Soneva Gili Resort and Six Senses Spa | Maldives
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Soneva Gili is located in one of the largest lagoons in the Maldives, with jetties threading across the crystal clear water out to spacious over-sized villas that provide spectacular water views of the ocean from every room. Apart from the sparkling waters, the tiny island provides a very intimate atmosphere fused with luxuries of the highest international standard to create a wonderfully serene and natural experience – continuing the Soneva philosophy of Intelligent Luxury.
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Accomodation
Soneva Gili offers just 45 sumptuous over-water villas including 7 Crusoe Residences and The Private Reserve reached only by boat. Each villa has not only been designed and built with the utmost attention to detail, but are also environmentally-friendly and reflect the harmony of life by the water’s edge. Each has its own private water garden and sun decks with bathrooms having a separate shower accessed along an open-air walkway.
Soneva Gili Villa Suites (210 sq.m.)
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Soneva Gili Residences (250 sq.m.)
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Soneva Gili Crusoe Residences (250 sq.m.)
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Soneva Gili Private Reserve (1,400 sq.m.)
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Resort Facilities
Guest Services at Soneva Gili include:
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Dining
Dining experiences include romantic moonlit dinners on the deck of your villa, a sunset champagne cruise on a traditional dhoni or dinners in the underground Gourmet Cellar – the settings are as memorable as the cuisine. From the fine wines to the excellent malts, the resort has achieved a reputation of providing guests with unique dining experiences.
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Amenities and Leisure Activities
Complimentary Amenities – [min of 3 nights stay]
Leisure Activities
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Honeymoon Amenities [min of 3 nights stay]In addition to the above amenities, honeymooners will receive the extra benefits
Water Sports and Tour Center
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Six Senses Spa
The Six Senses Spa offers everything expected and some things unexpected with glass floor-panels beneath massage tables heightening the sensual experience. An extensive a la carte menu provides a holistic experience with traditional pampering and signature therapies in addition to doctor-assisted Ayurvedic programmes with yoga. Private Spa Suites are also an option with several villas.
Spa Menu
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The Soneva Gili and the Environment
The core purpose of Six Senses Resorts & Spas is ‘to create innovative and enriching experiences in a sustainable environment’. The theme behind Soneva Gili is ‘Intelligent Luxury’, with the resort displaying a high level of care and attention to the environment whilst providing all the modern day luxuries you would expect at the most exclusive resorts.
The resort has certainly left no stone unturned in their pursuit to provide an uncompromised level of service and standards afforded to guests. However they seem conscious that the fragile environment that they live in is one of their main attractions. Thus the resort has tried to minimize the impact made by development and have deliberately left some stones as they are. The choice of building materials and interiors was dictated by a desire towards sustainable development; hence the absence of rainforest teak, coral, or turtle shell. Materials such as pine, telegraph poles, palm wood, bamboo and plantation teaks are used instead. Interior items such as water hyacinth (the reeds that clog rivers), and papier-mâché (old newspapers covered by rice paper) demonstrate a good use of waste products.
As a hotel operation the management also understand that growth and prime existence should make a difference in the local community. Each year the resort carefully invests 0.5% of annual revenue in projects that produce socio-economic returns to the communities and create differences in the livelihoods of the local people.
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2 COMMENTS
This looks like the place to go on a dive holiday – Hopefully this winter ~;:
wow, what a resort. i never thought of Maldives as a holiday destination before, but now i really want to go.;:
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