Elsewhere, you can dive, paddle board, jet ski, wind surf, kite surf, paraglide or kayak – and when your body is finally calling out for some TLC, the Eskape Spa will be on-hand to bring you back to yourself. It features three blissful treatment rooms, a Thai Sala, a relaxation room and a yoga pavilion, all designed to enhance your wellbeing and enhance your mindfulness. That, it most certainly does. Be sure not to miss the Maldivian Ocean Dream Massage.
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After six five days at Nova, I left feeling like there was still so much more to explore: more gym equipment to use, more time to be spent on the island tennis courts, the destination dining to experience and the multitude of other activities that are advertised around the resort from television screens each day. Nova really does prove that those who like to ~do~ on their holiday won’t find The Maldives boring.
Nova, Maldives: the verdict
The calibre of resort in the Maldives is sky-high, with over-water villas, tranquil turquoise oceans and white sandy beaches coming as standard. Nova isn’t the most slick, show-stopping Maldivian resort you could ever dream of staying it, but then again, I don’t really think it’s trying to be. I quite liked that it seems to know its place as somewhere incredibly special – but somewhere young, fun and not-too-serious.
The interiors could be elevated, the evening entertainment a little higher in class, and the outdated neon signs removed from the bars. But: the service is second-to-none, the sunsets otherworldly, the spa indisputably relaxing and the variety of wildlife beyond mood-boosting.
Nova will allow you to visit the Maldives and feel spoilt – without bankrupting yourself in the process. It’ll inject life and colour into your holiday, and serve for the perfect spot to enjoy an extra-special beach escape without the pressure and slight discomfort that comes with staying somewhere you can barely afford.
I genuinely grew to love Nova more and more with every day that passed, and as I sat on my return flight to London, I felt a serious pang of sadness that it’d be a while before I got to perch at the end of Nova’s jetty again, rays beneath me, watching the sun go down at the end of another day.
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