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Expect nothing but a perfect summer island paradise getaway with the Naladhu Maldives
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A perfect setting for the perfect getaway. Thats what comes into mind when it comes to the Naladhu Maldives! Experience delightful powder white sand and turquoise lagoons glazed with a azure horizon. Your search for the perfect vacation ends here at the Naladhu Maldives.
Accomodation
Guests of the Naladhu Maldives stay at ultra luxurious houses instead of just rooms of bungalows. All houses come with its own villa master who are on call of anything guests need 24/7. Do not shy from your requests because they are trained to attend to each and every imaginable whim. The whole idea of the houses is for guests to get the feel of ”their own private beach house” at the Maldives.
Dining
Great memories are always accompanied by great food. The restaurants of the Naladhu Maldives like the Flavours offers three dining options and a wide range of cuisines from international and Thai delicacies. But what is encouraged in the Flavours restaurant is to challenge the chefs to tailor your own meal. Indulge in a savory personalized dining experience at the restaurant or even at your own “house”. Another famous restaurant is the Baan Huraa Thai Dining, it means small coral reef in Thai. It is located on a small location off the island that is connected with a boarded walkway between Naladhu resort and the neighboring resort Bodu Huraa. Even the short walk to this restaurant is a magical treat, experience the sun and the view of azure waters while walking for about a minute on the boardwalk. At the end of the bridge feast your eyes on this tastefully decorated restaurant, the food is just amazing. The adventurous types would go for authentic hot Thai food which is perfect for a sunny breezy day! This Thai restaurant cannot be more authentic because even the staff is Thai!
The Spa
Why else would you go to a getaway! Of course you have to be pampered and rejuvenated. Choose from a wide variety of in-house treatments to restore your soul and to take away the toll of the urban grind.
Recreation
Whether its scuba diving, snorkeling or kayaking the Naladhu Maldives offers the perfect setting. Kayak to the nearby deserted island or waterski over a placid emerald lagoon, all water activities here are a treat! The Naladhu is also a great place for surfers then the tide is right. A handful of famous surfing destinations are just a quick ride away from the Naladhu. Also available are Surfing programs or packages by Tropicsurf guaranteed to give you a great time learning! Scuba diving is always a great choice in the Maldives both beginner and advanced divers are bound to get the best views of the underwater paradise of Naladhu.
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Known all over the world is the high standard of the Hilton Hotels. Now they come to the Maldives and present their take on the wonderful Maldives.
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Welcome to the beautiful Hilton Maldives Iru Fushi Resort and Spa. Surrounded by over 52 acres of white sand and vegetation. The Hilton Maldives is set on the Noonu Atoll and is only a 45 minute seaplane ride from the Male International Airport.
Accommodation
There are 150 majestic villas that offer breathtaking views of the ocean. From ultimately private and serene water villas to the relaxing good for groups beach villas that are hidden inside delightful plants and coconut trees. Villas have their own wine cellars and over sized terraces that are perfect for watching the sunset or a place to spend those lazy afternoons.
Dining
There is a huge plethora of dining opportunities at the Hilton Iru Fushi. The best chefs with the best ingredients prepare the most amazing and delightful meals that will surely spark on your happy side. Lunch at the beach, private barbecues at a sandbar, dining alfresco under the big bright Maldivian sky. Tailor made dishes are most welcome because it gives the chef a challenge and will probably thank you for the experience. Enjoy your food and enjoy life in the Maldives.
The Spa
Set within the island, the spa is a delightful retreat with 20 individual spa pavilions surrounded by tranquility inducing vegetation for privacy. The spa takes a holistic approach to health and wellness with a range of treatments using modern techniques and top of the range products, as well as traditional ayurveda based principles. The complex also features hydrotherapy pool, steam, sauna, whirlpool bath and relaxing areas for the guests.
Leisure and Recreation
The Maldives is the best place in the world to explore underwater flora and fauna. So make sure you learn or at least try the island hopping and snorkeling. The Hilton Iru Fushi has a PADI Gold Palm Dive Center with multilingual instructors to make sure everyone can learn fast and have a great time fast.
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Make no mistake in having the best summer holiday vacation of your life with the One and Only Maldives Island Resort!
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The One And Only Maldives
This wonderful island resort is a place of wonderful blue ocean and and turquoise lagoons. A jewel among a string of coral atolls, lagoons and white sand. It is a wonderful sunny holiday of privacy, warmth and magic. A promise of great memories food and service and most importantly a promise of satisfaction and fulfillment along with the realization that the wonderful things in this life are just around you. The One and Only Maldives offer the ultimate holiday getaway for those who are seeking the epitome of summer holidays on the best tropical setting in the world. The Maldives! The One and Only Maldives was named one of the best hotel island resorts in the world by Conde Nast UK Travelers. Located at the island of Reethi Rah just 35 kilometers from the HuleHule Airport. Come to the One and Only with style and avail of the 75 minute luxury yacht trip from the airport to the island of Reethi Rah.
One and Only Maldives Accommodation
With 130 villas to choose from; those who frequent the Maldives always recommend the Water Villas because they provide the exceptional experience of privacy and oneness with nature at a level that no land based or bungalow can provide. The water villa of the One and Only Maldives is situated above the crystal azure waters of the lagoon, giving you direct access for easy breezy snorkeling and cooling off with split level verandas and steps directly to the ocean. The water villas are connected by walkways from secluded points on the island. Providing a truly private and intimate natural experience. The villas have outdoor covered terraces to enjoy the azure horizon of the Indian Ocean. Of course other villas are also available for all discerning guests.
The One And Only Maldives Dining
The One and Only Maldives incorporates with its restaurants a innovative and fresh cuisine state of mind. Guests shall enjoy a level of service and culinary creativity that is unsurpassed in tropical island resorts. With only one aim and that aim is perfection. The resort features its own organic Chef’s Garden and special items such as high quality and hard to find kinds of beef, pork and spices. The One and Only Maldives dining experience can be described as perfect through passion and flair!
The One and Only Maldives Activities
For those who want to experience the height of relaxation and rejuvenation the Spa of the One and Only Maldives is a sure bet. Located at a secluded area of the resort with expansive relaxation lawns and manicured gardens the One and Only Maldives The Spa commands a immense space with spectacular views of the ocean. The natural and healing therapies are conducted in eight luxurious treatment villas, each with its own thatched roof and designed to instill a deep soothing effect via the environment. Guests must try getting treatments on the over-the-water double treatment suites.
Scuba Diving at the One and Only
It is usually a great idea when in the Maldives to Scuba dive or at least do some snorkeling. Why? because it is the best place in the world to do so! The One and Only Maldives is a within proximity of the best Thilas, giris, drop-offs, corners, channels, and wrecks. The One and Only is probably one of the best and safest places to learn Scuba diving. The highlight is probably the 1981 Wreck of the ship the Maldives Victory which is now currently a Rastafari protected marine area with excellent turtle and manta rays lurking around.
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The first private island resort in the Maldives! Celebrate life and experience what we mean by tranquil seclusion!
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Kurumba Maldives Island
Kurumba gets its name from the coconut trees that grow abundantly all over the island. The Kurumba Maldives is the first of its kind; a exquisite private island resort. Experience true serenity and tranquility at the island of Kurumba. Go barefoot and stroll with a carefree whim; dine under the stars and the moon on the beach or wherever you please. A beautiful panoramic view of the island as the azure shoreline glows surrounded by a turquoise lagoon and a natural breakwater of weathered corals.
The Kurumba Maldives Accommodation
Kurumba Maldives Beach Villa
The Kurumba has a very unique and different approach to its villas. The villas are designed in such ways that they provide 100% privacy and at the same time a high level of comfort and technology without disrupting the tranquil feel of the island. Guests who stay at any of the villas that are available can expect high quality service and amenities. The rooms are very well arranged, designed and the feel is so relaxing upon entering the villas that you immediately feel a the toll of the urban grind being carried away by the sweet smelling cold breeze as it passes through your sun kissed villa.
The Kurumba Maldives Cuisine
Kurumba Maldives Boat Dock
There are nine different restaurants at the Kurumba Maldives each with its own special cuisine where you can indulge yourself with the best food made with the best ingredients by the best chefs. There are seven cuisines to choose from the line up of Kurumba Maldives. These meals can be enjoyed in so many different ways from romantic candle lit dinners or grand buffers with live bands and disco. The Kurumba Maldives takes pride it its specialty in private dining; a Crusoe dinner at the Kurumba Maldives is a cruise across the vast azure ocean into the sunset aboard a private yacht. Another popular private dining option that the Kurumba Maldives offers is the Pontoon Dinner wherein guests will dine on a floating Pontoon at the middle of the sea and served with an amazing barbecue meal with only the moon and the soft ripple waves as company; the service comes with a bottle of champagne and includes a 3 course dinner and of course a personal butler.
Kurumba Maldives Dining
The Kurumba Maldives Scuba Diving
The Maldives is a world renowned diving spot because of its natural geographic formations known as atolls which are majestic upside down volcanoes that are perfect for marine life and all kinds of coral growth. The Maldives is known to house the best dive spots in the world and no Maldives tropical island paradise resort has no PADI or any other scuba diving school attached to it. The Kurumba Maldives housereef is no different; it is home to live coral growths on volcanic mountains which means thousands of different sights, scenes and magnificent fauna for paradise divers!
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A new fresh approach on the Maldives experience with big large tents!
Welcome to the Banyan Tree Maldives
Where all your island resort paradise dreams come true. Come to the Maldives and let Banyan Tree treat you to a world of tranquility and luxury. Give in to the temptation as the powder white sand and the azure crystal clear waters beckon. With a exclusive cluster of Tented Pool Villas for the ultimate in resort service. The resort is inspired to look like a desert island but don’t get it wrong there is nothing dull or barren about the Banyan Tree is it merely for decor with looks wonderful with the sun shining brightly all the time.
Banyan Tree Private Dining
The Banyan Tree Accommodation
On the freestanding cluster of Tented Pool Villas there is a plethora of functions and features that can be had. Just as one can expect from a top notch hotel resort. The Villas easily inspire a relaxing environment, it also has a high range of luxury services and luxuries that will surprisingly does not disturb the natural flow of the ambiance. A feat that we cannot ignore is the outdoor showers and the service of that oh so attentive island host. Let there be no mistake, the guests of the Banyan Tree have the island all for themselves exclusively. Let loose and enjoy paradise!
Banyan Tree Dining Experience
The Boa Keyo restaurant was named after a indigenous tree that grows around the Maldives. Serving a plethora of delightful Asian and Mediterranean cuisine. Make sure you grace the outer decks as we did so you get a amazing view of the ocean while enjoying a very good meal. Private In-Villa dining is the pride and glory of the Banyan Tree. Enjoy a tasteful in villa barbecue with a wide selection of glorious meat and seafood right at your villa, Goodtimes! We also recommend the Sandbar dining for a unique private experience. The icing on the Banyan Tree dining experience comes in the form of the Madi Dining Experience, Dine on different islands on a master sailing yacht. All you have to do is make arrangements and the rest will be island paradise heaven.
Banyan Tree Scuba Diving
Scuba Diving is a must for those who desire aquatic adventure. A full list of world renowned dive sites are available for a whole spectrum of beginner or advanced divers. The Banyan Tree resort also houses a fully equipped highly capable PADI dive centre.
The Soneva Gili is the Maldives’ first over-all-the water resort. All villas are water villas coupled with the world renowned Six Senses Spa what more can you ask for?
Welcome to the marvelous island paradise of the Soneva Gili!
The Soneva Gili is a mere 20 minute boat ride from the Male international airport. Upon arriving you immediately notice that the resort is located at one of the largest turquoise lagoons in the Maldives. The Soneva Gili is a special place for us. Come and experience Soneva Gili make it yours too.
The Soneva Gili Accomodation
The villas are huge and oversized is definitely a understatement, all the villas in the Soneva Gili are over the water villas. The view of the azure ocean and skyline from every villa is breathtaking. The design of the island resort and the villas are marvelous, a perfect blend of ultra high luxury and technology without disrupting the natural feel of the island. The Soneva Gili does deliver on its claim on “total privacy” with all the luxuries and such a high level of service and privacy the Soneva Gili is hard to beat. Enjoy the cantilevered sun deck on your villa, and while you do have someone take a picture the sun deck on the villas create an amazing illusion that the sunbathers are floating on water and believe us it feels like it too. How’s that for a unique villa feature?
The Soneva Gili Dining Experience
Here, guests of the Soneva Gili shall experience true paradise. The wonderful scenery and experience should be as good as the food. The dining is as good as it gets, we were able to request for a moonlit dinner on our villa and the Main restaurant is just so delightful. The Main Restaurant of the Soneva Gili is located at the west side of the Lakanfushi, has an amazing breakfast menu and of course is able to fill in the requests of those discerning gourmands. There is a Over-Water Bar and Lounge and it is glorious, the mere sight of the establishment will send you to excitement. It offers light meals and a lunch buffet of Mediterranean, fresh of the garden salad, daily fish catch, a delightful array of imported meats and my personal favorite sushi. For those who want a little at-home dining experience, we recommend the Private Villa Barbecue service. Oh that glorious meat and seafood while lounging away with drinks at the privacy of your own villa. It does not get any better than that.
The Soneva Gili Receational Activities
The island resort follows suit to a no shoes no news philosophy, A total disconnection from the urban jungle an escape from the daily grind can be achieved at the Maldives. Scuba diving at the Soneva Gili is highly recommended because world renowned dive sites are within the vicinity and a mere 10 minutes away from the island resort. The Soneva Gili has its own highly renowned fully equipped PADI certified diving schools.
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