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Adaaran Club Rannalhi is an action-packed, value-for-money resort on its own white sandy island named Rannalhi in South Malé Atoll. The speedboat transfer will take up to 45 minutes. Day or night, there is always plenty to do at Club Rannalhi: watersports by day; theme nights, music, and entertainment by night.
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Adaaran Prestige Ocean Villas
Adaaran Prestige Ocean Villas is a five-star resort within the larger Adaaran Select Hudhuran Fushi on North Malé Atoll. This exclusive resort is ideal for a romantic escape. Accommodation consists of 40 impressive water villas built on the lagoon. There are also several good diving and surfing spots nearby making it popular for water based activities. The airport transfer by speedboat will take up to 25 minutes.
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Adaaran Prestige Vadoo is a five-star luxury hotel situated on its own island named Vadoo in South Malé atoll, only a 15-minute speedboat ride from the airport. The 50 exquisite villas, which include six traditional Japanese style villas, are all built over the water and offer the ultimate in pampering. The PADI-approved dive centre can take you to several shipwrecks nearby. A persuasive top-of-the-range option.
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Adaaran Prestige Water Villas
Adaaran Select Prestige Water Villas is a five-star small resort within the larger Adaaran Select Meedhupparu located on Raa Atoll. The luxurious water villas are built right over the lagoon off Medhupparu Island. Guests here have access to all facilities at the adjoining resort including the Ayurveda Village which is a comprehensive and self-contained wellness centre. Sea plane transfer is 45 minutes.
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Adaaran Select Hudhuran Fushi
Adaaran Select Hudhuran Fushi is a large mid-range island resort situated on its own island on North Malé Atoll. With `Hudhu’ meaning white and `ran’ meaning gold, it is no surprise to discover that this island of white gold is a tropical paradise The resort is ideal for an active holiday and is a population destination for watersports, scuba diving and snorkelling. The airport transfer by speedboat will take up to 25 minutes.
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Adaaran Select Meedhupparu
Adaaran Select is a large, mid-range island resort perched on a remote coral island named Meedhupparu, a 45-minute sea plane from the international airport. Because of its position, the resort has access to many uninhabited islands, coral reefs and dive sites. There is also a self-contained upmarket area within this resort named Adaaran Select Water Villas which is marketed separately.
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Anatara Dhigu is a five-star luxury resort on the island of Dhigufinolhu in South Malé Atoll, 35 minutes by speedboat from the airport. It is the largest of the three Anantara properties, all of which are linked by a wooden bridge. Large villas offer a luxurious holiday experience.
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Angsana Ihuru Resort and Spa
Angsana Ihuru is a stylish, eco-friendly holiday retreat, with 45 beach villas, on a small tropical island on North Malé Atoll. The island is blessed with palm-fringed beaches, clear ocean waters and a wonderful house reef known amongst divers to be among the best in the Maldives. Angsana are renowned for their award-winning Asian spa retreats.
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Bandos Island Resort and Spa
Bandos is a large resort by Maldives standards but does not suffer for it. It is a comfortable, well-developed destination that is by no means flattered by its 4-star status. One of the earliest resorts to open in the Maldives, Bandos has grown into a stylish, beautiful, active place for a holiday, with a great reputation for diving and watersports. Only a 20-minuite speedboat to the North Male Atoll.
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Banyan Tree is a luxurious five-star beach resort with an Indonesian feel on Vabbinfaru Island in North Malé Atoll. The resort has 48 a/c villas. The Banyan Tree Spa with its array of traditional rejuvenating massages, has been listed on TripAdvisor 2010 Readers Awards in the category 'Top Ten Spas Worldwide'.
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A sister property belonging to the reputed John Keells company of Sri Lanka, Chaaya Island Dhonveli was opened in 2007. The luxurious bungalows and villas are all located on the beach front or right on the waters of the Indian Ocean. Several restaurants, bars and cafes serve a range of international cuisine. Relax with a massage at the Wings Spa or be more active with watersports or an island-hopping excursion.
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Chaaya Reef Elliadhoo is an island resort that despite its appealing price is nevertheless regarded as one of the best diving destinations in the Maldives. It is surrounded by a good house reef that lets you snorkel right around the island. There is also a shipwreck just 15 minutes off the island and three Protected Marine Areas. Elliadhoo in North Ari Atoll is 20 minutes by sea plane or around 80 minutes by speedboat.
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Contrad Maldives Rangali is one of Hilton’s premium brands and seeks to take luxurious resort living to the utmost. The resort offers three distinctive holiday experiences: the secluded and romantic Rangali island; the fun and active Rangalifiniolhu island and, 500 metres into the sea, the Spa Island with its own water villas and restaurant. About 35 minutes by sea plane from the airport.
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Eriyadu is a remote island resort offering good value for money at the tip of North Malé Atoll. With several good dive spots nearby, Eriyadu is a diver’s paradise. Popular with repeat guests, Eriyadu has 60 simple and comfortable rooms and is set away from most other island resorts with a welcoming, laid back feel
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Four Seasons Kuda Huraa offers elegant living combined with a laid-back feel of a Maldivian village. Only 25 minutes by speedboat from the airport, it is the smaller of the two Four Seasons resorts on the Maldives with 96 bungalows. It has the usual wide range of watersports, one of the Maldives’ largest swimming pools, a strong commitment to children and even offers accommodation on the resort’s luxury yacht.
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Holiday Island is a budget resort set on its own picturesque island named Dhiffushi on South Ari Atoll, 2.5 hours by speedboat, 35 minutes by sea plane. Holiday Island is a sister property to the much larger neighbouring resort - Sun Island. Holiday Island offers accommodation in individual beach bungalows, plenty of activities, and white sandy beaches.
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Island Hideaway, a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, is one of Maldives’ most exclusive resorts. It is not easily reached – many prefer private jet or dock their luxury yacht at the Maldives’ first private marina, others face a 45-minute seaplane trip plus 20 minutes by speedboat – but this 58-acre tropical island offers unsurpassed luxury. Only 5% of the island has been developed leaving the rest in its natural state. Huge rustic-chic villas have much seclusion.
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Komandoo Island is a peaceful and intimate mid-range resort set on its own island ringed with beautiful beaches and an extensive coral reef. The resort will not accept any children under 12 and there is an age limit of 15 in the water villas. It is 40 minutes by sea plane to Lhaviyani Atoll.
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Lily Beach is a luxurious five-star beach resort set on its own beautiful coral island known as Huvahendhoo on South Ari Atoll, 25 minutes from the airport by sea plane. There are 119 stylishly designed beach villas and water villas all with private sundecks and beautiful sea views. Ideal for a family holiday or romantic escape.
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Madoogali is a welcoming and laidback resort that has won the hearts of many repeat guests. This mid-range island benefits from attractive natural vegetation and the beach is excellent. Airport transfer by sea plane will take up to 35 minutes and 2.5 hours by speedboat. Madoogali shows a deep commitment to nature conservation.
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Makunudu is a value for money, high-quality resort perfect for those wanting to chill rather than pursue an active holiday. An all-inclusive Maldives resort perfect for a short break of sun worship, especially for couples, Makunudu’s charm lays in its gentle, easy atmosphere and a few quality facilities and excursions. On the North Male Atoll, a 55-minute speedboat trip from Male.
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Olhuveli is a large mid-range resort with smartly designed villas, several watersports activities, and a popular spa offering a range of relaxing massages. It is acclaimed as a resort that bridges the gap between budget prices and high standards of facilities. Olhuveli’s honeymoon villas, built over the lagoon, are perfect for a romantic escape.
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Paradise Island is one of Maldives’ largest resorts, offering a range of facilities to suit most budgets and is situated on its own partly man-made island - Lankanfinolhu on North Malé Atoll – 20 minutes from the airport by speedboat. A sound mid-range choice for those who like a bigger resort.
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According to local history, the grandmother of the nation’s national hero and ruler, Boduthakurufaan, lived on this island and some of the ruins of an old mosque and pond. Royal Island is now a mid-range resort with a sense of activity and adventure of which the former ruler might have approved. A 35-minute seaplane trip takes you to this lively island.
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Shangri-La’s Villingili is a super-luxury boutique resort set on the southern-most part of Addu Atoll and is the only luxury resort south of the equator. Perched on its own white sandy island named Villingili, this is an exquisite resort covered in lush vegetation. Whether you opt to stay in a beach villa, water villa or a tree top villa, Villingili’s fabulous accommodation will delight you.
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Sun Island is the largest island resort in the Maldives with 354 rooms set on its own island named Nalaguraidhoo which has plenty of natural vegetation surrounded by a turquoise lagoon, house reef and the Indian Ocean. Bags of activities, five restaurants and 11 bars. If you like it big – and good value – consider this. A 35-minute sea plane from the airport.
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Velidhu is a mid-range island resort which is popular with keen divers. The beach accommodation here is simple and comes in the form of 80 individual beach bungalows and 20 water bungalows. An ideal holiday destination for keen divers; a beautiful white-sand island with rustic accommodation and no distraction from tv or Internet. Twenty minutes by sea plane from the airport, or 90 minutes by speedboat.
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Viventa Taj Coral Reef is a luxurious beach resort on Hembadhu island in North Malé Atoll, a 45-minute speedboat trip from the airport. One of two Taj properties in the Maldives, it sits on its own small island surrounded by a lagoon, house reef and the Indian Ocean. Snorkelling and scuba diving is rewarding here.
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