228 SQM
Beach Pool Villa
One bedroom · 228 m² · 2 guestsA beachside room set in tropical garden — private pool, white sand a few steps off the deck, Malé a faint shape on the horizon.
Distinctive Retreats · arranged by avé
SO/ Maldives, at a glance.
A design-led retreat for guests who want art-deco swagger with their barefoot mornings.
- Design-curious couples and families after graphic style over driftwood neutral
Prices come with our reply, for your dates
- Transfer
- 15 min speedboat from Velana8 km out
- Villas
- 8027 beach, 53 over water · one to three bedrooms · all with pool
- Dining
- Three signature roomspan-Asian, Mediterranean, Levantine · plus Pavilion Bar and 24-hour in-villa
- Spa
- Wellness Camp4 treatment rooms, Vichy rainforest shower, sauna, steam, ocean-view gym
- Family
- Kids Clubteen game room · family villa with kids' capsule pod
- Board
- Breakfast · Half-Board · Full-Board · All-Inclusive
The retreat, in full
SO/ Maldives sits on a small private island in Emboodhoo Lagoon, eight kilometres from Malé. The retreat is part of Ennismore's SO/ collection under Accor — a brand built on fashion, art, and a slight irreverence. The result here is a Maldives address that reads less classical-thatch and more graphic line, mosaic tile, and modern silhouette. Eighty villas spread across the island — twenty-seven on the beach, fifty-three over water — each with a private pool, a deck, and open-plan interiors that lean into colour rather than away from it. The dining is split into three distinct registers: pan-Asian with a European turn at The Citronelle Club, Mediterranean and easy at Lazuli Beach Club, and a Levantine signature room at Hadaba perched at the island's edge. The wellness side is a four-room spa with a Vichy rainforest shower, sauna and steam, plus a sea-view gym for guests who prefer movement to stillness. Kids have their own club; teens get a game room and outdoor deck. Sustainability is real here — solar-powered villas, zero-waste dining, Parley and Secure Maldives partnerships, Green Globe certified in year one.
Arrival. 15-minute speedboat from Velana International. We time the transfer to your flight, and confirm it in writing with the rest of the stay.
Worth knowing
- The brand sits inside Ennismore's SO/ collection — fashion-led, art-led, sister to design houses like The Hoxton; the visual identity is graphic and modern rather than driftwood-neutral.
- Green Globe certified in its first year — solar-powered villas, zero-waste dining, Parley and Secure Maldives partnerships that upcycle waste into product.
- The Family Beach Pool Villa includes a purpose-built kids' "capsule" pod with bunkbeds — a designed separation rather than a rollaway afterthought.
- Butler service runs under the "GEM" programme — a brand-specific tag rather than the generic Maldivian butler badge.
- Hadaba is a rare Levantine signature room in the country — Levant cuisine on a sculptural two-storey perch is not the standard atoll move.
Gallery
The retreat, seen.
Villas
The villas, category by category.
8 villa categories at SO/ Maldives. Sizes and occupancy are the retreat’s own — enquire about any one directly.
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228 SQM
Lagoon Beach Pool Villa
One bedroom · 228 m² · 2 guestsA beach villa turned toward the lagoon — same footprint, different view, sparkling water and the open sea beyond.
238 SQM
Family Beach Pool Villa with Capsule
One bedroom + kids' capsule · 238 m²A modern-organic beach villa with a designed kids' pod tucked into the plan — bunkbeds, a separate world, parents' room intact.
120 SQM
Water Pool Villa
One bedroom · 120 m² · 2 guestsPerched above the lagoon — private pool, reef access at the ladder, a glimpse of Malé in the distance.
120 SQM
Ocean Water Pool Villa
One bedroom · 120 m² · 2 guestsOver the open ocean — pool on the deck, snorkel ladder into the reef, nothing between the bed and the horizon.
322 SQM
Two Bedroom Lagoon Beach Pool Loft
Two bedrooms · 322 m² · two-storey · 4 guestsA loft staged over two levels with a master and a twin — steps off the deck and onto the lagoon's white sand.
240 SQM
Two-Bedroom Ocean Water Pool Atelier
Two bedrooms · 240 m² · two-storey · 4 guestsAn over-water residence on two floors — pool, wraparound decks, two bedrooms, ocean on every side.
410 SQM
Three-Bedroom Ocean Water Pool Atelier
Three bedrooms · 410 m² · two-storey · 6 guestsA two-storey atelier built for a group — wraparound decks on both floors, private pool, three full bedrooms strung along the ocean line.
Dining
The tables, venue by venue.
4 restaurants and bars at SO/ Maldives, with menus where the retreat publishes them.
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Pan-Asian with European flair · all-day
The Citronelle Club
A beachfront all-day room — Zen lines, bold modern frame, the kind of place breakfast and dinner can both belong in.
Mediterranean & healthy · day to midnight
Lazuli Beach Club
The pool-side beach club — Mediterranean plates, easy cocktails, art-deco colour notes leaning playful.
Levantine · dinner · semi-formal
Hadaba
A two-storey signature room at the island's edge — Levant flavours, a sculptural staircase, the sea on every wall.
Cocktails & wine · day to late
Pavilion Bar
The drinks room — Levantine notes, old-world wines, the connective tissue of the island.
Meal plans · arranged with the retreat, adjustable on request
- BreakfastMornings included
- Half-BoardBreakfast & dinner
- Full-BoardAll three meals, daily
- All-InclusiveMeals, drinks & more
Beyond the villa
What fills the days.
What SO/ Maldives does well, with its own schedules and menus where it publishes them. Open one to read it.
RetreatThe design register
Ennismore's SO/ collection — sister to The Hoxton line — gives the island its graphic identity. The villas are the gallery; staying is the visit.
DiningHadaba
A rare Levantine signature room — Levant cuisine on a sculptural two-storey perch, not the standard atoll move.
IslandThe green ledger
Green Globe certified in its first year — solar-powered villas, zero-waste dining, Parley and Secure Maldives partnerships upcycling waste into product.
Wellness Camp
Four treatment rooms, a Vichy rainforest shower, sauna, steam and an ocean-view gym — compact, graphic, and entirely in the retreat's fashion-led key.
Honeymoons, anniversaries, birthdays
Occasions here arrive art-directed — the couture key means a vow renewal or a birthday gets staged like an editorial, fifteen minutes from the runway. Tell your correspondent the brief; the retreat does the rest.
A day at SO/ Maldives · a sketch, redrawn for you
- First light
The pool before the sun
Every villa holds one — the lagoon beyond it for the braver first swim.
- Morning
The lagoon
Emboodhoo's protected water — paddle it, sail it, or cross to the sandbank.
- Afternoon
Wellness Camp
The Vichy shower and steam, then the ocean-view gym if conscience insists.
- Evening
Hadaba's perch
Levant plates two storeys up, then the Pavilion Bar holding the night.
Location
North Malé Atoll, and the way there.
- Where
- Emboodhoo Lagoon · North Malé AtollMore in North Malé Atoll
- Getting there
- 15 min speedboat from Velana · 8 km outBy boat
Pair it with a local island
- Maafushi
The traveller's island a short hop south — the local counterpoint to the couture register.
- Thulusdhoo
Surf and a working harbour on the same atoll — the country at street level.
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