HOTEL OCTAVE MALDIVES, Male

Hotel Octave Maldives, located 10 km from Male, offers 14 rooms suited for transit and business travelers. The rooms feature tile floors, light purple walls, Asian-inspired bed runners and pillows, and are fitted with fine beddings and furnishings. Each room includes a flat-screen cable TV, writing desk, safe, ironing facilities, and tea and coffee facilities. Rooms are 9 square metres. Additional amenities include a mini-bar, sitting area, in-room safe, dining table, hair dryer, free toiletries, washing machine, refrigerator, kitchen, dryer, cookware/kitchen utensils, electric kettle, and AM/FM alarm clock. Larger suites have a separate living room with another flat-screen TV, a kitchen area with stovetops, refrigerators, and cooking essentials. Windows open to the call to prayer and local street sounds.

The hotel's restaurant serves Maldivian, Indian, Chinese, and European dishes. Guests can enjoy a meal at Olive, the onsite waterfront restaurant near fishing boats. Breakfast is served without a buffet; a staff member brings juice, water, tea, or Lavazza coffee, a fresh fruit plate, and a plate of eggs, sausage links, toast with butter and jam.

Adventurous travelers may like motor boating, snorkeling, and scuba diving near the hotel. The tour desk assists guests with excursions to tourist attractions. Visitors may want to visit Male Fish Market.

Hotel Octave Maldives sits on a corner of a narrow inland street in Malé, shared by mopeds, cars, and pedestrians. The hotel is in the prime touristic area of Male City, offering access to shopping and dining. Landmarks nearby include Sultan Park, Victory Monument, Medhu Ziyaarath, Male Friday Mosque, Henveiru Park, Grand Friday Mosque, Theemuge, Republic Square, Rasrani Bageecha and Tsunami Monument, all within 0.5 km.

The hotel offers a free airport shuttle and free WiFi in public areas. Staff meet guests at the international terminal (a ferry ride away) and arrange taxi or car service to the hotel (a five-minute drive). In the morning, the manager may handle the transfer to the ferry terminal.