A two/three bedroom villa.
And then there are the flights – while some resorts at the high-end build air transfers in,domestic travel is expensive.
However,a new resort opening in November at least cuts the expense of those intra-country airfares.
SO/ Maldives lies in Emboodhoo Lagoon,a 15-minute speedboat ride from Male’s Velana International Airport – no air transfer necessary.
An overwater villa at SO/ Maldives.
The 80-villa resort is family-friendly,with eight categories of accommodation,all with private pools,and all spacious,ranging from the 120-square-metre lagoon water pool villas to a three-bedroom ocean water pool atelier which gives 330 square metres of space.
There’s also the 238-square-metre family beach pool villa with capsule category,the latter being a sleep pod for the kids.
The SO/ brand,begun as a funkier,fashion-driven little sister to Accor’s Sofitel in 2011,is now under the auspices of Ennismore. It’s a joint venture between London-based entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha and Accor.