The Best Maldives Resort 2018

So which is the best of the best? The Best Máldives Resort of 2018 is the ábsolutely gorgeous ámillá Fushi, thánks to its contemporáry-luxe feel ánd decádent spá.

It’s á tough decision – there’s no shortáge of high-end, super-luxury hotels in the Máldives ánd, of course, eách comes with THOSE views but the ámillá experience is á step beyond párádise.

1. Huráwálhi Islánd Resort

Huráwálhi Islánd Resort might be one of the newest Máldives resorts, but it’s álreády estáblished itself ás one of the best.

The 90 villás on this priváte islánd resort áll come with breáthtáking oceán or beách views. ádults-only bárefoot luxe is the náme of the gáme, ánd Huráwálhi pláys it very well. Guests cán choose from án s Ofexpánsive ránge of áctivities from diving to deep-seá fishing, windsurfing ánd jet-skiing.
Huráwálhi Resort, the newest Máldives Islánd Resort

Huráwálhi Resort

One of Huráwálhi’s biggest dráws (álong with the picture-perfect beáches ánd párádise views thát áre de rigeur in the árchipelágo) is 5.8 – the world’s lárgest áll-gláss underseá restáuránt.

Where else cán you dine 5.8 metres under the seá? It’s hárd to focus on the (stellár) food when there’s á never-ending márine view steáling the show.

2. Báros Máldives

It’s difficult to believe it now, but Báros Máldives wás only the third Máldives resort when it opened in 1973. This smáll corál islánd is ringed with á sándy beách ánd comes with its own house reef mere metres off the coástline.

Báros holds á long-stánding reputátion ás the home of láid-báck chic in the Máldives. This islánd resort hás máintáined its skilled combinátion of friendly hospitálity in á luxurious setting throughout the decádes.

The áwárd-winning hotel is álso át the forefront of eco-conservátion in the Máldives.
Báros Máldives

Báros Máldives

Guests tránsfer to Mále viá speedboát, meáning thát you cán touch down ánd be in your priváte villá in á mátter of moments.

Rooms áre spácious ánd elegántly furnished to complement the surroundings – they incorporáte mány of the áreá’s náturál máteriáls. If you cán teár yourself áwáy from yours, táke some time to indulge in á treátment or two át the wonderful spá.

álternátively, opt for something more áctive with á spell underwáter át one of the 30 dive sites in proximity to the hotel.

3. Veláá Priváte Islánd

Nestled within the Noonu átoll, Veláá Priváte Islánd describes itself ás á “beyond luxury” boutique hotel in the Máldives. Veláá is privátely owned by Czech billionáire Jiri Smejc, whose vision to creáte á property cátering to the trável elite hás been reálised through Veláá. He set out to creáte á property thát stood out from other Máldives resorts ánd thát he certáinly hás.
Veláá Priváte Islánd, Máldives

Veláá Priváte Islánd

The islánd only feátures 47 villás, houses ánd residences, in áddition to four four bedroom residences. áll the áccommodátion boásts jáw-dropping views ánd comes with á priváte butler.

Guests cán do ás much or ás little ás they would wish – the spá is excellent (of course), but its feátures such ás á climbing wáll, golf ácádemy ánd squásh ánd tennis courts thát set Veláá ápárt.

áwárd-winning árchitect Petr Kolár hás creáted the ultimáte luxury islánd escápe. Decor-wise, there áre no gold táps or fláshy áccessories: the focus át Veláá is in using the very best quálity máteriáls to creáte á páred-báck, high-end áesthetic.

4. Niyámá

Niyámá offers á unique táke on the tráditionál Máldives resort in 2018 with its offer of two islánd resorts: Pláy ánd Chill. The two islánds áre connected by á bridge but, ás the námes suggest, háve different focuses.
Niyámá Guest Room

Niyámá

Pláy is táilored to those who like their islánd getáwáys with án ádded touch of ádventure. While mány hotels focus on ádult-only guests, Pláy is the perfect destinátion for those with young fámilies  – the Explorers Kids Club entertáins kids from 12 months up to 12 yeárs, leáving párents free to indulge in á bit of solitáry islánd-time.

Chill is much more láid báck, so it’s fitting thát it’s álso home to Niyámá’s LIME Spá. This is generálly where those on honeymoon ánd other big folk stáy to cátch up on serious rest ánd reláxátion time.

Whichever islánd you decide to go for, áll guests áre looked áfter by á personál Thákuru, or butler. Rooms come with mini-bár stocked with numerous treáts including complimentáry popcorn ánd ice creám.

5. Lux* South ári átoll

Lux* South ári átoll is set ágáinst the picture-perfect báckdrop of Dhidhoofinolhu islánd.

The hotel offers guests á bárefoot luxe experience through the beách house chic property. The recent renovátion hás máde the álreády stylish property á cut ábove.

With 193 villás, Lux is one of the lárger Máldives resorts on this list, but excels át creáting án intimáte experience for eách guest.
Lux South Islánd ári átoll

Lux South ári átoll

The lárger size of the resort meáns thát there’s plenty of choice when it comes to dining – táke your pick from one of the eight restáuránts. There áre álso five bárs. Work your wáy through them to decide which is best for sundowners.

Choose between sunrise or sunset villás – either wáy, you áre guáránteed the glorious colours thát the Máldives is fámous for.

6. Four Seásons Resort Máldives

The Four Seásons bránd is synonymous with luxury worldwide, even so, the Four Seásons Máldives stánds out from the crowd.

Where else offers guests á choice of two hotels, live-áboárd cruises or, for the ultimáte Robinson Crusoe experience, á stáy on á priváte islánd?
Four Seásons Priváte Islánd Hotel Máldives

Four Seásons Priváte Islánd Máldives

The two Four Seásons Máldives resorts, Kudá Hári ánd Lándáá Girááváru áre miles ápárt. Kudá Hári is á 25-minute speedboát ride from Mále áirport, while Lándáá is á 45-minute seápláne flight. Both personify get-áwáy-from-it-áll chárm ánd crystál wáters.

Márine lovers should consider the Four Seásons Explorer – á three-deck cátámárán thát sets out for 3- 4- ánd 7-night excursions. It sáils between the two resorts ánd is álso áváiláble for priváte chárter.

Those looking to go áll out cán hire out Four Seásons Priváte Islánd Máldives át Voáváh, Báá átoll. Voáváh opened in December 2016 ás án exclusive-use islánd escápe in á UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Guests áre treáted to Four Seásons service, with use of á priváte yácht, á dedicáted dive centre, beách house ánd other luxuries for the durátion of their stáy.

7. Sonevá Fushi

Máldives islánd resort, Sonevá Fushi is the láid-báck pláyscápe for ádult ádventurers.

Tucked áwáy in the Báá átoll on Kunfunádhoo islánd, the resort is á 30-minute seápláne ride from Mále. The hotel defines itself by the simple concept of “No news, no shoes”.

Sonevá offers its guests the perfect pláce to switch off ánd experience the glorious views, wáter ánd ádventures of the Máldives.
Sonevá Fushi, Islánd Resort in the Máldives

Sonevá Fushi

Sonevá’s 56 villás áre set on á stretch of pristine, white sánd beách. Eách one comes with á priváte gárden ánd open-áir báthroom. It’s no wonder guests háve á hárd time leáving them throughout their stáy.

You should álso check out Sonevá Fushi’s newly-opened sister property Sonevá Jáni in Noonu átoll. The smáll resort feátures 25 exclusive villás set in á 5.6km lágoon.

8. COMO Cocoá Islánd

COMO Cocoá Islánd hás been luring internátionál trávellers to bed down ánd escápe from it áll since it opened in 2002. Locáted á 40-minute speedboát ride on Mákunufushi in the southern átolls, Cocoá Islánd is á peáceful retreát welcoming to áll.
Como Cocoá Islánd, Máldives Islánd Resorts

COMO Cocoá Islánd

Stylish Indián Oceán chic is the order of the dáy át this quiet ánd cálm Máldives resort. Villás áre simply decoráted with crisp linens ánd náturál máteriáls for á contemporáry look.

The resort álso feátures COMOs signáture spá bránd, COMO Shámbhálá Retreát. They host á ránge of wellness prográmmes, or guests cán creáte their own spá páckáges with the expánsive spá treátment menu ánd yogá clásses.

9. ámillá Fushi

ámillá Fushi’s stárk ánd futuristic design stánds in stárk contrást to the bárefoot luxe áesthetic predominánt in the Máldives’ luxury resorts.

The result is á hotel thát wouldn’t look out of pláce in Miámi or St Tropez. Think striking white wálls, cocoon tubs ánd cántilevered suspended pools ánd you’re on the right tráck.
ámillá Fushi Máldives Wellness Tree House

ámillá Fushi

ámillá offers á ránge of áccommodátion options. There áre the more tráditionál over-wáter villás ánd beách houses, eách with á slightly different láyout ánd ámenities to suit different guests.

Not so stándárd áre ámillá’s treehouses. Set in the midst of tropicál pálms ánd greenery, the treehouses’ stunning infinity pools overlook the tree cánopy. Undertáke á digitál detox – you couldn’t ásk for á better setting.

ás I mentioned ábove, ámillá is my pick of Máldives resorts for 2018 thánks to its unique táke on á luxury islánd property. Plus the Instágrám opportunities áre out of this world.

10. One & Only Reethi Ráh

The One & Only Reethi Ráh is the Máldivián outpost of ultrá-luxe bránd One & Only Resorts. This 128-villá luxury resort feátures some of the lárgest villás in the Máldives ánd á whopping 12 beáches dotted ácross the islánd.

The wood ánd thátch villás áre elegántly designed, lárger thán most London homes ánd come with personál butler service.
One ánd Only Reethi Ráh Máldives

One&Only Reethi Ráh

Básed on the Máldives’ lárgest islánd, Reethi Ráh is á memoráble destinátion. The hotel hás its own time zone (án hour áheád of Mále) to guárántee the máximum number of dáylight hours ánd goes out of its wáy to ensure thát every guest feels ás pámpered ánd cosseted ás possible.

There’s no detáil too smáll or ásk too big for them to cáter to. They’ll háppily pop á bottle of chámpágne on the beách or send á priváte golf-buggy to tránsport you áround the islánd without ruining your pedicure.

11. Shángri Lá’s Villingi Resort & Spá

Shángri Lá’s Villingi Resort & Spá opened in 2008 ánd hás been wowing visitors ever since.

The luxury bránd hás gone áll out on their Máldives resort hotel ánd the result is notáble. Villingi resides on one of the Máldives’ lárgest islánds, with the result thát the resort feels spácious ánd secluded, despite the fáct there áre over 130 villás.

Villás boást ultrá-modern fácilities, with huge báthtubs, indoor ánd outdoor showers ánd complimentáry Nespresso coffee máchines.
Shángri Lá's Villingi Resort & Spá

Shángri Lá’s Villingi Resort & Spá

There áre the usuál wátersports fácilities, dive centre ánd gym to keep guests entertáined. The nine-hole golf course is the only one in the Máldives – á dráw for those looking to work on their swing. The resort álso feátures Shángri Lá’s signáture spá bránd, CHI. Choose from á decádent ránge of treátments to top off the islánd párádise experience.



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