Taking a Holiday to the Maldives - Try Bandos

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Taking a Holiday to the Maldives - Try Bandos

I have visited 8 Maldives resorts in the past 6 years and I have now been to Bandos twice and I can honestly say that I shall be going back! I have tried to present an objective overview in this article for anyone considering visiting it, or who is not sure which island to choose.

Bandos was totally refurbished during 2005 when it was closed for the whole season pretty much and reopened as a new and, in my opinion, beautiful resort. The island resort of Bandos is relatively close to Male, and coupled with natural beauty, great activities and facilities, it is also very family orientated.

As well as the sheer beauty of this island, the food and service here is top class. One of the focal points of the resort is the lighthouse restaurant, which has a white peaked spire, making it the only building on the resort that doesn't have a thatched roof. You will see the lighthouse in most of the marketing pictures for this resort.

The natural beauty of the island is coupled with great food and service here. The lighthouse restaurant is a focal point of the island, with its striking white peaked spire, making it the only building on the resort that doesn't have a thatched roof. The lighthouse takes pride of place in most of the marketing pictures for this resort and is split between two levels, with a lounge bar on the top level and offering panoramic views, and the lower-level haute cuisine restaurant serving a mixed menu of Asian and Mediterranean dishes.

There are 3 different category of room on the resort, as is typical with most Maldives island resorts - water villas, Baros villas and the Deluxe villas. The attention to detail and the workmanship is second to none, and walking into these rooms for the first time makes you feel good about arriving - always important for me. There are designer fittings, concealed plasma Tv, quality coffee maker, and more importantly for me, a well-stocked wine cooler.

All rooms in the resort are in close proximity to the beach or lagoon. With a large comfortable verandah and 24 hour room service many guests tend not to stray too far.

Snorkeling is really good here - and I do like to snorkel, with the reef, which runs around most of the island, being easily accessible. The dive school is run by PADI and has introductory dives in the lagoon for beginners and also can provide you with your open water certificates if you want go that step further from snorkeling. There are approximately 30 dive sites within reach of Baros which offers good potential for some interesting dives. The resort also has a resident Marine Biologist providing talks on the local marine life and accompanying the snorkeling trips and excursions on the house reef.

It is difficult to beat Bandos island resort for a Maldives holiday that will not break the bank, go on, find out more.