Malé Atoll
Kaafu Atoll.
The capital atoll. Malé itself is one of the world's most densely populated cities. Velana International airport, plus over fifty resorts within an hour of the city.
The Retreats
Held in Kaafu Atoll.
Patina Maldives
A modern island, drawn in clean line and quiet colour.
family
One&Only Reethi Rah
A large island with twelve beaches — for the party that wants space.
family · private island
Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi
Three islands held under one register — a luxury house drawn over a private archipelago.
design led · couples · family · eco
SO/ Maldives
Island couture — bold strokes on a quiet lagoon.
family · couples · all inclusive · design led
dusitD2 Feydhoo
Bright island, all hands open — seven minutes from the runway.
family
OBLU XPERIENCE Ailafushi
A short crossing from Velana — all-inclusive ease for the open week.
couples · family
Joy Island
A butterfly-shaped island held for the easy all-inclusive week.
couples · family
Embudu Village
One of the country's first houses — a divers' island, held quietly.
family · couples
Summer Island Maldives
The eco-led Kaimoo house — coral propagation, glass-bottled water, a barefoot register.
family · couples
Bandos Maldives
The country's second resort, opened December 1972 — origin-story Maldives.
family · couples
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa
The first international luxury house in the country — the garden island of the Four Seasons pair.
family
Holiday Inn Resort Kandooma Maldives
The surf-led IHG house — Kandooma Right at the door, the family programme held.
couples · design led · wellbeing
COMO Cocoa Island
All over-water — villas drawn from the line of the Maldivian dhoni.
The Islands
The country, itself.
Thulusdhoo
Two right-handers, a working harbour, and a long shadow of swell.
Dhiffushi
A small island held close to the capital and yet entirely apart from it.
Maafushi
The first inhabited island to open to the traveller — and still the busiest.
Malé
The country's only city, held on a single mile-wide island — and its reclaimed twin, Hulhumalé.
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