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MALDIVES www.paradisesonline.com 143 North Malé Atoll MALDIVES Tel: +960 664 0088 Fax: +960 6643877 Email: sales@bandos.com.mv www.bandosmaldives.com Bandos Island Resort & Spa Bandos is a beautiful coral island located in North Malé Atoll, about seven kilometres from Malé International Airport. The island is covered by lush tropical vegetation and is fully encircled by pearl white beaches and clear turquoise blue warm waters under a never-ending azure blue sky with abundant sunshine. Comfort, luxury and convenience Bandos offers a wide choice of accommodations. The modern architecture blends perfectly with the tropical surroundings, while maintaining a local feel. Comfort, luxury and convenience are the hallmarks of all 215 rooms, from the ultra-exclusive and luxurious Water Villas, to the Jacuzzi Beach Villas with their beach hut-inspired design and en suite jacuzzi, or the Garden Villas catering for those who wish to remain in close proximity to nature. Rooms are equipped with air-conditioning, mini bar, IDD telephone, TV, tea/coffee making facilities and electronic safe. An international buffet is offered for all meals while the Harbour Restaurant opens for dinner, offering an à la carte menu, and the Sea Breeze Coffee Shop is open 24-hours. Be pampered and rejuvenated at the Orchid Spa with a variety of spa treatments, massages and beauty therapies or check out the sports centre's many facilities including a gym offering aerobics, spin, tone-up classes, steam bath and sauna. Also available are badminton, tennis (hard court, floodlit), volleyball, table tennis, as well as billiards and board games. There are two freshwater swimming pools and a range of watersports activities including snorkelling, windsurfing, catamaran sailing, canoeing, waterskiing, and fishing aboard the resort's custom made charter boat. Bandos' state-of- the-art diving centre Dive Bandos is a member of the internationally acclaimed PADI International Resort Association, and one of the longest established diving centres in the country. Catering to every need, other facilities include a 24-hour medical centre, a childcare centre, babysitting service and a business centre. The Convention Centre offers a conference hall with 450 seats and three meeting rooms, each with a 30-person capacity. This idyllic setting, together with the wide variety of facilities and services on offer, has resulted in Bandos Island Resort & Spa perfecting its role of the "welcoming host".