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Old Sep 19, 2014, 7:57 pm
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bhrubin
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Originally Posted by xracer
The resort looks lovely and I really like the concept. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. But at 3000EUR per night, it makes most Amans look cheap.

It'll be interesting to see if they can maintain that price point.
I agree. They will need quite the service track record and plenty of included activities (like scuba diving, which is obliquely mentioned but not with any detail on the website) to warrant such a room rate. I agree with a previous poster that for that much money, I'd be more inclined to travel all the way to the Maldives for the Cheval Blanc--or any of a number of Aman properties like Amanpulo, Amanraya, etc.

I suppose the first reviews on tripadvisor and here will start to tell the tale--those on TA.com are largely vague and from reviewers with so few contributions that I find them less trustworthy (and none give ANY good details about dining quality or scuba diving, which I find curious).

I remember when Cayo Espanto in Belize first opened with excessive rates that finally dropped to a more sane level in about a year.
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