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.
The Retreat
A portrait, quietly held.
SO/ Maldives sits on a small private island in Emboodhoo Lagoon, eight kilometres from Malé. The house 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.
A design-led house for guests who want art-deco swagger with their barefoot mornings.
Arrival
The way out to it.
15-minute speedboat from Velana International
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Every transfer is held privately and aligned to your arrival window at Velana International — met at the gate, walked through, never queued.
Essential Amenities
The retreat, at a glance.
Gallery
The island, composed.
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The Residences
The villas, held by category.
The full register at SO/ Maldives — drawn from the simplest beach house to the held estate. Pull the rail to read each in turn.
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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 Experiences
The kitchens, each its own hour.
From the signature room held by a single chef to the long-lunch beach kitchen — the dining experiences at SO/ Maldives are drawn for the hour of the day, not the page of the menu.
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Refined
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.
Relaxed
Mediterranean & healthy · day to midnight
Lazuli Beach Club
The pool-side beach club — Mediterranean plates, easy cocktails, art-deco colour notes leaning playful.
Relaxed
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.
Intimate
Cocktails & wine · day to late
Pavilion Bar
The drinks room — Levantine notes, old-world wines, the connective tissue of the island.
Meal Plans
The table, held.
The board bases we hold at SO/ Maldives. Each is arranged with the retreat directly — tell your correspondent which suits, or leave the table to us.
- 01BreakfastMornings included
- 02Half-BoardBreakfast & dinner
- 03Full-BoardAll three meals, daily
- 04All-InclusiveMeals, drinks & more
Held with the retreat · adjustable on request
Wellbeing
The quiet hours.
Wellness Camp
Four treatment rooms, a Vichy rainforest shower, sauna, steam and an ocean-view gym — compact, graphic, and entirely in the house's fashion-led key.
Experiences
The days, drawn out.
What the retreat actually does well beyond the villa line — with its own schedules and price lists where it publishes them. Every experience is arranged through your correspondent.
- 01House
The 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.
- 02Dining
Hadaba
A rare Levantine signature room — Levant cuisine on a sculptural two-storey perch, not the standard atoll move.
- 03Island
The green ledger
Green Globe certified in its first year — solar-powered villas, zero-waste dining, Parley and Secure Maldives partnerships upcycling waste into product.
The Shape of a Day
How the day holds.
A sketched register of one day at SO/ Maldives — the hours we tend to compose around. Yours will be drawn for the company you keep.
- 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.
Occasions
The days that mark.
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 house does the rest.
Bespoke Insights
Held quietly, in writing.
The particulars a brochure would miss — the small notes we keep on this retreat, drawn from the journeys we have composed here.
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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.
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Green Globe certified in its first year — solar-powered villas, zero-waste dining, Parley and Secure Maldives partnerships that upcycle waste into product.
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The Family Beach Pool Villa includes a purpose-built kids' "capsule" pod with bunkbeds — a designed separation rather than a rollaway afterthought.
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Butler service runs under the "GEM" programme — a brand-specific tag rather than the generic Maldivian butler badge.
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Hadaba is a rare Levantine signature room in the country — Levant cuisine on a sculptural two-storey perch is not the standard atoll move.
Pairs Well With
A journey, blended.
Most journeys we compose hold more than one address. These are the local islands a stay at SO/ Maldives blends with — a few nights of the country itself, beside the retreat.
Nearby in the Register
Retreats in the same key.
Begin
A journey at SO/ Maldives.
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