Resort
North Male Atoll, Maldives
Gili Lankanfushi
A private island in North Male Atoll with 45 overwater villas and residences, reached from Male by speed boat and built from teak, palm wood and bamboo.
Price on request
Indian Ocean · Maldives
Maldives
Twenty six atolls, one resort per island, and water you can read a book through.
Our notes
The Maldives is not one place. It is a scatter of coral islands strung across nearly nine hundred kilometres of ocean, and the resort you pick decides the trip. Some sit forty minutes by speedboat from the airport and suit a long weekend. Others need a seaplane or a domestic flight and reward you with house reefs where manta rays are seen between May and November. We tend to steer couples toward the northern atolls for privacy and families toward the resorts with proper kids' clubs and shallow lagoons. Either way, ask us about the transfer before you fall for the photographs. It shapes the first and last day more than anything else.
Stay
Hotels and resorts in Maldives
Resort
Baa Atoll, Maldives
Amilla Maldives
Fifty-nine pool villas and a run of beachfront residences sit across an island of jungle and white sand in Baa Atoll, inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Price on request
Resort
Raa Atoll, Maldives
Joali Maldives
An art-focused private island in Raa Atoll with 73 pool villas and residences, five restaurants and its own House Reef, reached by a 45-minute seaplane flight from Malé.
Price on request
Resort
North Male Atoll, Maldives
Patina Maldives Fari Islands
A 42-hectare island resort in North Malé Atoll with ten villa categories, a permanent art collection and a dedicated children's club.
Price on request
Resort
South Male Atoll, Maldives
Como Cocoa Island
COMO Cocoa Island offers 33 dhoni-style overwater villas above a lagoon in the South Malé Atoll, reached by a 40-minute speedboat from Malé.
Price on request
Resort
Laamu Atoll, Maldives
Six Senses Laamu
The only five-star resort on Laamu Atoll in the southern Maldives, reached by seaplane from Malé, with 94 beachfront and over-water villas built from local materials.
Price on request
Resort
Baa Atoll, Maldives
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru
A private island resort in Baa Atoll's UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, with water villas, reef diving and an Ayurvedic wellness centre.
Price on request
Resort
Noonu Atoll, Maldives
Soneva Jani
At Soneva Jani in Noonu Atoll, overwater villas open to the lagoon with private pools, retractable roofs and slides straight into the sea.
Price on request
Private island
Noonu Atoll, Maldives
Velaa Private Island
Velaa Private Island in Noonu Atoll offers villas, houses and residences up to 1,324 square metres, six restaurants and bars, and a spa built above the lagoon.
Price on request
Resort
, Maldives
Soneva Secret
A thirteen-villa hideaway in Haa Dhaalu Atoll, reachable only by boat, built around privacy, overwater sea lofts and manta ray encounters in open water.
Price on request
Resort
Maldives, Maldives
Jumeirah Olhahali Island
A fifty-five minute speedboat ride from Malé, Jumeirah Olhahali Island is an all-villa resort on a secluded natural island, with five dining venues and an overwater spa.
Price on request
Hotel
, Maldives
Nobu Hotel Maldives
Nobu Hotel Maldives sits on the private island of Munyafushi in Laamu Atoll, with 26 beach villas, 30 overwater villas and a separate collection of island estate residences reached by private yacht.
Price on request
Resort
, Maldives
COMO Maalifushi
A private island in Thaa Atoll reached by a 60-minute seaplane flight from Malé, with beach and water villas, three restaurants and an overwater spa.
Price on request