{"id":9346,"date":"2022-06-05T19:57:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T19:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/angsana-velavaru-amazing-ocean-villa-maldives\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:06:44","slug":"angsana-velavaru-amazing-ocean-villa-maldives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/angsana-velavaru-amazing-ocean-villa-maldives\/","title":{"rendered":"Staying In An Overwater Villa At Angsana Velavaru, Maldives"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we visited the Maldives for the first time, the original plan was to stay in the Maldives for 2 weeks but somewhere along the line, we got sidetracked by the island beauty that is Sri Lanka and ended up deciding to split our time between both places, spending 5 days in the Maldives<\/a> (6 nights in total) and a week in Sri Lanka<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, Sri Lanka was absolutely great fun but 5 days in the Maldives just didn\u2019t feel like enough time in the Maldives. Although, I didn\u2019t think so at the time, I arrived back in the UK wishing we\u2019d spent more time in the Maldives and subsequently started plotting our return to these amazing islands.<\/p>\n

Planning soon became reality and long story short, before long, we were back in the Maldives and on a sea plane heading to what is easily one of the most amazing island resorts I\u2019ve had the pleasure of staying in \u2013 The Angsana Velavaru<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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We were quickly whisked away, after a pitstop for a cool treat and even cooler towels, to what would be home for the next few days \u2013 an In Ocean sunset villa!<\/p>\n

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Now, the thing about the Angsana Velavaru Ocean villas<\/a> that\u2019s truly special and sets it apart from other water villas (attached to a \u2018mainland\u2019 via a bridge) are that these ocean villas in the Angsana Velavaru are on their own in the ocean (albeit connected via a 5 minute boat ride to the other \u2018mainland\u2019) and it truly leaves you with a very different experience of the Maldives (kinda a bit like \u2018connected-escapism\u2019 \u2013 a totally made up term which I see as sort of eating your cake and having it).<\/p>\n

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Anyway, let me show you around\u2026 (welcome coconut water in-hand of course).<\/p>\n

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The villas here are absolutely huge and it\u2019s the only water villas I\u2019ve seen (in person and on the internet) that has an upstairs bit too. Oh, and let\u2019s not forget about that pool! Don\u2019t let anyone tell you otherwise \u2013 having your own pool is uh-mazing!!!<\/p>\n

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Before we left London, I\u2019d indulged a fair bit at the airport lounge and so the entire flight over to the Maldives, I don\u2019t think I slept a wink, that; coupled with the late nights I\u2019d been having for weeks prior (hence why you sometimes see random blog posts appearing at 3 am UK time \ud83d\ude00 ) and jetlag meant that I was absolutely knackered and had no plans but to eat sleep and eat some more.<\/p>\n

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I made a bee-line for the Azzurro Restaurant<\/a> where I started with calamari before moving on to the lamb and pasta (seems like an odd combo but it totally works) and finishing off with cheese cake (which as you can see from our video there<\/a> \u2013 I just couldn\u2019t get enough of).<\/p>\n

Lloyd went for nachos, a chicken wrap and a fruit and chocolate platter for dessert.<\/p>\n

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Okay, I am not one for comparing places (I tend to think each place should stand on its own merit rather than being given some merit based on its relativeness to somewhere else \u2013 like for example, how to you compare say Marrakesh<\/a> to Hong Kong<\/a> – they\u2019re both fantastic places in their own rights) but I have to take exception with this one and say the food I had at this restaurant was hands-down one of the best I\u2019ve had in the Maldives. Something which surprised me even more considering I went pretty \u2018vanillla\u2019 with the menu and went for pretty obvious choices (for myself anyway) \u2013 it was just so soooo so good!<\/p>\n

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Given all that I\u2019d eaten, I promptly fell asleep right after lunch and awoke just in time for dinner. Thankfully, it started raining while I was asleep, effectively reducing my FOMO (fear of missing out, for the uninitiated) to bare minimum levels.<\/p>\n

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The flip-side of the rain though was that our sunset\/candle-lit beach barbecue, which we had planned for the evening had to be moved indoors but given how amazing this place is (and how surprisingly ravenous I was) you\u2019ll hear no complaints from me. \ud83d\ude42 (Also, coming from the UK, you understand that the rain does whatever it wants whenever it wants and you just need to get with the programme\u2026 \ud83d\ude00 ).<\/p>\n

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The sunset by the way was incredible (even with the rain) and the perfect accompaniment for our barbecue feast\u2026 and yes, I did get the cheesecake again. (By this point, I was certain my early Uni days cheesecake addiction was returning in full-force \u2013 I used to eat family sized cheesecakes all on my own in one sitting back then; something I daren\u2019t try these days for fear of not fitting into any of my clothes).<\/p>\n

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With that, we called it a night (only after being carrying on at dinner for almost 4 hours) and headed back on the boat to our amazing island home thoroughly pleased and very very full! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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