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Located on a private 7-hectare island, the Emerald Faarufushi Resort & Spa has finally opened up its doors and is ready to welcome you. Featuring beach and overwater villas, five restaurants, two bars, luxury spa, water sports and kids club there's experiences here for everyone. And whether you're travelling in a couple or as a family the Deluxe All-Inclusive package covers every aspect of your hideaway holiday so, there’s nothing more for you do to except sit back, relax, and soak up some sunshine. Or for the more adventurous, why not grab a snorkel and explore the local house reef – directly from your Superior Water Villa! Heaven.
Amenities
Kayaking
Snorkelling
Windsurfing
Kids Club
Families
Honeymoon
Bar
Restaurant
Spa
Swimming Pool
Beachfront location
Where is it
In the Raa Atoll, this 20-hectare island is surrounded by 1.5km of soft sand. Transfer time from Malé International Airport: 40 minutes by seaplane (remember to pack light for the seaplane transfer as luggage allowance is 20kg plus 5kg hand luggage, per person).
Hotel information
80 Beach and Overwater villas. All with air-conditioning, satellite TV, iPod docking station, WiFi, tea/coffee-making facilities and daily refreshed mini-bar. Beach Villas have an open-air bathroom and private furnished patio with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults or 2 adults and 1 child.
Deluxe All-Inclusive includes: breakfast (at Aqua), lunch (at Aqua and Beach Club Grill), and dinner (at Aqua, Beach Club Grill, Carnivorous, Mediterraneo and La Asiatique). Selected premium branded drinks, including spirits, international beers, international wines, cocktails and signature drinks, plus soft drinks including in-house mineral water.
Beach Villas with Pool have a front-row access to Faaruhushi’s white-sand beach, and a private covered patio with lounge furniture, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Ideal for families the Family Beach Villa with Pool have a separate twin bedroom, as well as 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults and 2 children.
Water Villas with Pool are located along Faarufushi’s jetty, and feature a patio over the sea plus a private infinity pool with direct access to the water, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Sunset Water Villas with Pool are located along Faarufushi’s jetty, and feature a private covered patio with lounge furniture, private infinity pool, and direct access to the water, with 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults
Superior Water Villas with Pool are located at the end of jetty, and have a private infinity pool, patio over the sea, lounge area, bedroom with walk-in closet, and 1 king-size bed, sleeping maximum 2 adults.
Aqua Restaurant (all-day dining, International buffet restaurant). Beach Club Grill Restaurant (lunch). Carnivorous Restaurant (churrasco style barbecue, dinner). Le Asiatique (Asian mix, dinner). Mediterraneo Restaurant (Mediterranean and seafood menu, dinner). Sunset Pool and Bar. Eclipse Bar.
Spa* with yoga pavilion. Gym. Water sports centre with hobie cats, kayaks, kites and windsurfing. Motorised water sports*. Dive centre*. Tennis court. Kid’s club (3-12 years).
*Denotes local charge.
Please note: to ensure our customer's safety, we are unable to offer over water accommodation to children under the age of 12.
Based on 1551 reviews
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The first and the last honeymoon, and the BEST
Sep 16, 2024Adventure24714899581
I stayed 7 nights and the time was the most valuable moments in my life.
After wedding ceremony, i could release stress and feel relaxed at this resort.
First of all, we want to say thanks to SAM. We could enjoy as much as possible.
She helped to book what we want to do, go, eat everything :)
And all staffs at restaurants were so kind. And their…
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I stayed 7 nights and the time was the most valuable moments in my life.
After wedding ceremony, i could release stress and feel relaxed at this resort.
First of all, we want to say thanks to SAM. We could enjoy as much as possible.
She helped to book what we want to do, go, eat everything :)
And all staffs at restaurants were so kind. And their food was perfect.
The condition of villa was also so clean and neat. The bed was so nice to fall asleep well.
We also experienced lots of programs, such as snorkeling session and yoga. The staffs were professional so we could enjoy all the time.
Though we leave, but we get motivation for a new future. Thanks so much, Emerald Faarufushi.
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Amazing resort and wonderful people
Sep 16, 2024Serdar T
My wife and I had our honeymoon in this resort and we loved it. We stayed for 5 nights and it was absolulety worth the trip. We stayed 2 nights at a beach villa with pool, and 3 nights at an ocean villa with pool.
The resort is newly renovated resulting in the rooms and all facilities being extremely clean and comfortable. I am unsure of the size…
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My wife and I had our honeymoon in this resort and we loved it. We stayed for 5 nights and it was absolulety worth the trip. We stayed 2 nights at a beach villa with pool, and 3 nights at an ocean villa with pool.
The resort is newly renovated resulting in the rooms and all facilities being extremely clean and comfortable. I am unsure of the size of the island relative to the other resorts as this was our first time here in the maldives but it did not feel cramped as we hardly saw any other people, and the islands size allows for nice walks on the beach. The surrounding waters are amazing, the color, the temperature and the clarity. It is windy at the ocean villa, as is the case with most of the islands but the wind did not disturb us instead, felt pleasant. Both villas we stayed in had a nice pool which was extremely satisfiying for relaxing in it. The food was great with a wide selection that changes every day. If you are undecided of where to go and this falls within you budget range, then you should definetly stay at this resort.
Staff is super friendly and helpful. Every staff that we talked to or asked anything of did help us immedeatly. We greatly apprecited the staff and would lile to thank all the staff we engaged with. Additionally, we would like to specifically thank Mr. Elite who took care of us during our stay and the managmenet of the resort for their kindness. We hope to come here again within the next years.
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A trip of a lifetime
Sep 16, 2024Gavin BDes Moines, Iowa
I researched so many islands while figuring out a trip from the states to the Maldives, and settled on Emerald Faarafushi. Reasons I landed here was all inclusive, the overwater villas, variety of food and general reviews.
It hit on every note. Met the representative at Male airport and taken to check luggage and seaplane terminal. We were on our…
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I researched so many islands while figuring out a trip from the states to the Maldives, and settled on Emerald Faarafushi. Reasons I landed here was all inclusive, the overwater villas, variety of food and general reviews.
It hit on every note. Met the representative at Male airport and taken to check luggage and seaplane terminal. We were on our island with 2.5 hours of landing in Male, was seamless.
We loved our room, we did sunset overwater villa. We originally booked superior but down graded to not have a jetty in our view. The room was amazing and we loved lounging.
The restaurants were all so good. The drinks were fabulous.
Make sure to do teppanyaki while here, it was a standout and we weren’t expecting that. Medeteranio was also so good with the best views. The Asian was one letdown for us but otherwise all good!
Make sure to head to the sunset jetty for snorkeling, was amazing right there.
I’d pass on dinner at the sunset jetty, nothing that special for the price.
The eclipse bar for drinks is great and way underutilized!
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A perfect resort and the best vacation ever!
Sep 16, 2024Jenna F
A perfect resort with excellent services, amazing rooms and facilities, beautiful views, nice food and wounderful snokeling environments nearby the reef areas. During the 4 nights here, we relaxed ourselves thoroughly. We went for snorkeling every day, enjoyed the nice sunset fishing trip and sunset yoga, swiming in water villa pool every night…
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A perfect resort with excellent services, amazing rooms and facilities, beautiful views, nice food and wounderful snokeling environments nearby the reef areas. During the 4 nights here, we relaxed ourselves thoroughly. We went for snorkeling every day, enjoyed the nice sunset fishing trip and sunset yoga, swiming in water villa pool every night while watching the starry sky and wake up to see the sunrise right in room every morning. The staffs on this island make us feeling welcomed every day in every minute. It was my husband’s birthday on the last night of our staying, and our butler Nicole together with our housekeeper and the dinner restaurant staffs have helped setting up a nice suprise for him. Sincerely thanks to Nicole and all the staff here for providing us a wonderful memory! Highly recommend you to pick this resort and you’ll never regret!
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Nice service. Sunset view
Sep 15, 2024yifei w
Our villa host,Elite, was very kind.The experience of snorkeling was good,we saw baby shark.Nice view of sunset.The Carnivorous restaurant was the best I thought and I had two meals.The wifi in the island was good.Sea fishing is very average, and dolphin hunting is recommended.
The first and the last honeymoon, and the BEST