Six Senses Laamu

Offering an individual and natural style along with the sense of community, the Six Senses Laamu Resort is located on Olhuveli Island of the Laamu Atoll. The intimate yet luxurious resort is encompassed by tropical foliage and pristine azure waters.

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Kuramathi Island Resort

An emerald jewel in the turquoise Maldivian waters, Kuramathi is a stunning island retreat with acres of luxuriant vegetation surrounded by spectacular beaches tapering into an endless sandbank. Villas blend contemporary design and nature, and are set on the beach, amongst lush gardens or over water looking out to the vast Indian Ocean.

Dining options are diverse and many of the six bars offer refreshing cocktails and evening entertainment. A variety of water sports, diving and excursions are also available. The house reef offers hours of adventurous snorkelling and for ultimate relaxation, try some of the innovative therapies available at our spa.
Welcoming and friendly service, all inclusive packages, Bageecha kids club, sports centre, gym, swimming pools, medical centre with hyperbaric chamber, Eco Centre, boutiques, laundry, library, wi-fi internet are just some of the many facilities available to our guests.

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Kurumba Maldives

The original Maldivian resort, popular Kurumba offers quality at great value, along with a convenient location, traditional style, fabulous leisure facilities and sublime hospitality - in cosmopolitan surrounds fringed with delectable beach.

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Sun Island Resort & Spa

It is quite unusual to find a resort in the Maldives which grows its own fruit and vegetables in orchards located in the centre of the island and where you can pick up the phone and have a pizza delivered to your room on a bicycle. With a wide variety of entertainment and sports options, this is an ideal resort for families with older children as well as for young couples. Children will enjoy the large swimming pool, the huge beach that surrounds the entire circumference of the island, the variety of sports and the electronic games centre. Adults will love the dive centre,the romantic atmosphere of the resort and the variety of nightlife.

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Paradise Island Resort & Spa

Welcome To Our Spectacular Maldives Island Resort
Imagine an island right in the middle of the Indian Ocean, with bright white beaches, a lagoon awash in deep blues and aquamarines, and soaring coconut palms swaying in the breeze. This is paradise - Paradise Island Resort & Spa to be precise, an uncompromising destination of luxury and comfort. A network of paved pathways winds through the lush grounds, connecting the oceanfront accommodation , gourmet dining spots , sports facilities , and an inspiring spa - each serving to make your Maldives island resort holiday whatever you’d like it to be. Treat yourself to true tropical-inspired luxury at this alluring Maldives island hotel, where unforgettable experiences await.
- Set on the island known as Lankanfinolhu, located in North Male' Atoll
- Featuring luxury villas and suites overlooking the Indian Ocean
- With fabulous dining and nightlife and a wide range of watersports and recreation
- A fifteen-minute boat ride from Malé International Airport.

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LUX* Maldives

Dhidhoofinolhu is one of the largest islands in the Maldives, 1.8km long and 200m across. It is a real heaven of tranquility, with lush tropical vegetation running alongside 4km of white sandy beaches. The island is surrounded by a magnificent, sheltered lagoon, rich in marine life, with the wonderful spectacle of rays and colourful tropical fish swimming around. In the heart of this beautiful setting, Naiade has added a new jewel in its crown, Diva Maldives. It is a masterpiece, combining the natural beauty of Maldives and a tropical outdoor style of life, close to nature with refined luxury and elegance.

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Anantara Veli Resort & Spa Maldives

Anantara Veli is a soft white sand resort island in Maldives, surrounded by turquoise waters. Nestled on Veligandu Huraa island in the South Male Atoll, Anantara Veli Resort & Spa, Maldives is a brief 30 minutes by private speedboat from Male International Airport.

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Sunsets Photos from Maldives

Sunsets in Maldives can be spectacular, colorfully intense, almost unreal but yet so unbelievable true. View our collection of some of the best and absolutely dazzling sunsets from around the Maldives.

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Six Senses Laamu

Six Senses Laamu is located on the privately owned Olhuveli Island in the Laamu Atoll, towards the south of the Maldives archipelago. With a strong focus on attention to detail, Six Senses Laamu is designed to offer individual style along with a strong sense of community. The result is an eco-friendly yet luxurious guest experience blending natural and diverse design personalities with the island’s lush vegetation.

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Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru

 

Cast away on a secluded atoll in the paradisiacal Maldives archipelago, you experience a sense of magic & romance at the quintessential Maldives all-inclusive resort, Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru.

You’ll find paradise here – catching the sea breeze as you wake up in the morning, diving into the blues of the Maldives and swimming in between wondrous sea creatures, luxuriating in the comfort of your elegant five-star Maldives beach villa or a luxury Maldives spa, and marveling at the beautiful Maldives sunset and magnificent splash of stars in the night.

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MALDIVES HISTORY, CLIMATE AND CULTURE

It is believed that the first settlers of the Maldives immigrated from neighboring countries; these events date back to 5 th Century BC. Traders from Arabia , India , Sri Lanka etc…visited the Maldives to exchange goods during the early days. These visitors contributed much to the language and culture of the Maldives .
Maldivians practiced Hinduism & Buddhism during the early days; a Moroccan Scholar converted the country to Islam in 1153 AD. And since then Maldives has been a 100% Muslim Nation.
The abundance of cowry shells, coir rope and ambergris in Maldives attracted the Portuguese to Maldives . Consequently the Portuguese launched attacks against Maldives until they captured the country in 1558, In 1573 the Portuguese were chased away from Maldives with great bravery of few Maldivian Heroes.

British Influence in the Indian Ocean had effects on Maldives too. They recognized the strategic location of Maldives and offered Maldives a treaty which finally put Maldives under British Protectorate in 1887. Even today historians disagree the extent of freedom Maldives had under British Protectorate. Maldives finally got Independent from the British in 1965. This historic agreement was signed on 25 July 1965 in Sri Lanka . However they stayed in Addu Atoll until 1976. A written constitution did not exist in Maldives until 1932, customs and traditions along with Islamic Shariah formed the Law.
In 1953 the Maldives was converted to a Republic. However the republic was short-lived, after only 8 months the country was once again transformed to a sultanate and lasted a Sultanate until 1968. In 1968 once again Maldives was transformed to republic. On 11 November 1968, Mr Ibrahim Nasir was proclaimed the First President of the Second Republic . In 1978 Mr Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom was elected the President of the Maldives. And the current president Mr. Mohamed Nasheed was elected on 11 November 2008.

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Jumeirah Dhevanafushi

The phrase  ‘getting away  from  it all’  is  redefined by  the  stunning geographical appeal and  seclusion of  the  beautiful Maldivian archipelago, consisting of a string of pearl-like island atolls.
A natural phenomenon  that were once part of  the mountainous  landscape below  the crystal waters of  the Indian Ocean, only two hundred  islands  in the Maldives are currently populated, making this destination the ultimate remote paradise.

Hidden away on the south end of the rich Maldivian  landscape  lies the enchantingly sublime  Jumeirah Dhevanafushi. Instantly  informal and  inviting, carpeted end-to-end  in abundant foliage, this  is where the slow pleasures of unparalleled service and luxury captivate and spoil you. With your own personal butler, the remote luxury offered by this untouched blissful hideaway is truly beyond imagination and compare

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Underwater Adventures at Conrad Maldives Rangali Island

 

At Conrad Maldives, located on the stunning and remote Rangali island, you will discover an Underwater Paradise more impressive than most. Not only does it boast its own underwater Restaurant, the resort offers to take you for a ride in their unique mini-submarine “Nemo”, from which you can gaze in awe at the wonders underneath the sparkling blue surface of the Indian Ocean – experience breathtaking 360 degree views of the resort’s stunning coral reefs and get up close and personal with the island’s own resident Manta Rays, meet sea turtles on their way to lunch, or float with a swarm of surgeonfish. If you’d rather get to know the underwater wonders the old-fashioned way, Conrad Maldives has an excellent dive base that offers courses for novices up to advanced scuba divers – even children from 5 years up can participate with specially tailored classes just for them! Now if this is not a once in a life time experience, what is?

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