This hotel is exceptional.
We stayed in a deluxe room and it was huge with a lovely big comfortable bed, nice linen, a big bathroom with separate outside bath (shower and basin inside), great wifi and aircon, tinted windows, just perfect.
The hotel is immaculate throughout, the grounds, the pool, the rooms and all of the public areas. It is brilliantly managed and the staff are second to none. This is Sandals quality personal service.
There is dining on the beach with excellent, reasonably priced food.
The pool is a good size and there are lovely sunbeds on the beach, reserved only for hotel guests.
This is the best beach for snorkeling and we saw Turtles every day within a few meters of the shore, literally everybody that rents a snorkel has the chance to get up close to one of these beautiful creatures. A short swim further out and there is an abundance of marine life.
It's a very quiet area of the beach but a 5 minute walk in one direction will take you info the main part of town with all the restaurants, bars and life you could need. A walk in the other direction takes you past lovely small beach bar huts selling cheaper drinks and food and even magic mushroom shakes if that's your thing.
Gili Trawangan is truly a paradise on earth and Villa Almarik is a paradise within Gili Trawangan.
We'll done to the manager and the wonderful staff, we can honestly say that we have never stayed anywhere better and we have stayed in Sandals and Riu resorts throughout the Caribbean.
I cannot recommend this hotel enough!