The Mamanuca archipelago has long been a sunny playground for winter-white Australians. Its newest, most hotly anticipated opening is Six Senses Fiji, which pulled open the timber doors on its 24 thatched-roof villas in April this year. The hotel<\/a> group has resorts<\/a> and spas in far-flung locations such as Portugal\u2019s Douro Valley and the Maldives. This is its first foray into the South Pacific, sharing the main island with the six-star, adults-only Likuliku and the quality family Malolo Island resort.<\/p>\n Six Senses hasn\u2019t strayed from traditional Fijian architecture \u2013 you\u2019ll find the requisite pitched thatch ceilings and palm trees, and there\u2019s local seafood<\/a>, coffee<\/a> and beer<\/a> on the menus, which have a strong focus on organic and raw cuisines. The group specialises in wellness and its spa treatments are legendary. Keep an eye out for in-depth sessions focused on meditation, sleep and nutrition \u2013 or just succumb to a serious massage in the resort\u2019s Wellness Village, which it says blends \u2018science and human awareness\u2019.<\/p>\n Expect the necessary accoutrements \u2013 helipad, daily yoga, dive school and a surf academy by acclaimed luxury wave chasers TropicSurf, who take surfers out to Fiji\u2019s most famous (and Kelly Slater\u2019s favourite) break, Cloudbreak. If you haven\u2019t soaked enough, the entry-level hideaway villas each have their own plunge pool and outdoor bathtub. The luxury is balanced by the resort\u2019s sustainability ethos: it is 100 per cent solar-powered, with eco-focused water, waste and chemical management, as well as coral and tree reforestation plans. Rates start at $A1277 ($F2000) for a one-bedroom Hideaway pool villa. sixsenses.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With sparkling, turquoise waters and white-sand beaches, Malolo Island is the classic daydream holiday. The Mamanuca archipelago has long been a sunny playground for winter-white Australians. Its newest, most hotly anticipated opening is Six Senses Fiji, which pulled open the timber doors on its 24 thatched-roof villas in April this year. The hotel group has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[13,29,6],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Beachfront_Pool_Villa_7058-ORIGINAL_opt.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&ssl=1","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2809,"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2167\/revisions\/2809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentialsmagazine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/SSFJI_Beachfront_Pool_Villa_deck_hires_opt.jpg?resize=770%2C507&ssl=1\")
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