price, also 2 nespresso capsules (per day) and tea with a water heater and a nespresso machine could be used. Also two liter flat water was every day refilled in the room. The jacuzzi we used very often (what we payed. Not imagined), it is wonderful in the afternoon or evening the view on the sea to enjoy. The rainy or cloudy days it was a great job. Air conditioning worked well and was quiet. And capacity should you have had enough, the bungalows are very big! Safety deposit box is also available.

  • Gastronomy
    6.0

    The food is by far the best in a hotel in the tropics ever had. The meat almost schweizerqualität and there is any kind of meat. Taste can we purely nothing at all complain about, had never stomach detunings and such. We stayed in 10 days not even the same eaten, even sushi there was, if you didn't find anything here has to be extremely own taste. For example there was on the maldivian evening (mainly curry dishes), also pizza, fries and Schnitzel, if you were united by not liked, you had still another possibility. No once we met empty bowls at, everything was always immediately refilled even before it was empty. The food what remained was to the employees. There was a pasta station and a barbecue where you fresh fish or meat directly prepared. The dessert corner was my favorite. Also the house wine we found completely okay. Dhonveli buffet: breakfast from 8 am -10 am, lunch from 12:30 pm -14 pm and dinner from 19:30 pm -21:30 pm. Shoes you need on this island not and the only dress code is for men that you not only in undershirts and women that you something about the bikini dress. The à-la-carte-restaurant madivaru we once visited. You could a menu dinner on the beach directly in front of the restaurant, a bbq on the strandzunge or simply à la carte (wagyu beef, lobster etc.). We booked directly in our waiter in the restaurant a table reserved and the private bbq at the beach dialed, where one completely for itself alone on the sandy area placed and the private chef to your liking a meat or fish cast. We chose the fish firmly with 3 courses for about 300 American Dollar with a good white wine. It was perfect. The ambience up service fit everything and the food was wonderful. The à-la-carte-restaurant every day except on mondays open, you have to reserve in advance. The bar supplemented the offer perfect. It is 24 hours open and you get in the all-inclusive plus every day, 7 different cocktails and hausspirituosen included in the price, which was completely sufficient for us. Also snack such as sandwich with chips or cakes were included.

  • Service
    6.0

    After our arrival and after all formalities were munjidh of the front desk to the room accompanied and ourselves on the way the resort said. In the room a chilled champagne ready and he had us from whirlpool to air conditioning and mini bar everything very exactly declared, during our whole holiday was munjidh very helpful and courteous. From the gardener to the manager of all with a smile! The waiters/cooks in both restaurants and the thundibar are very attentive and nice and know after a, two days what one preferred to drink/eat. English most very good and also german/french talk some some sentences. General the employees very accommodating and friendly and state also times gladly of their families in India/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh etc. Or male itself. Our roomboy rahman gave us sometimes with a beautiful decorated bed surprised and the room was always extremely clean. We looked forward always in there and just talking to him! The room once in the morning cleaned and in the evening is the bed turned down. The washservice we also used. Costs about 4.50 American Dollar for a shirt etc. The clothes at least a day later ironed and hangers returned. Because of the flu i had to the doctor on the island visit. After a check, he immediately the right medicines used up and after 2 days i was again-without side effects: o. On overbooking we only english is that it 2 nights on the owners Iceland stay 'had'. It disturbed however not large and the small private island very nice.

  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0

    The pool we used only few, but it looks great and the loungers etc. Are in a very good condition and comfortable, the beverages the bar at the pool brought. Freshwater shower is in the baby pool available (beach/pool towels are two into the room put, it is however by the pool a closet with fresh towels available). There is a badminton court, and an artificial turf soccer field (the employees every sunday a match-very funny to watch ), but also canoes could one free of charge check-out counters or windsurfing, catamaran, snorkelling or diving in oceanpro diving centre. In gamecenter there was ping pong, darts, billiards and a ' töggeli'kasten, a library and dvd rentals, there is the front desk. Also trips to the islands of kuramathi or rasdhoo, sunset dolphin cruise or snorkeling trips are offered regularly (trip to kuramathi or rasdhoo and sunset dolphin cruise are in the all-inclusive included). Sunset dolphin cruise was very nice, you could the island also times from another perspective and looks very many dolphins the directly in front of boat swim, with a little luck: o. What we could also recommend, was the level of ocean per. Great organized, nice team, there was a lot of value on security and the sites around the rasdhoo atoll are great! We have about 1000 American Dollar for the diving paid (including jacket/bottle/demand valve/weights etc.) And 12 dives. A more specific report to the diving station you'll find on divers(.) Net. Also snorkeling you should in spite of the perhaps somewhat mulmigen feeling still go! Was really nice what you know even while snorkeling everything finds. Turtles, moray eels, weissspitzen - schwarzspitzenriffhaie mantas etc. The reef was quite damaged, many broken corals. Various snorkelers, but don't be surprised if the reef not more intact, some paw the corals and we have several times observed as snorkelers shortly before the reef edge are up, can hardly imagine that they are not coral damaged. On the east side is the swim out somewhat more difficult, since the water very flat. In the bar there was every evening a small entertainment, even display a tauchfilm and the diving school envisions, then there is a maldivian evening or a tv evening. Or organize a crab races, where one crab 'buy' can, for example a Cappuccino (to order at the bar and to the room writing) a crab,. And if the crab then quickly enough, you can massages, excursions etc. Win. Also the spa is brilliant. We have the willkommensmassage (15 minutes) enjoyed (you can get if you are in the first three days the spa to look at is) and still have the full moon magic package for two people (circa 350 American Dollar) more than two hours and in the whole body (including face and head, feet hands etc.) Kneaded and in conclusion a relaxing bathroom with fruit and champagne prepared, very recommendable, the girls at the spa are very pleasant and lots of other also professional.

  • Hotel
    6.0

    The perfect hotel in the Maldives to find extremely difficult! We have weeks until we finally deciding whether could! Our criteria: - maximum 100 rooms - maximum 2 restaurants (no two classes society) - mixed guests - good food - no familieninsel - beautiful rooms - good sites and dive center - reasonably good housereef to the snorkeling and diving - no strict dress code All the met veligandu and we regret not a bit after our Sri Lanka stay there for our vacation to have. (if you want a super-guide/guide for Sri Lanka searches (languages: german/english was very good-polish/russian good) can to me gladly a write message, we stayed with our guide very good experience and may take it up with very good conscience recomend it!) The whole hotel is very clean, the rooms are twice cleaned daily. At the beach one finds never trash and if in the water peru time-bottles or similar drives, you could short out fish and in the next trash; o. Which we highly pleased, are the very clean toilets at the pool/restaurant/bar etc. , the toilets become quickly very wet and it is unappetizing then there properties, was not the case at all in veligandu. Switzerland, England and Germany were strongly represented, a few indian, austrian and french and very little (only individual pairs/families) russians /Poland etc. Very pleasant atmosphere between the guests, never someone was loud or rude, overfilled plates was seldom and disrespect for employees we have fortunately never experienced something like that. We were with 22 years probably the recent few in the resort and the average was about 40 years. There were a lot of honeymooners on the way, but also very lots of regular guests the already for years on veligandu have a vacation, few families. Who relaxation/diving/good food, and not the huge party, is on veligandu certainly well looked after.

  • Location
    6.0

    After arrival in male was one of his travel agent welcomes (in our case meiers weltreisen) and wartelounge run. With a freezing refreshing towel and cold drinks will welcome and could also at the check in-forms for the hotel fill in. We have about 30 minutes to wait until the seaplane and then direction rasdhoo atoll flew, the flight is about 20 minutes away (we found the noise in the cabin not as too loud, also without ear plugs). The rasdhoo atoll has 2 hotel islands (kuramathi and veligandu) and a local island (rasdhoo) both islands are in about 10 to 15 minutes by boat. Veligandu is rather small and located at the southern tip of the island it has a long sandbank, right behind is the owners Iceland only by boat is. The island is very green and looks beautiful, the sand is almost white! There are many crabs, beetles, lizards, geckos, flying foxes, birds and of course very many sea dwellers! (if you are on these animals mind, should not be on a tropical island flies.) On the island it has a giftshop and a jeweler. In the giftshop one gets photo albums, clothes, fins, shampoo, suncream, mementos, sweets, sunglasses, usb sticks, underwater one way camera. And many more actually everything you need or possibly home forgot. The jeweler ( sifani -a juwelierkette from Sri Lanka) i have a beautiful ring bought. Is worthwhile really visit-he has beautiful jewelry. The salesperson is also very cordial and tried to find something suitable without sell something to want that one not at all want.

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Andrea
Always great again

  • 5.8 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Proof of booking
  • Beach holiday
  • January 2013
We were the 2. time on veligandu. Even this time we felt really good. This time it was like a home come. We are early in the morning landed and Laura (guest manager) only welcome and could directly to the room. - ' you know, where everything is or want your tour go?' Gladly, we are directly into the room, breakfast and at the pool. We have our 12 days really enjoyed. Again we could beautiful dives make. In comparison to may this time was the east side very windy, but also that is an experience. We can many guests ... understand, the for years return. It is definitely not our last time. The food we had at the last sometimes varied in memory, but that was the complaining of a high standard. Lots of fun on vacation. - and leave your shoes at home! read more
  • Room
    5.8
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    5.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    5.5
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    5.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    5.0
  • Service
    6.0
    Competence (handling complaints)
    6.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    6.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    6.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
    Leisure activities (e.g. sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
    6.0
  • Hotel
    5.5
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    5.0
  • Location
    6.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Other leisure activities available
    6.0
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Viola
Dream vacation on a dream island

  • 5.8 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • January 2013
Veligandu, definitely again. Everything great, top wasserbunghi, great food, great service and pure relaxation. Spa - very recommendable, one is afterwards so relaxed. Everything else you will find in previous reviews- which one needs everything, and what there is. read more
  • Room
    6.0
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    6.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    6.0
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    6.0
  • Service
    5.5
    Competence (handling complaints)
    5.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    5.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    6.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    6.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
    Leisure activities (e.g. sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
    6.0
  • Hotel
    6.0
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
  • Location
    5.0
    Other leisure activities available
    5.0
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Markus
Hotel Veligandu Island Resort

  • 5.5 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • December 2012
Despite high claims we were completely satisfied. Great island, a quiet maldives holiday to spend. Noteworthy also is the great service the diving centre! Great professional and very nice instructor! We have it as divers very much and the snorkelling enough and the diving would like to learn, is right at home here! However: all-inclusive offer is not good enough, as it more exceptions than inclusions are. Make it rather expensive and really all drinks (except for champagne) inclusive. South african billigwein from the container as the only all-inclusive wine is unacceptable. Still a bit more flexibility in of the ... guests appropriate. When we once with 6 people together at a table to sit wanted, this was a greater effort (one is only to couples tables set) and you wanted it almost deny. After we had even hand put on themselves sprint the boys suddenly. The evening entertainment was rather boring, one time per week party with dj, unfortunately not on the beach (Robinson Club can a bit better) is really not a lot. Otherwise lectures, crab races or a movie, not really great. The guests are all very pleasant and quiet, german, english, french, international, decent people and no sauf and gröhl public. But: our euphemism for lots of guests was: ' badly dressed sleeping pills'!-) Love people - even if a most fun resort with less strict dress code, you can relax in the evening also nice clothes! A Puma or Nike shirt with bermuda shorts in the evening? Next time press i such a time a tip into your hand thus the decent attracts. There were unfortunately many (men). So i was hotelier: i would a dress code fixed and the people for changing chic! A beautiful hotel, the could be even better, if the guests a bit more would try. Dancing? The girls bob on the chair, the boys stare straight ahead and at 22 o'clock it goes into the privacy of the water villas! You had to know that, if you're here wants a vacation, we enjoyed it anyway and we would gladly come again! read more
  • Room
    5.8
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    5.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    6.0
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    6.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    6.0
  • Service
    5.0
    Competence (handling complaints)
    5.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    5.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    5.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    5.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0
    Quality of the beach
    6.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    6.0
  • Hotel
    5.5
    Condition of the Hotel
    6.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    5.0
  • Location
    5.0
    Proximity to shopping areas
    3.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Transportation connection and available excursions
    6.0
    Other leisure activities available
    5.0
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Lea
Unbelievably beautiful...

  • 5.4 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Proof of booking
  • Beach holiday
  • December 2012
A dream and pure relaxation. We felt very good. Our water villa was great. We were all around satisfied. read more
  • Room
    6.0
    Size of the bathroom
    6.0
    Cleanliness & linen change
    6.0
    Room amenities (TV, balcony, safe, etc.)
    6.0
    Size of the room
    6.0
  • Gastronomy
    5.8
    Atmosphere & furnishings
    5.0
    Quality of food and drinks
    6.0
    Overall cleanliness in the restaurant and in the dining areas
    6.0
    Variety of food and drinks
    6.0
  • Service
    5.0
    Competence (handling complaints)
    5.0
    Reception, check-in & check-out
    5.0
    Friendliness and helpfulness
    5.0
    Staff's knowledge of foreign language
    5.0
  • Sport & Entertainment
    5.0
    Quality of the beach
    5.0
    Overall condition of the pool area
    5.0
    Leisure activities (e.g. sauna, tennis, entertainment, etc.)
    5.0
  • Hotel
    5.5
    Condition of the Hotel
    5.0
    General cleanliness of the different areas
    6.0
  • Location
    5.2
    Proximity to shopping areas
    5.0
    Distance to the beach
    6.0
    Transportation connection and available excursions
    5.0
    Restaurants & bars in the area
    5.0
    Other leisure activities available
    5.0
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Arlen & Jochen
As there is nothing to moan!

  • 5.8 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • December 2012
For a long time we looked on the internet the different hotels in the Maldives looked at us and then for the veligandu decided. The key criteria were: - not too big, with 75 rooms on the Maldives rather small - good value for money (on which naturally very high Maldives-price level) - no familieninsel - rooms in very good condition - beautifully green - water villas in comparison to other hotels without large surcharge read more
  • Room
    6.0

    The water bungalows are wonderfully arranged. We were at the northern tip of the we had asked (141). So we always had a 800 metre walk through the great green island to eat, which we actually thought was rather pleasant. You can get everywhere without shoes move, but on the hot bar to the bungalow are shoes advisable (there were everywhere there were foot showers too was available). The rooms are huge with a large bed, sofa and great terrace with ladder into the sea. As the ladder very smooth, one begins now even rubber mattresses funding. In the evening can one wonderful on the large terrassenliege sit down and the bungalowlichtern untemr house rays and sharks watch. The mini bar- and coffee corner, we have actively used. Two nespresso kaspeln are daily included, we had but also what brought. Although we ' only all-inclusive (for the price of half board) had booked, we were all-inclusive plus and said, something else there would be not any more (?). Therefore we could also some drinks from the minibar can be used free of charge. Water is always there. Everything was daily refilled. The bathroom can be opened completely, has 2 sinks and a large shower, and toilet. Directly attached is a further, screened porch with jacuzzi and bi-fold for the sea view in the 'bubble'. You really need the jacuzzi not really, and he is doing from time to time in the cleaning a few noise, but great it is to be ☺. Air-conditioning was quiet and quick. Large closet, kofferecke and safe are also available.

  • Gastronomy
    6.0

    The food is great. We often good food only the quantity determined. We found it especially good here, that glut reasonable was and more the quality good was. Live cooking of noodles, finest meat and fish were daily and all meals. The courts at the buffet were extremely varied and good. For our taste the desserts all way too sweet, but if you like has also here no reason to moan. Why here a restaurant à la carte is needed is not clear. Next to the restaurant there was also the bar, open all day long. Here at least for all inclusive-guests all important included in the price and you could really intimate atmosphere and will enjoy. But also here it would be good, the a or other cocktail a little less sweet to make. So tasted all in about the same, in other words very sweet!

  • Service
    6.0

    The staff is very courteous and you can have a high service level speak. The rooms were for our taste too often cleaned, the only male staff all spoke enough english. If you especially original bed drapings (flowers, swans and such romantic fuss) need is rather go wrong here. Who it clean, tidy and technically well maintained need, is just perfect!

  • Sport & Entertainment
    5.0

    The pool is really great arranged, but what should you, if you from its cabin directly into the sea go can. Otherwise, the sports offers the island for the rather small really good size. You can play badminton, the staff at the soccer game watch or help, canoeing, and billiards, Kicker, tischtemnnis and playing darts. Furthermore will windsportarten as catamaran and surfing offered, unfortunately we were always for too few wind if appointments and ultimately had to the fun miss. Absolutely one should snorkelling and the best private, well suitable equipment bring along. Already under the cottages you can watch some fish and small reef sharks see, but it was worth only correctly, if you (despite mulmigen feeling) to atollkante swims. Here you can see turtles, moraines and all kinds of colourful schooling fishes. Of course, you can also directly from the kayak out or a guided snorkel tour join in (which we the crab races won). In the evening there was always a small program. Either the prof. Diving school via unterwasservideo before or there are english-speaking presentations on the Maldives. Particularly funny was the krabenrennen. Because very few people participated (you have to be to paying drinks-the best what not included in the all inclusive package was out) and no one outpaced has, we have the first two prices with only two cappuccinos (which we also still drink smell) cleared. Next to the 4 hours-snorkeling (2 people) were there to 15 one-minute willkommensmassage (for every guest) still 30 minutes for one person mood. Spa girls from Thailand were really great and the massage is very recommendable. You would the massages or trips however additionally pay, so is the added time very nice in the money. Especially good we found the disco evening with good mixed, current pop and dancemusik. Unfortunately we were next to 4 other, the only on the dance floor. Clearly, there is no party island, but why must the especially present young couples already so early to bed go? Not even at the bar there were after 21 o'clock lots of people to see. That was a little bit of a pity, since all participants much effort and in the morning always the waiter asked, whether one evening with the program was.

  • Hotel
    6.0

    For a long time we looked on the internet the different hotels in the Maldives looked at us and then for the veligandu decided. The key criteria were: - not too big, with 75 rooms on the Maldives rather small - good value for money (on which naturally very high Maldives-price level) - no familieninsel - rooms in very good condition - beautifully green - water villas in comparison to other hotels without large surcharge

  • Location
    6.0

    The veligandu is maledivenweit more nearby the capital male, is then but so far away, the transfer with a seaplane auslieferung (20 minutes), one thing really fun and a Maldives holiday somehow belongs. The ' nord -Ari' or ' rasdhuu' said atoll include only eingeboreneninsel and the really big urlauberinsel kuramathi, the however only weak on the horizon to see. Otherwise the really small atollring only through sandbanks and some small zwischeninseln coined/shaped.

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Christian
Tips for veligandu

  • 5.7 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • November 2012
Everything has already been mentioned several times, so i liked here are some tips for the stay in veligandu or to the Maldives give. With a flight Emirates one has a suit-case with 30 kilogram per person freely. The flight with the water-plane from male to the island of veligandu, you only had one suitcase with 20 kilogram per person freely. The hand baggage becomes mitgewogen and there were 5 kilogram per person freely. Each kilos this is with 2 $per flight, since return, so with 4 $will be charged. Like a restructure bags to bags and bags to hand ... baggage in Emirates still be useful, in male everything came to a Waage. With a flight Emirates one must in Dubai change. If one on the long flight to Dubai still occurs, what one forgot pack, not a problem, at the airport Dubai there is everything. From the 7.-BMW on the washing machine up to your bathing suit. The airport reminded rather of a shopping mall with a mode of transport. Thus no panic in the airport Dubai after the right business look out hold. On veligandu there was a small shop, the for its standards, a decent choice has to offer. This is not full collection represent, only rather to reassure serve, if one on the way (so Dubai after male) still a bit hollow is, what one forgot: Shaving cream, shower gel, shampoo, deodorant, tampons, body lotion And as nervennahrung bahlsenkekse and chio chips Postcards cost 1 $, stamps also 1 $. Wlan gives it only in the bar, 1 hour costs 10$, 2 hours 15$ and a whole day 20 $, but on the first two variants a and out-log and remaining restminuten to another day use. read more
  • Room
    6.0

    There is in the room a nic-nacs and two capsules volluto. Capsules are every day once (!) Refilled. There was also instant coffee, but fresh brew, tasted he simply the best. The next fresh coffee (apart from the breakfast) there are at the bar and the around 500 to 700 metres, so, dear nespressomaschineninhaber, lieblingskaffee stangenweise and take on the terrace in the middle of the indian ocean enjoy. To all the indicated nespressosystem are not familiar: the easiest is on the internet and also capsules to procure. Alternatively there is the larger cities nespressoläden, in which one probetrinken and could be consulted. For coffee drinkers it is worthwhile itself in any case a few caps of home with you. With our first stay we have before us just blind different kinds of ordered and then on veligandu for the first time try it. They depend on the first night the 'do not disturb' sign out. It lies in the rule on the safe. After a tiring journey and the time lag of 5 hours (veligandu has 1 hour more than male!) , probability very high, that one on the first day want a good nights sleep. You forget the sign, is eventually the times from 8 to 10 o'clock (short note: 3-5 hours german time, so much to the subject of 'sleep in'), the room service in the door and would like to the room clean. Small tip: set the holzschild on the soil before their doorstep, because as soon as wind, and this happens almost every night, it proposes against the door and could sleep. On arrival we even got a 3-days valid vouchers for the spa, this is the first morning roughly remember, if at 10 o'clock the phone is ringing and the nice girls from spa ask, whether one because the vouchers already has been received. So if you don't project, an early riser to, then they go on the day of arrival fast in the spa and receive either a deadline, or share them with, that the vouchers not will be able to deliver on. Treat yourself to a or more applications. The girls understand their handicraft and the view during the application is amazing. In the room are stromsteckdose available as we in Germany have, that means there is no adapter necessary. We played our iPad, the cell phones, the cameras and the irons holdings.

  • Gastronomy
    5.0

    The food was magnificent and whine is really of a high standard. For our taste there could have been but to more alternation to give us.   From the bar too few made. There are exactly 3 non-alcoholic cocktails (2 with coconut and 1 with Coca Cola) and the configurations with alcohol are also not the yellow of the egg. We drink in the evening gladly one or another cocktail, but after two evenings already on coffee and soft drinks changed. Since the bar really good equipped, it would time offer, that a real bartender the thekenpersonal teaches how to cocktails right mixes and the offer times auffrischt. Probably is, therefore, the bar only on the days well staffed at which an interesting abendaktion offered, for example crab races or the movie the diving school.

  • Service
    5.0

    There are all of the staff very friendly, courteous and efficient. Partly in the bar but something too quickly just what the clearing of not ausgetrunkenen glasses or cups concerneth. As well as a in the bar after about 10 minutes the bill for signing under the nose held, so that one partly here the impression can win, that one is not allowed. The current guest manager Laura from the Switzerland and the chef is from Germany, so that one partially on german conversation. Also the boss of the service personnel in the restaurant speaks good german. The common language on the island is english.

  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0

    So beautiful the terrace with direct access to sea also, absolutely also times by the pool or at the beach are. Therefore, you had to the soft drinks at the bar not so far and sometimes alternation.

  • Hotel
    6.0

    Everything has already been mentioned several times, so i liked here are some tips for the stay in veligandu or to the Maldives give. With a flight Emirates one has a suit-case with 30 kilogram per person freely. The flight with the water-plane from male to the island of veligandu, you only had one suitcase with 20 kilogram per person freely. The hand baggage becomes mitgewogen and there were 5 kilogram per person freely. Each kilos this is with 2 $per flight, since return, so with 4 $will be charged. Like a restructure bags to bags and bags to hand baggage in Emirates still be useful, in male everything came to a Waage. With a flight Emirates one must in Dubai change. If one on the long flight to Dubai still occurs, what one forgot pack, not a problem, at the airport Dubai there is everything. From the 7.-BMW on the washing machine up to your bathing suit. The airport reminded rather of a shopping mall with a mode of transport. Thus no panic in the airport Dubai after the right business look out hold. On veligandu there was a small shop, the for its standards, a decent choice has to offer. This is not full collection represent, only rather to reassure serve, if one on the way (so Dubai after male) still a bit hollow is, what one forgot: Shaving cream, shower gel, shampoo, deodorant, tampons, body lotion And as nervennahrung bahlsenkekse and chio chips Postcards cost 1 $, stamps also 1 $. Wlan gives it only in the bar, 1 hour costs 10$, 2 hours 15$ and a whole day 20 $, but on the first two variants a and out-log and remaining restminuten to another day use.

  • Location
    6.0

    Veligandu is located in rashdoo atoll, the only another hotel island (kuramathi) has. Therefore there are only very little air traffic.

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Gabriele
Fantastic stay

  • 5.7 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • November 2012
The Veligandu Island Resort has 54 jacuzzi water villas, 10 water villas and 10 jacuzzi beach villas. The island is approximately 600 meters long and approximately 150 meters long. In 15 to 20 minutes you could. The general condition is clean and tidy. During our stay were about 40% austrians and/or swiss, about 15% english and 10% french and german on the island. The average age was at 45 years. read more
  • Room
    5.0

    We had a jacuzzi water villa and the number 143 the jacuzzi water villas are 86 metres ² large. However, this from the villa and two terraces. For the terraces the total square meter counted. The living and sleeping area is attractively decorated and big enough. The tv (big flat screen tv) there was next to the english-speaking news channels, the Deutsche Welle. The mattress was a little too hard. In the foyer are the open closet, the safe, the mini bar and the nespresso machine. In all-inclusive-plus are two capsules daily inclusive, otherwise costs a capsule 4,50 American Dollar. The bathroom is nice and big and had a great shower with two different shower heads. You can also great to 2. showers. Shower gel, shampoo, conditioner and lotion are available and will be refilled. For the plug socket in the bathroom we had a adapter is needed. In the villa there were different outlets. For the desk was no adapter necessary. The window wall from the bathroom to the patio with the jacuzzi can fully be opened. If you have the blinds behind the jacuzzi opens, you can on the sea see. Both terraces are with two sun loungers. The terrace had a table and two chairs, as well as stairs, the into the sea leads. If one from the water, you can relax with a süßwasserbrause shower. My only point of criticism at the villa is, that the outdoor terrace could hardly be used, because there was no sun protection. You can only at complete these rikschas were heaven and shortly before sunset bearable.

  • Gastronomy
    6.0

    On veligandu there are two restaurants. The à-la-carte-restaurant madivaru and the buffet-restaurant dhonveli. The dhonveli restaurant offers meals on a very high level and in view of the size of the resorts also a amazing choice and variety. We were thrilled by the food. Although we 14 days on the island were, was enough variety. Chef has november a gentleman Frank from Stuttgart. His predecessors in recent adventures very praised and these reports on the kitchen were ultimately the reason, why we for this resort have decided. Also under the new chef is the kitchen fantastic. Everything was easy and tasty; a lot of the locals or indian cuisine inspired, the desserts to kneel down. There is also very tasty fruit. The ambiance in the restaurant is relaxed, the dress code legère. Long pants and shirts are not necessary. You can go barefoot or flip-flops. In madivaru restaurant were not we. In the thundi bar it would have been outside the meal times still snacks given. We booked this but never used it, although in our all-inclusive plus package was. However, we have a full moon dinner at the beach booked. The one had to reserve. There are only about 7 tables, the at the beach before the thundi bar be established. Lit up the whole by torches and the starry sky. The dinner cost at 2. 190 American Dollar. Drinks are extra, where not all-inclusive. We have a bottle of decent Bordeaux for 65 American Dollar drunk. The food came from the madivaru restaurant and was very good. It was high the upscale dining. The portions were a little too large. Unfortunately the service bad. After we the table were, it took an hour to the wine and the starter served was. It was so at 21:00 o'clock los and extended indefinitely. Wine and water were not or only very sluggishly refilled. It was simply too little staff. The majority of the guests then self service. This but the overall impression diminished. For good service would have been much more beautiful. The value for money was fair. In Germany you pay for the same food more. The dinner consisted of: 1st bubbly aperitif cocktail, 2. starter (green tea steamed duck breast on roasted artichoke and fennel compote avocado with rogue crabmeat salad), 3. main course ( lightly seared yellow fin Tuna with wild mushroom dust, grilled lobster, grilled beef fillet, red snapper parcel, green beans and peppers wrapped in black forest ham, thick cut chips & risotto), 4. dessert (white and dark valrhona chocolate mille- feuille on raspberry paint), 5. tea or coffee. We had all-inclusive-plus and found the ok. Ultimately everyone has to decide, what for him was the right one. What in all-inclusive-plus not it is, just have to be paid extra. I have here no comparisons. It is important but only, that one to take, what you want and not discussed.

  • Service
    5.0

    The staff was always friendly and accommodating. The colloquial language is english. Some waiters speaks also some breaking german into. At the front desk is a guest carer from the Switzerland busy, who speaks german. Complaints are dealt with immediately. For us the castle was the patio door broken and right on the next day addressed. With the room cleaning we were very satisfied. Our boy was very thorough and reliable all toiletries replenished. The cleaning of the rooms took place during the breakfast and during dinner. The resort offers a laundry service and a doctor on the island. The also has the necessary medicines available. The price list is located in the information brochure.

  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0

    The resort has a library, a games center with billiard table and table tennis plate, and acceptable equipped small fitness centre. For the most necessary things it was enough. It is also a selection of short weights since. The fitness equipment includes once again waited. The library has two computer's. we had for 15 American Dollar two hours of internet and bought this 14 days seamlessly. You can also a cable at the front desk and with the own notebook in the villa log in. We have not gotten and then on the library establishments. The pool is very nice. If you lay there, you get the feeling, behind the pool starts right the sea and you can swim. In the evening the pool of underground lights lit and you can see on the water surface two hammerheads. The beach is great. We liked it particularly at the sandbank behind the thundi bar. Unfortunately the loungers already a bit worn. The chairs by the pool are much better. The beach itself is very clean. However if again and again garbage from the neighboring islands. We have some plastic bottles fished from the sea, the in our villa past driven are. We are open daily at the nearby reef snorkeling. Our lieblingsrevier was from the end of the shelf and then direction dhonveli restaurant. The reef is with struggle marked. We booked reef sharks, rays, sea turtles, moraine, starfish and many colorful fish. Then there was the spa. This we can definitely recommend. We each with three different massages let yourself be pampered and loved it. Massaged in small, beautifully decorated villas.

  • Hotel
    6.0

    The Veligandu Island Resort has 54 jacuzzi water villas, 10 water villas and 10 jacuzzi beach villas. The island is approximately 600 meters long and approximately 150 meters long. In 15 to 20 minutes you could. The general condition is clean and tidy. During our stay were about 40% austrians and/or swiss, about 15% english and 10% french and german on the island. The average age was at 45 years.

  • Location
    6.0

    The resort can be reached from male with a water plane. The pure flight time is 20 minutes. With start and landing it takes altogether about 35 minutes. There are shops the jeweler and in the souvenir shop. Here there is also toiletries, if you have forgotten something. Of entertainment, there is a games center with billiard table and table tennis plate, as well as the evening entertainment in the thundi bar. We were only three or four nights after eating in the bar. There were never lots of people there. The resort offers daily different excursions. You have to in the lists at the front desk record. In our package were included: a boat trip to the sunset and a half-day either to the hotel-island kuramathi or to the native island rasdhu. The boat trip to the sunset was great. We have many dolphins and the sunset was lovely. There is however also days, where the dolphins not show and the sunset is not always ideal to see. We had the hotel-island kuramathi viewed. There, there are the 300 villas, several restaurants, bicycles and shuttles for the guests. I found the contrast to veligandu very interesting. The trip took 3 hours. In addition we have a snorkel excursion with the dhoni booked. This also has 3 hours lasted. We are three different reefs and each 30-minute snorkeling. The guided tour through the staff quarter was also very interesting. The personalunterkünfte itself has not seen. But all the workshops: electricity, the water treatment, the carpentry, the laundry and so on

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Andreas
Repeaters

  • 6.0 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • November 2012
After our last stay 2010 are no major renovations have been made and also not necessary-still everything ok. read more
  • Room
    6.0

    Small wear phenomena ignored here to.

  • Gastronomy
    6.0

    The a or other it might not see, but the food on veligandu is still for a decent increase in weight of the curious eater, gladly try, more than good. My tip: only the small plate to take and what interesting seems to try them-you will be more than full. Much praise goes to clifford at the breakfast bar - always friendly and competent-the best start to the day you can imagine.

  • Service
    6.0

    With drawbacks in the thundi bar, are all the staff the island a model of friendliness and always courteous.

  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0

    I agree with all the points, because many pleased- we did not, but the classic pollpotatoe has enjoyed it. Tip: The housecup in november in the soccer, the guys are really with ambition and very good.

  • Hotel
    6.0

    After our last stay 2010 are no major renovations have been made and also not necessary-still everything ok.

  • Location
    6.0

    A small, but lovely island, with a beautiful reef, including current for snorkelling.

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Eva
A wahrgewordener dream

  • 6.0 / 6

  • Recommended hotel
  • Couples
  • Translated
  • Beach holiday
  • November 2012
We have shortly before our wedding decided our honeymoon at Maldives to spend and are after a long research (among other things. Holiday check. at ) on veligandu on trip advisor. And, it turned out, that it was the absolute right decision! On arrival we were Laura and their team friendly greeted, important information was communicated to us and then we were brought to the room. read more
  • Room
    6.0

    Our room was - as mentioned above - very nice. Large, clean, and well situated!

  • Gastronomy
    6.0

    Normally avoid we buffets, but in this case the chef (Jakob) compliment. It was very delicious and diverse. There was breakfast, lunch and dinner at the buffet! An afternoon snack was from 3:00 p. m. in the bar to be taken. The staff was always very friendly and accommodating. The whole island is a barefoot island- in the restaurant! It was very pleasant even 2 weeks long without shoes, and not to tighten.

  • Service
    6.0

    We had all-inclusive-plus (i. e.. All-inclusive plus mini bar in the room) - and the for us definitely paid off! Considering, a soft drink cost circa 6 Dollar! The room was 1 time/day cleaned and the mini bar refilled. Evenings there was still a kontrollrunde where the bed schlaftauglich has been made. Our room was absolutely clean!

  • Sport & Entertainment
    6.0

    Veligandu offers a great entertainment! Who likes can snorkelling, sailing, scuba diving, soccer play, badmington play, and so on. There is a great beach with chairs and hammocks, and a large pool! A large radix complement we would husseyin -with him we have great snorkelling and a great repertoire of water plants seen (sharks, turtles, moray eels, mussels, fish, rays...)

  • Hotel
    6.0

    We have shortly before our wedding decided our honeymoon at Maldives to spend and are after a long research (among other things. Holiday check. at ) on veligandu on trip advisor. And, it turned out, that it was the absolute right decision! On arrival we were Laura and their team friendly greeted, important information was communicated to us and then we were brought to the room.

  • Location
    6.0

    We had a over-water bungalow with jacuzzi and even our request regarding location was respected. The beach was directly by the jetty from accessible - a dream! The bungalow was located relatively central, whereas veligandu is not large - that means one is you in a flash retired. Loud management there is space for about 160 people, but the spread was good. You never get the feeling long have to wait or space at the beach/pool to reserve.

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