VOI Andilana Beach Resort

Overall: A mixed bag. Recommended for Italian package tourists. Otherwise, I'd say go to a different resort - it will probably be equally as nice and you'll save loads of money. Positives: - Amazing location, beautiful beaches and sunsets, superb pool, stunning grounds - Tasty food and great pizza - Malagasy staff all super friendly (especially when you learn a couple of words to say in the local language!) - On-site doctor incredibly handy if you get ill Negatives: - Extremely expensive, especially for Madagascar - Entirely geared towards Italians on package holidays. They arrive en masse, followed by lorry-loads full of suitcases. I don't think a single person there apart from us wasn't Italian. Very weird, feels like you are in some mass-manufactured Italians-only mega-resort. Italian music, Italian announcements, etc. - The overall vibe is that of a cheesy European resort placed in a luxury location. E.g. cheesy shows by the animation team each night in the theatre (in Italian only), or the dance they do on the beach 5x a day everyday (to blaring Italian music). - Bird kept in a tiny cage in the small zoo area, sad to see an animal like that not be able to fly around. - I got food poisoning, not that it's the hotels fault as I get it can be caused by anything! But just weird that I was fine all week previously eating in much cheaper restaurants around the island, then get food poisoning after coming here - It says it's all inclusive but you have to pay for any bottled water that you want outside of lunch or dinner - Some staff e.g. security near the entrance were pretty rude

We found the staff in this hotel to be very unfriendly. In general, the hotel has a bad atmosphere, most of the guests, like us, do not seem to feel very comfortable here. Overall, a loveless and not at all recommendable accommodation.