The Pool at Niyama Private Islands Maldives

"The energetic vibe, captured in punchy buzzwords — Float (water sports), Quench (spa/juice bar) and Active (computer games, sports simulators, pool table, darts and ping-pong) — should please the more energetic, young and young at heart"

"For eating, there's a deli, where you can get excellent sandwiches to go, a blissfully easy way to enjoy lunch without the normal fuss and formality, while for more substantial fare there's the poolside all-day restaurant Epicure, Nest, a tree house restaurant serving pan-Asian food, African cuisine at Tribal, Italian at Blu and fine dining at Edge, an evening-only fine dining restaurant built over the reef for which you need to take a bespoke boat: yes, it's undeniably gimmicky, but the food is fabulous"

"We do enjoy some leisurely ping-pong and pool and embarrass ourselves playing simulator games, but mostly we loll about like spoiled teenagers"