4/5 Good
Nick, Hampshire, UK
Travelled with partner
25 Aug 2020
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I first stayed at Bandos resot 30 years ago. It has changed a lot in this time with a lot more facilities. It is a well run resort and the staff of friendly and professional. Great care was taken to maintain safety control measures because of the Covid 19 pandemic and we felt completeley safe at all times.Because the resort had only re-opened 2 weeks earlie because of the pandemic, not all of the facilities were open, but this was not a problem because occupancy at that time was quite low. At full occupancy, bars and resturants would be very busy and access to the best parts of the beaches more difficult, although all sun loungers were numbered by room.
Our experience was overall very positive, the island is quite close to Male Airport, so the boat transfer is relatively quick, but the capital Male and associated islands can be clearly seen from part of the island, and this together with a significant number of tankers and other large boats temporarilly moored offshore because they cannot dock at Male Port at the moment means that you dont get the isolated desert island feel, particularly at the moment.
The all inclusive menues, being bassed around fixed choices is a bit limiting, although the food was of good quality. The resort is well maintained, although I think more attention could be paid to walking the beaches to collect any litter washed up - I remoived quite a lot over the latter part of the holiday and had to alert staff to collect it.
Overall a most enjoyable.
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2020
