"W Maldives just fully refurbished, the new design is super chic and beautiful. White sandy beach with crystal clear water, we’ve seen so many marine life during our stay, truly one of the best house reefs in the Maldives. We had tried all the dining outlets, great quality and high standard, taste amazing. Excellent service from the W team."

"This is our second time at this hotel, and everything is just as wonderful. The villas are comfortable and well-designed: good pillows, firm mattresses, the air conditioner is perfectly positioned (not blowing directly onto the bed), and the housekeeping is always excellent. The food is delicious and varied, both in the à la carte restaurant and at the buffet. The staff is very friendly. The reef is excellent: we saw a variety of fish, turtles, sharks, moray eels, and even an octopus. The access to the sea is convenient, and there are plenty of places to swim with a child (in areas without coral, which is not the case at all Maldives hotels). The beach area is wide."

"This is the twelfth time I have been to Maldives. The biggest highlight of this island is that the food is very delicious. The hotel buffet has a variety of main dishes every day. In the eight days we stayed, there was seafood barbecue one day, steak one day, hot cabbage beef one day, Turkish kebab meat sandwich one day, etc. Anyway, they are all delicious, especially the variety of Western pastries and fruits, which are always changing. Every day, there are fried pasta and salads on the spot, which are very delicious! The hotel water house has a disadvantage that there is no stairs to go into the water (so I suggest not using the water house) because the sea view beach house has stairs at the door to go into the sea, so you can go into the sea to see fish anytime and anywhere, which is very convenient. In addition, the hotel beach is not good, but the diving is great. You can see a lot of fish wherever you go into the water. In addition, the hotel front desk manager is very enthusiastic and attentive. When we proposed to go to the island on the first day, due to the hotel's poor arrangement, we wasted six hours waiting in vain. The manager sent us a return seaplane to compensate for our time loss. Thank you very much. This hotel is very suitable for a trip of more than ten days. My wife and I like it very much and will go there again next time we have the opportunity!"

"Excellent resort, beautiful well-kept grounds, lots of greenery 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻"

"This island was heaven. So picturesque, clean, amazing friendly and very helpful staff. We had a stone massage and it was out of this world. Radhika has magical hands and so friendly and knowledgeable. The restaurant was fantastic, such a variety at every sitting. Thank you Pankaj for the amazing omelettes you cooked me, you remembered all my likes and dislikes and your other dishes were amazing. thank you Jagath for all the wonderful pasta dishes with all those yummy sauces. We will definitely be returning"

"We were a family of three with a 4-year-old child and stayed at this resort. It was absolutely fantastic as a resort in the Maldives. Our child was thrilled the whole time, getting to ride a seaplane, stay in an overwater villa, and interact with wild marine life. We were very satisfied. All the hotel staff were friendly and professional, and we had a comfortable stay without any complaints. We are so grateful. We would love to visit again!"

"This place is perfect for a secluded vacation. Our house was in the ocean with private access to the water. The house has everything needed for comfortable stay🤩 It's amazing to see exotic animals, birds and fish (a loooot of different kinds) 😱 Thank you so much! This vacation was wonderful! 😍"

"We stayed at Ananea Madivaru for 8 nights and had a wonderful holiday. This was my fourth visit to the Maldives but my first stay at Ananea, and overall we had a fantastic experience. The highlights were definitely the food and the villas. Every meal was exceptional, with plenty of variety and consistently high quality. The staff throughout the resort were warm, welcoming and genuinely friendly, and the villas themselves are beautiful—spacious, spotlessly clean and equipped with everything you could need. As the resort is still relatively new, we did experience a few teething issues with our accommodation. However, I have to give special thanks to Hasseen, who handled everything brilliantly. As soon as we mentioned any problems, he responded immediately, arranged for us to move villas when necessary, and made sure everything was resolved quickly. Whenever we messaged our butler, nothing was too much trouble. I do think it would be helpful if guests were informed before arrival that the resort is still going through some snagging and maintenance as part of being a newer property. We personally didn’t mind, as every issue was dealt with efficiently, but I can imagine some guests finding repeated villa problems disappointing at a luxury resort. Between our two villas we experienced a leaking ceiling, rainwater entering around the doors and windows during the monsoon winds, and an unpleasant smell coming from the bath in our Deluxe Overwater Villa that required frequent flushing. The maintenance team were excellent and always responded quickly. The only area where we noticed a real difference in service was housekeeping. In our Deluxe Beach Villa, housekeeping was absolutely exceptional. After upgrading to the Deluxe Overwater Villa, however, the standard became inconsistent. Towels and bedding weren’t changed for several days, there was sand left in the bed, our dressing gowns were taken and not replaced, and amenities such as the vanity kit weren’t replenished, which was frustrating when we needed things like cotton pads. This surprised us given how outstanding the service had been elsewhere. The island itself is beautiful, although we found the beaches a little different from our previous Maldives experiences. Much of the shoreline has a lot of dead coral, making it quite uncomfortable to walk into the sea barefoot, so I’d strongly recommend bringing sea shoes. One side of the island was quite rocky, while another had softer clay-like sand that sometimes made the water appear murky. We also found visibility in the snorkelling channels was often poor during our stay, making daily snorkelling difficult. I’m not sure whether this was due to the season, weather conditions or the island itself, as we’ve visited the Maldives several times in June without experiencing this before. The buggy service was another small challenge. We enjoyed walking around the island where possible, but once we moved to the overwater villas, it became quite a distance "

"Athuruga is an incredibly amazing and magical place! If you have a dream, this place makes it even more beautiful. It feels like living inside a postcard! The food, together with Chef Fernando, was absolutely excellent. He has the incredible ability to make you feel at home, taking care of all those little details that sometimes are forgotten because we have become used to expecting everything to be perfect. But here you find everything: your favourite cured meats, cheeses, pizza, pasta, and even the barbecue… in the Maldives!!! All the waiters are fantastic: kind, friendly, caring, and welcoming ,they almost feel like friends. Layaan is simply amazing, and Abdhull as well… both truly wonderful. The bar team is also fantastic, and the entertainment was incredible, with Giulia singing like a true star! The reef is full of unique beauty, (thank you Francesco, Daniele and Joe) with amazing corals and fish, plus turtles and sharks that make the experience even more unforgettable. We made many beautiful friendships and met so many wonderful people. If we could, we would definitely come back again. And Lea is absolutely amazing! She works incredibly hard to make sure every single moment becomes unforgettable. A dream honeymoon. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making us so happy and for giving us memories that we will carry forever ❤️ Verónica & Luca"