From the time we step off the speed boat until we step back on the boat to leave paradise Feruza was there to assist us. Feruza ensured that we wanted for nothing…… Phenomenal Service. The service we received and the relationships that we made will make us life long patrons of Anantara Veli - Maldives. The food was superb in all of the restaurants and the staff made it more memorable from Disnika with her warmth and smile to Fog with his attentiveness to detail, Preshna the manager making sure that we experienced every exotic fruit to his teaching of the island. Also Yeye’s culinary expertise. Thank you to all of the staff for making our vacation unforgettable!!!!
Anantara Velli exceeded our expectations. After a long journey from the UK we arrived tired and were underwhelmed as we disembarked the speed boat in arrival. How wrong we were!! The Anantara resort is beautiful. Peaceful, tranquil, crystal clear warm water, sand & resort are spotless ( never gets hot ) fish swimming, the beautiful images you see are the reality here. We had a De Luxe water bungalow, which was spacious and extremely comfortable with a large bathroom and terrace. Wonderful touches from the house keeper welcoming us good morning Etc made us feel special. The food is excellent, superior to what I expected, The Italian, Seafood restaurant & Thai all had wonderful views, great service and greets food. The staff here are excellent, friendly, efficient and warm. I loved that you could get a boat which ran constantly between Dighu & Veli as it provided variety. I understand from the staff that Velli is closing for a revamp & I look forward to returning as I can only imagine it will be even more heavenly. I have travelled to many wonderful places but The Maldives, and this resort is the most wonderful beach resort of all.…
Our stay was absolutely incredible. We were greeted with the lovely reception at the pier after a very comfortable short trip via speedboat. We then enjoyed the brand new beautiful, spacious and quiet over-water villa with a wonderful sunset view and private pool. Ibrahim was our host during our stay - he was always available when we needed him and exceeded with everything we asked for! From helping us get to places, sorting restaurant reservations, to giving us tips for snorkeling spots and having answers to all our Maldives-related questions. The resort and facilities were perfect - all restaurants were amazing, especially Baan Huura and Origami. Roshan and Sony at Origami truly made our night special. For people that like activities, there is more than enough to chose from. We really can't wait to be back. All in all a perfect place to stay and relax and enjoy time away from a busy time at home.…
We enjoyed ever minute of our trip, the refurbishment has definitely made this place look very modernised and beautiful. If you are looking for a small island with your partner or even friends, I would highly recommend this resort. There is a care for attention to detail. We stayed in the overwater villa, this side was the sunrise, very beautiful views. Shoutout to Bokey and “Room boy Nalaa” who were very caring and gave exceptionally great customer service, very friendly people and made our stay extra enjoyable. The only downfall we did experience this time travelling to this particular resort compared to our last was when we were enjoying our food or time together as just us two, the host who would be at your service to cater for your holiday experience would come to visit you at a time you would like to be left alone. There was also a few encounters of a feeling towards staff by the pool and spa trying to up-sell their offers to make you buy more drinks or spa packages and as the resort was a pretty quiet time of year, this meant they were almost every day trying to push more towards you spending more and more. We also found that the host was very smart in doing this also, our last resort would never try to sell you something and you were left alone to contact your host and ask for the services you only needed and wished for. It has put us off visiting this particular resort again, however, this may be only due to the time of year being very quiet, I would not want this to put people off visiting as it is a beautiful resort and the food was exceptionally better on this island compared to the other island you can hop to (Anantara Dhigu). Best restaurants were Origami and Cumin for breakfast and dinner (Indian).…
Stayed about a week for our honeymoon and it was amazing. The service was great, the staff super friendly, the accommodations were modern and clean, the food was tasty, and the resort grounds were beautiful. Would certainly recommend to a friend, is possible ask to have Rifau as your butler he was the best!
It was a fun experience here in Anantara Veli Resort. Everyone treated us really well especially our villa host Rose. She was so helpful all through the trip. We really enjoyed her company. All the staff here is really sweet. We will definitely gonna come here again.
we were there for our 20th year celeb with my wife. Everything was great. Sea, service, food everthing was excellent. .Especialy, our guest relation manager İbrahim was a great host. He was so helpfull , he were there with his miling face and warm communication whenever we need him. 7x24 hours. Thx İbrahim for everything you did for us. And thx Anantara for such a great holiday experience.
In this resort we experienced the most amazing and relaxing trip ever. We were staying in the overwater pool villa. The view from our villa was magical, the food was great and my favorite restaurant was cumin it was amazing thanks to our waiter (abdullah) for his help of choosing the right dishes. And I’m sure we weren’t going to be that satisfied if we didn’t meet our villa host (ibrahim) he made everything possible and easy he really helped this trip to be successful and he did, whatever we need and whenever he helped us with it. Thank you Anantara Veli and Ibrahim for a wonderful and unforgettable trip.
I had the pleasure of spending a week in Anantara Veli Maldives, with a fitness wellness retreat group (Helios Retreats). The resort is a high end paradise well integrated in the Maldives beautiful landscape and waters. We've experienced excellent bungalows, beach set up and facilities, immaculate service, extremely professional and very helpful staff, great activities and food and sensational wellness experiences. One of the strengths of Anantara Veli is the wellness treatments and experiences at the Spa and the breathtaking view Yoga Shala. We were smitten by the illuminating teaching of Brij, in yoga, breathing, posture correction and acroyoga. His massage healing therapies are the best I have ever experienced, and I feel very grateful to have had the opportunity to receive treatments by this charismatic healing master.…
First time to Maldives and considering I’m not a beach person this was one of the most memorable trips for my wife and I. I was celebrating my 40th and the hotel took extra extra with thoughtful messages a cake and champagne in the room!! Ibrahim our host was always there helping us in booking restaurants or tours. Also the experience in Anatara was like no other.
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