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Holiday Island Resort & Spa

Luxury hotel on the beach, with indoor pool

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Bar (on property)

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Hot tub
  • On private beach
  • Pool
  • All-inclusive
  • Spa

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Dhiffushi, South Ari Atol, Dhiffushi, South Ari Atoll, 20188
  • Dhigurah Beach
  • Dhidhoofinolhu Marina
  • Maafushivaru Island Beach
  • Maamigili Island (VAM)
    ‪33 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

Bedroom 1

1 Double Bed

Spaces

Number of living rooms
Garden

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Beach/ocean view

Superior Beach Villa

  • 51 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 1 Single Bed

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Two Bedroom Family Beach Villa

  • 102 sq m
  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Single Beds and 1 Double Bed

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Sunset Beach Villa

  • 37 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Dhiffushi

Located in Dhiffushi, Holiday Island Resort & Spa is on a private beach. Dhidhoofinolhu Marina and Maafushivaru Island Jetty are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Ari Atoll and Thun'di. Take the opportunity to explore the area for water adventures such as parasailing and other activities like golfing.

What's nearby

  • Ari Atoll - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Thun'di - 35 min drive - 3.2 km

Restaurants

  • Cafe' Lux
  • ‪Vani Coffee Shop - ‬34 min drive
  • Mixe
  • ‪Maaniya Restaurent - ‬34 min drive
  • Senses Restaurant

About this property

Holiday Island Resort & Spa

Luxury hotel on the beach, with indoor pool
Catch some rays on Holiday Island Resort & Spa's private white sand beach, pamper yourself at the full-service spa or enjoy snorkelling.
Holiday Island Resort & Spa offers 142 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature minibars and a safe. Rooms open to furnished patios. This accommodation offers separate sitting areas. Televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include a combined bath/shower unit, bidets, complimentary toiletries and hairdryers.

This Dhiffushi hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and telephones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottles of water and coffee/tea makers. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered on a daily basis.

A private beach and an outdoor tennis court are featured at the hotel. An indoor pool and Access to hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness centre.

Children aged under 12 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility or hot tub without adult supervision.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

The on-site spa has 21 treatment rooms, including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Massages are available on the beach and in the spa. Other services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages and Swedish massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a hot tub, a steam room and Turkish bath/hammam.

The spa is open daily. Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.

All-inclusive details

All-inclusive room rates at Holiday Island Resort & Spa are available. These rates are higher because they include on-site food and beverages in the room rate (some restrictions may apply).

Languages

English, German, Russian, Thai

Amenities

On private beach
Pool
Hot tub
All-inclusive
Spa
Parking included

House Rules

Check in after 1 PM
Minimum age to rent: 18
Check out before noon
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Pets

No pets allowed, no service animals permitted
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Smoking

Smoking allowed: in designated areas

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 75.00
  • Christmas Eve (24 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 37.50 (from 2 to 12 years old)
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per adult: USD 75.00
  • New Year's Eve (31 December) Gala Dinner per child: USD 37.50 (from 2 to 12 years old)
  • A tax is imposed by the city: USD 12.00 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 3 years of age.
  • Boat transfer per adult: USD 280 (return)
  • Boat transfer per child: USD 140 (return), from 2 to 11 years old

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the fitness facility or hot tub without adult supervision
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision

Frequently asked questions

Does Holiday Island Resort & Spa have a pool?

Yes, this property has an indoor pool and outdoor pool access.

Is Holiday Island Resort & Spa pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Holiday Island Resort & Spa?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Holiday Island Resort & Spa?

Check-in start time: 1 PM; check-in end time: 1 PM.

What time is check-out at Holiday Island Resort & Spa?

Checkout is at noon.

Does Holiday Island Resort & Spa provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Are there all-inclusive benefits at Holiday Island Resort & Spa?

Some rate plans available at this property are all-inclusive.

Where is Holiday Island Resort & Spa located?

Nestled on the beach, this Dhiffushi hotel is steps from Ari Atoll and 2 mi (3.2 km) from Thun'di.

Holiday Island Resort & Spa Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 11 out of 30 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 30 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 30 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 30 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 30 reviews

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ri, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
What a beautiful paradise. All rooms facing the water. Excellent service all around. Would go back any time.
Stayed 13 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

DMITRII

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 10 nights in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

bad

I stayed on Holiday Island Resort since 12th of until 21st of March with bookings from Hotels.com with my family. The initial booking was until 15th but due to CoVid-19 outbreak we were forced to stay here. The manager wasn't willing to do any compromise about the room price and we had to pay from 15th to 19th at normal room price. Our international flight was initially on 19th but the flying company rescheduled the flight to 21st. As the Maldivian government required to all resorts to suspend all check-ins, Holiday Resort was unlisted from all hotel bookings sites on 18th and we were enforced to pay directly from the resort at 20% higher rates than at the entire stay here. Another problem was that we booked a room with breakfast included but at the breakfast time, the waiter told us that we have ONLY room paid! I showed the manager the booking number, finally he admitted I was right. The room design is far from a 4 star hotel, rather a 2 star one. Old furniture, A/C doesn't work properly, many small ants all over the room. The beach is not cleaned , many algaes are on the shore. The only positive part of the vacation here were the waiters and the service people, but they are very kind in every island! In the end, avoid this resort if you want stylish design rooms, and not even mention luxurious ones, or come here if you want to ruin your vacation
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

bad

I stayed on Holiday Island Resort since 12th of until 21st of March with bookings from Hotels.com with my family. The initial booking was until 15th but due to CoVid-19 outbreak we were forced to stay here. The manager wasn't willing to do any compromise about the room price and we had to pay from 15th to 19th at normal room price. Our international flight was initially on 19th but the flying company rescheduled the flight to 21st. As the Maldivian government required to all resorts to suspend all check-ins, Holiday Resort was unlisted from all hotel bookings sites on 18th and we were enforced to pay directly from the resort at 20% higher rates than at the entire stay here. Another problem was that we booked a room with breakfast included but at the breakfast time, the waiter told us that we have ONLY room paid! I showed the manager the booking number, finally he admitted I was right. The room design is far from a 4 star hotel, rather a 2 star one. Old furniture, A/C doesn't work properly, many small ants all over the room. The beach is not cleaned , many algaes are on the shore. The only positive part of the vacation here were the waiters, the chefs and the service people, but they are very kind in every island! In the end, avoid this resort if you want stylish design rooms, and not even mention luxurious ones, or come here if you want to ruin your vacation!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020

2/10 Terrible

Marius

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

AVOID THIS RESORT!

I stayed on Holiday Island Resort since 12th of until 21st of March with bookings from Hotels.com with my family. The initial booking was until 15th but due to CoVid-19 outbreak we were forced to stay here. The manager wasn't willing to do any compromise about the room price and we had to pay from 15th to 19th at normal room price. Our international flight was initially on 19th but the flying company rescheduled the flight to 21st. As the Maldivian government required to all resorts to suspend all check-ins, Holiday Resort was unlisted from all hotel bookings sites on 18th and we were enforced to pay directly from the resort at 20% higher rates than at the entire stay here. Another problem was that we booked a room with breakfast included but at the breakfast time, the waiter told us that we have ONLY room paid! I showed the manager the booking number, finally he admitted I was right. The room design is far from a 4 star hotel, rather a 2 star one. Old furniture, A/C doesn't work properly, many small ants all over the room. The beach is not cleaned , many algaes are on the shore. The only positive part of the vacation here were the waiters and the service people, but they are very kind in every island! In the end, avoid this resort if you want stylish design rooms, and not even mention luxurious ones, or come here if you want to ruin your vacation!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Struttura tenuta molto bene personale fantastico ottima cucina. La spiaggia è molto bella e silenziosa
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 13 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Fantastisk strand, god mat, bra service med vänlig och tillmötesgående personal.
Stayed 10 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We were not informed that transfer from main airport was not included in price of our stay. When we arrived we had to pay $250 each for round trip flight from Male. This was the only negative experience we had. All inclusive (breakfast, lunch, dinner and alcohol) is $75 per day per person. Alcohol has limited hours 10am- 1am and only select items are part of all inclusive package. This island is beautiful with amazing beaches! Trip to Sun island is free but if you have all inclusive it only works on Holiday island but still highly recommend going. Thai restaurant on Sunday island has the best Thai food we every had! All inclusive food on Holiday island is buffet style and is excellent with different options daily. We went on swim with whale sharks snorkeling trip and actually got to see one which was amazing. Don’t be fooled from what we were told by locals it’s not that common to actually see one. Over all this was a great first trip to Maldives. It ended up being almost double of what we thought would be our cost due to transfer cost and all inclusive. We could have booked a much better hotel for what we ended up spending. Highly recommend comparing prices with hotels that included all that’s mentioned in upfront cost.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This trip was my 22 nd to the Maldives at 11 different locations ,the hotel compared very well with previous hotels I have stayed at .I would say that one of plus factors were the staff , at all levels ,and in particular the house keeping,waiting on , and bar staff. The addition of regional airports helps a lot as sea planes were getting expensive and over crowded with long waits at the terminal, now transfers are quick and convenient.This resort gives an excellent experience of a Maldivian holiday ,at a reasonable price,without lose of standards.The facilities on site are very good with a range of sporting and non sporting options, or you can just spend time on the well kept beaches.i
Stayed 10 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

K

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is no house leaf so I cant see any coral and fish in this resort
Stayed 12 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
La spiaggia stupenda...il nostro beach bungalow superior era in una posizione favolosa direttamente sulla spiaggia e vicino alla reception bar e ristorante
Stayed 6 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Alina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Honeymoon stay

We enjoyed our honeymoon there. Very relaxing, calm and the personal are amazing. The water is like out of the picture. Very light blue, very romantic sunrise and sunset!
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Struttura molto carina e ben organizzata, personale veramente molto cordiale ed ospitevole.. isola molto bella con mare stupendo.
Stayed 11 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Anna Malgorzat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
La struttura molto bella , pulizia, gentilezza,cibo buono
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 8 nights in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
L isola merita personale efficiente food pessimo e tutto molto caro
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Nocka, インド バンガロール

Liked: Staff & service

青いビーチの側でのんびり過ごす

スキューバダイビング目的で宿泊しました。部屋の裏手にはビーチが広がっており、ダイビング前後はビーチを散歩したりシュノーケリングができました。ダイビングでは外洋に近い分、ボートで30分程度のポイントでジンベエザメやイルカを見かけることができたため、すごく価値がありました。また、桟橋で毎晩実施されている魚の餌やりは、1m超えのサメやエイが大量に集まってくるので、迫力があります。 ホテルスタッフやダイビングセンターのスタッフはフレンドリーで、ご飯も美味しかったです。値段通りのクオリティだと思います。
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2018
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Brandi , Burbank, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great hotel, great staff & amazingly accommodating

I was booked on another island and had to find a room at the last minute. This hotel was amazing to me and my friends. We arrived on the island around 8 am, long before check-in time, and the staff was great to us. Made sure we had a table for breakfast (even though we were not checked in yet) and worked extra to get us rooms as soon as possible, which they did and we had rooms by 11:15am. I cannot thank them enough for how they treated us and for turning the weekend that started off as a trip from hell to a wonderful, quick, getaway. If I ever have the chance to visit the Maldives again I will stay here for sure.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Bello anche se datato

Bell'hotel su una spiaggia incantevole con la possibilità di recarsi anche su Sun Island ancora più bella
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Katya, Lucca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Relax assoluto

Fantastico, un vero paradiso! Consigliato a tutti coloro che vogliono staccare la spina e dedicarsi al relax assoluto.. lo staff, super organizzato e molto cordiale farà il resto! Per il mare non ci sono commenti.. lascia senza parole..
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

8/10 Good

mauro, milano

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bellissimo

Rientrato da due giorni dalle Maldive e da questo splendido resort.. NATURA e' la parola che descrive al meglio questo paradiso. Hotel semplice, confortevole e molto funzionale. Io e la mia ragazza ci siamo trovati molto bene anche con il cibo, la riservatezza dell'ambiente e con il personale del diving center cordiale. Consiglio vivamente!
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Sam, South Africa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Honeymoon Paradise

We had the amazing opportunity to spend our December 2013 Honeymoon at the Holiday Resort and Spa... Coolly welcomed with a fresh fruit juice! It was the best holiday we've been on by water... From clear waters and white beach sand to a king size bed and ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL CUISINE!!! Well worth the money we spent to be there and absolutely cannot wait to go back!
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

2/10 Terrible

Dr. Salil, Houston, TX

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A Nightmare Stay in Holiday Island Villas

Horrible experience! We were detained upon arrival at Male airport for 3 hours at the specific instructions of Nazeer (or Naseer), the reservation manager because we supposedly underpaid for our youngest daughter, Ananya's reservation who was booked as a child/infant by Expedia although we clearly told Expedia that she is 14 yrs old at the time of booking and she was booked as an adult during the Air India flights between Bangalore and Male. Nazeer forced me to write a promissory note for $600 at Male airport before he let us fly to Holiday Island. Upon arrival at the resort, he made us pay the extra $600 plus the total domestic transportation charges of $1150 (or 5 adults) although it was supposed to be collected at check out. Nazeer was awful, rude and obnoxious and he did not listen to any reasoning. The room 203 was flooded twice on 29th of Dec upon showering and the hotel staff's response time was very, very late during these occurrences. The bathroom toiletries were never provided for our two rooms, 203 and 204 -- no soaps, shampoo and conditioners were replenished. They were reluctant to give extra bath towels at the resorts -- and it was supposed to be a beach resort. The food was generally tolerable, but the Maldavian Night food (29th of Dec) was terrible, food was mostly uncooked and tasteless and uneatable. The restaurant staff was generally unfriendly, rude and inflexible except a few gems of guys including our personal waiter, Aili Ali at the rest., Kamal.
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

CD, Denmark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bryllupsrejse

Vi har lige været på den mest fantastiske bryllupsrejse, hvor omgivelserne og opholdet har været over alt forventning. Øen, resortet, medarbejderne og vejret har været kun været med til at gøre det til en uforglemmelig oplevelse.