When you stay at The Barefoot Eco Hotel in Hanimaadhoo, you'll be on the waterfront and 6 minutes by foot from Maldives Climate Observatory. This upscale hotel is within the region of Baarah Dock and Utheemu Palace.
Popular Hotel Amenities and Features
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. After a day at the private beach, you can enjoy other recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, multilingual staff, and luggage storage. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).
Restaurants, Bars, Lounge & Dining options
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the 2 coffee shops/cafes. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Relax with a refreshing drink from the poolside bar or one of the 3 bars/lounges.
Hotel Accommodations and Guest Rooms
Make yourself at home in one of the 64 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Pet Policy for The Barefoot Eco Hotel
If you are thinking of bringing your pet and want to know if pets are
allowed at The Barefoot Eco Hotel, please read the hotel
pet policy. Sometimes the hotel may charge pet fees or have weight limit on pets. The pet policies
of The Barefoot Eco Hotel are listed below.
Pets not allowed
Service animals not allowed
Additional Hotel Details
Professional property host/manager
Gap period enforced between guest stays - 72 hours
Property follows sanitization practices of Safe Travels (WTTC - Global)
Onsite COVID-19 testing (PCR) is available
Temperature checks are available to guests
Social distancing measures are in place
Staff temperature checks are conducted regularly
Guests are provided with free hand sanitizer
Property is cleaned with disinfectant
Cashless transactions are available
Staff wears personal protective equipment
Food service has been amended for enhanced safety
Bed sheets and towels are washed at a temperature of at least 60°C/140°F
Electrostatic spray is used for disinfection
Contactless check-in is available
Essential workers only - NO
No rollaway/extra beds available
Property follows sanitization practices of COVID-19 Guidelines (CDC)
No elevators
Property does not require health documentation at check-in
Contactless check-out is available
Property confirms they are implementing guest safety measures
Contactless food service / room service is available
Individually-wrapped food options are available
Property confirms they are implementing enhanced cleaning measures
Individually-wrapped food options are available for dinner
Individually-wrapped food options are available through room service
Individually-wrapped food options are available for breakfast
Individually-wrapped food options are available for lunch
Commonly-touched surfaces are cleaned with disinfectant
Featured Amenities
The Barefoot Eco Hotel Hotel Amenities
Beach Facilities
On private beach
Beach umbrellas
Beach & pool towels
Beach sun chaise loungers
Business, Conference & Meetings
Meeting Room Facilities
Reception hall on site
Wedding & banquet services
Entertainment & Activities
Evening live entertainment
Couples - Private dining
Fitness Services
24/7 fitness facilities
General Amenities
Beach volleyball on site
Romantic packages available
Grey water recycling system
Bicycle cleaning area
Water sports equipment
Bicycle parking available
Sailboat on site
Bicycle tour information
Bicycle repair station
Sailing on site
Scuba diving on site
Comprehensive food waste policy
Eco-friendly cleaning products provided
Accessible airport shuttle
Recycling
LED light bulbs
Vegan menu options available
Vegetarian menu options available
Reusable coffee/tea filters
General Amenities
Electric vehical charging station
Secured bicycle storage
Bowling alley on site
Ecotours on site
Laundry Room
Safari nearby
Snorkeling on site
Locally-sourced food on site (80% or more)
Sustainability/community reinvestment (10% revenue or more)
Beautiful spot, nice resort with a few weak points
Pros: Amazing location on a perfect white beach, with lovely swimming in the sea. The resort is attractive and well run - mostly German/Swiss/Italian clientele. Staff are friendly. Very good snorkelling and manta excursions. Delicious buffet dinners. Good yoga classes. Very impressive checkout: they sent baggage ahead to airport and obtained boarding passes for us before we'd even left the hotel.
Cons: Some niggles, which should be better at this price point: - Poor selection at breakfast buffet - Extra charge (approx 15USD per day) for snorkelling equipment on top of expensive snorkelling trip - to rent their equipment for a week would cost more than to buy it new, so bring your own - No iron available to guests - Uncomfortably hard beds - Most of the gym equipment didn't work NB The hotel will not accept Maldivian currency. I was told by the hotel rep in Mal to change money before flying to the island, which I then couldn't use! Pretty scandalous really.
Pathak
Wonderful
A very nice and pleasant experience..and the eco concept was nive
Pros: The locationfacilitiesroomstaffeverything was very nice
Cons: Chlorine swimming pool, accepting only credit cards
Nathalie
Very Good
Most relaxing quality stay
Pros: Beautiful and authentic location
Cons: The staff are so friendly but real. Great food also
Irena
Exceptional
I am very satisfied with my stay
Pros: Everything, nice rooms, nice surrounding, lectures in the evening, possibility to buy different excursions
Cons: The only thing I wished was different was the dinner serving time. 8 p.m. was to late for me and my friend. If it was change to start at 7 p.m. it would be perfect.
Tomo
Good
Acceptable quality as first time Maldivian resort experience
Pros: Bed is big, shower is fine. Sunny day beach is excellent, snorkeling as well. water is transparent, no urchins, daisy parrot fish and unicorn fish was really impressive. BBQ was great, torso of lobster was around 40cm. Maldivian massage was explained as deep relaxation program, and it was literally deep relaxation program. I fell into sleep while massage.
Cons: Confusing hotel time, slow internet, many mosquitoes. Bar is far away from the hotel, you need to make 30 min trip with car and boat to drink just 1 glass of alcohol. Dinner time is too short so all the guests gather at the same time and hotel doesn't have enough tables to cover all the guests in new year time, so some guest need to wait until table become available. This is very stressful situation under hungry state, and it's double standard as well because paying same money. Gym facility is old school. The room was explained as soundproof in Booking.com but when I played music in the room not so loudly in daytime, hotel asked me to put less volume because neighbors are complaining about that. That's not soundproof. Sometime electricity stop without notification and if it happened, water stops as well. Sunset was like bronze medal.
Mohamed
Exceptional
Perfect
Susanne
Exceptional
Perfect
Choudhary
Wonderful
Superb
Pros: Everything from checkin to checkout
Cons: Nothing
Chetan
Good
Experience the nature
Pros: Beach front
Cons: very limited options for vegetarians
Sigrid
Very Good
Beautiful holiday by the sea.
Pros: I enjoyed my stay at Barefoot a lot, most of the time I was barefoot in fact. The room was beautiful, overlooking the sea. I loved the yoga practice in the mornings and there was a great selection of food in the buffet table, even for a vegetarian. The beach is absolutely beautiful, very relaxing holiday. I took part in several excursions and the guides always did their best that we would have a fantastic experience!
Cons: No complaints.
Mohamed
Very Good
Very good
Pros: Excellent location
Anonymous
Wonderful
Very relaxing
Pros: Chilled out atmosphere. Half board offered good variation of international food, but the local snacks at the beachside shack were very delicious too!
Cons: Snorkelling gear for rent is too expensive.
Anonymous
Exceptional
Splendid holidays
Pros: Relaxing vibe, spacious room with seaview, very friendly staff, good selection at the dinner buffet. Beachside calm and chilled. Architecture, garden and eco concept very well done! The pool was perfect for swimming and above all the ocean biologist did an amazing job offshore as well as during her tutorials. And yes, you really may walk barefoot all the time ;)
Cons: To further improve the eco concept I would ask the guests for waste separation in rooms as well. Massages were totally nice but could be offered for a lower price. Daily yoga classes were enjoyable but I wouldnt have minded more variations in the yoga programme over the week.
Nataša
Exceptional
Perfect
Anonymous
Wonderful
We had a beautiful stay at the barefoot hotel. The staff was super nice and the beach is stunning. We loved our stay.
Pros: It was clean and sustainable.
Cons: We were missing the traditional Maledivian food. Due to Corona the weekly Maledivian dinner night was cancelled.
Brodie
Exceptional
Perfect
Gábor
Exceptional
Exceptional
Pros: The location of the Hotel is excellent. When You want to go to experience a one-lifetime adventure in the Maldives and You cannot afford the 5-star-resorts bungalow prices, but you don't want to stay at a guesthouse in a local village, or in a cityhotel, the Barefoot Eco Hotel is the perfect choice, I'd return tomorrow. It offers you wonderfull whitesand beach with palmtrees and azure ocean, how you imagine the Maldives, normal catering and other optional services on an acceptable price. The staff is kind and available.
Cons: The place is full of italian guests and some of them are really italian (shouting from long distance to each other, avoiding queues, leaving mess behind,...), but if you manage not to pay attention, or let all of these just entertain you, you're good. The other thing that disturbed us was that on all service the Hotel applies automaticaly 10% of service charge + local tax. Moreover you'll find everwhere tip boxes and in addition the staff comes to you stating that you're free to give them tips. I mean, the catering staff is kind, but sometimes between two mouthfulls you have 3 of them to ask:"hello Sir, how are you, how was your day?!" and on the third day, you feel it too much... Anyway nothing exceptional, I'd really return tomorrow the way it was and it is.