Giravaru Island, North Male Atoll Review

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Giravaru Island, North Male Atoll
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terry newsham's Review of Giravaru Island, North Male Atoll Maldives

8th Apr 2004

Overall Rating

2 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
  • Board Basis
    Half board
  • Customer Service
    4 stars
  • Resort
    1.5 stars
  • Date of stay
    March 2004
  • Accommodation
    3 stars
  • Food
    1.5 stars
Good Points

Staff as usual in the Maldives were excellent.


Bad Points

Very loud Disco that vibrated your room until 13:00 4 or 5 nights a week. Arrogant Mangement. Poor food.


General Comments

If you want the TRUE Maldives experience DO NOT go to Giravaru, yeah, we had a good time and the beach, water, reef were all very good. But do you go to the Maldives to have the windows of your room vibrating until the early hours???? and then when you ask if the bass could be turned down a little I was told that I must have 'sensitive ears', out of the 65 rooms ours was probably further away form the music than at least half of the other rooms and there were a lot of complaints coming in, the rules seemed to be if you are Italian anything is possible, alas if you are not the you are second rate as far as the Management of Giravaru is concerned. Again the facilities were adequate and the reef definately one of the best I've been on, but no..no..no the Maldives is not the Costa Del Sol, Giravaru have got it wrong.

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Members' Comments onterry newsham's Review

  • rowena on 1st Jun 2004

    Thanks so much for your advice, I'm afraid I would have lost it, there's nothing worse than not having enough sleep,
    My neighbor and I went on Black Prince Cruise, she picked cabin, next to lift, at first I thought it was the lift doors I could hear banging all night, but no it was the cabin crews, door behind but under the lift. These doors were made of cast iron, you would never believe the doors would bang twelve times or more in a minute, right through the nights.
    I finished up I think the chief complainer, Did they change our cabins? NO WAY, I had pots of tea in my pyjamas at, 12 am -1 am - 2 am -3 am- 4 am, even went below and asked to speak to the captain, (thought I'm not sleeping why the hell should he), if you want a holiday where you only get two nights good sleep, then go on this ship have a very large room backing on to the lift, one floor from staff quarters.
    Gauranteed no enjoyment, because your too knackered to do anything, Oh! and it went on all day to, so no way could you catch up on sleep, apart from sleeping on top deck.
    rowena2188@yahoo.com

  • fantjamie on 9th Jun 2004

    I AM SO SORRY you had a bad time here. I had a very magical time. Granted I went in Apr-May 1998 and I am Canadian and was at the time a travel agent, I found everything about this place awesome. The people were fun, I didn't have a problem sleeping, I was diving everyday and was so tired at the end, I got to meet loads of people from all over the place, yes including ITALY!!! And they were fun to be with, I guess maybe the resort life isn't for someone that can't enjoy being around people from around the world! My husband is from England and he too enjoyed it as much as I did. When the Island people found out about my wedding anniversary they actually made my husband and I a private dinner on the beach on the other side of the island away from all the noise we had a wonderful waiter with us for the night and got to enjoy the magic the island of GIRAVARU has to offer, Do I recommend this place, HELL YA!