Angsana Resort & Spa Maldives Velavaru

Mushla thank you so so much for facilitating our three having the absolute best time at kids clubs. You are so welcoming, kind, caring, wise, fun, creative! Rohan enjoyed playing balls football, catch, girls Annabelle and Elizabeth loved doing their arts and crafts with you. This resort is very lucky to have you. Wish you all the success in the world. Arun and Cathy Kochhar

Everything is excellent right from rooms to restaurant employees were really kind laila at azzuro restaurant was friendly and kind with us. Never miss velavaru. Akash and others in kurudhi pool bar did an excellent job A Kolkata girl missed her name she was very kind and had a great conversation with her.

Super experience once again, every time we come here it feels like a dream. Beautiful view, amazing and very friendly staff. Really nice rooms with a beautiful view as well. Plenty of activities to do around here. The food is very nice and plenty of choices. Both water villa and the island villas are truly a dream.

Better late than never: Holiday took place in April 2024, 1st time to Maldives for Wife's B-day. From arrival to departure we enjoyed this lovely place and it's amazing people! Between the warm waters, beach, pool and perfectly placed bar we enjoyed the water sports, snorkeling at beach and reef, boat trip and visit to the local island (10min by speed boat w a guide - this trip should be more promoted by the hotel as it was great to get a feeling of rhe actual living on an Island and we were invited by a friendly local doing his gardening to taste his coconuts and passion fruit followed by some breadfruit chips) our days went by way to fast. Recommend to go All Inclusive and we had a beach villa with pool where 6 steps took us directly onto the lovely beach and those turquoise waters. Food & drinks were outstanding and always freshly served by the top bar and restaurant team and our Villa cleaned/serviced daily. A BIG thank you to ALL at Angsana Velavaru especially Ana at reception; Raheem who made Omelettes my wife's still talking about; Azzee who had our Villa spotless every day and kept looking after us and Apba, for creating that lovely "crafted" b-day table and always taking care of us! Shukuriyaa... Catherine & Vinnie

The seaplane trip from Male to the island was a terrific experience. Lovely to fly over atolls and impossibly turquoise sea in a 10-seater twin prop plane, sitting right behind the pilot and copilot. After half an hour we dropped off a couple at the Conrad jetty. All very swish with a uniformed meeter-greeter, a porter to take their bags, and a parasol for the short walk to their hotel. It was so quiet walking up the jetty to Angsana reception where we were met by the lovely Safia. She dealt with all the paperwork while we cooled off with damp facecloths, hibiscus tea and little snacks. On our way to the beach villa Safia pointed out the restaurants, pool bar, the spa, the area for the daily feeding of lovebirds. We still hadn’t seen anyone else there! The villa was beautifully cool, a bottle of fizz on ice for us, fresh fruit, a well-stocked minibar and tea/coffee tray. The huge bed was beautifully decorated with a welcome message in flowers and leaves. We looked out onto our own secluded private pool and, just beyond, we could see the sea and the whitest sand I’ve ever seen. (It’s coraline; only 5% of the world’s beaches are coraline). There was a walk-in shower through the sliding doors. And in our walled garden, a huge bath and another shower. It was perfect. The highlights for us were the very customer-centric, smiley staff. They are a credit to the resort. Apart from Safia who checked that we were happy throughout our stay, special thanks must go to Ajija in the restaurant who looked after us on our first night and made a point of greeting us every day. Her smile lit the place up. Sunil in the bar is a terrific ‘Master of the Cigar’; Steve took to him straight away. He and the rest of the team in the bar made sure that we had comfortable seats in the shade/in the breeze, and were very attentive, remembering our preferred drinks, always ready with a smile. We opted for the all-inclusive package and I’m glad we did as the food is excellent — so much choice at every meal and different themes every night. The beach BBQ was particularly good — fresh tuna, reef fish, prawns, squid, beef and chicken all prepared for us efficiently and with good humour. Many of the guests with children seemed to like to dine early. If we went to the restaurant from about 20.15, it had quietened down and we hardly ever had to queue to have any dishes prepared for us. The dessert chef was a firm favourite; he made a real effort to make sure that we tried the featured pudding of the day. And, on our last night there, he decorated our plate with a message in chocolate: “Thank you and come back soon!” I celebrated my birthday while I was there. We hadn’t mentioned it. Imagine my delight as we walked in after our morning snorkel to find the bed decorated with birthday wishes in flowers. That evening we were guided to a table for two, again decorated with flowers and candles. Our two waiters sang ‘Happy Birthday’ and it seemed that all the staff in the restaurant and the bar remembered it was a special day. A very enjoyable feature is the morning snorkelling off the boat which goes to different parts of the reef each day. So many vibrant shoals of fish, turtles, reef sharks and octopus. We took our own fins, masks and snorkels but the Dive Centre has all the equipment anyone might need. We had our own sun loungers and parasol on the beach. I don’t know where other guests went when they weren’t in the restaurant or bar but most of the time we had the beach to ourselves. The sea was very warm, the water very clear and, looking back towards the villas, we saw fruitbats swooping through the trees. The temperature was around 30 degrees and it was humid so our pool was the place to cool down after the beach. It rained a couple of times in the evening which made it more comfortable for sitting out afterwards. The showers came and went quickly. This is not the place if you’re looking for lots of lively late-night entertainment or, for that matter, aerobic/yoga/Pilates classes in the day. There was a Maldivian band with dancers one night for about an hour. There was a karaoke evening by the pool (which is lit up and sparkly at night– very pretty) and there was a DJ another night. Someone said there was dancing, but we didn’t see it. We met a Chinese chap on our last day who was astonished that we’d stayed for 11 nights. He said he’d only been there 4 days and he was bored rigid. I imagine if you don’t care for snorkelling or diving and you’re not keen to kayak or waterski, there’s nothing much to do other than eat and drink and relax. The majority of guests were Chinese/Korean. Only a few Brits there. We were told that Brits tend to visit at Easter and Christmas. There were a few Europeans celebrating wedding anniversaries, big birthdays and honeymooning there. It was a perfect choice for us. Real ‘barefoot luxury’ and as if we were in a Bounty Bar TV add. Very relaxing, lots of life on the reef to look at every day, luxury villa, own pool and terrific staff.