Country Info
- Male
- Capital
- Rufiyaa (MVR)
- Currency
- 310,764
- Population
- MV
- Country Code
Maldives Slideshow
Top Hotels in Maldives
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Kurumba Island Resort North Male Atoll
600 reviews -
Traders Hotel, Male, Maldives
70 reviews -
Shangri-La's Villingili Island Resort & Spa Addu Atoll
172 reviews
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Hulhule Island Hotel Male
123 reviews -
Adaaran Club Rannalhi South Male Atoll
208 reviews
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Coco Palm Bodu Hithi North Male Atoll
305 reviews
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Irufushi Resort Noonu Atoll
477 reviews
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Maayafushi Island Resort North Ari Atoll
164 reviews
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Kandooma South Male Atoll
223 reviews
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Holiday Island Resort South Ari Atoll
198 reviews
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Medhufushi Island Resort Male
310 reviews
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Velavaru Island Resort Dhaalu Atoll
237 reviews
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Filitheyo Island Resort Faafu Atoll
391 reviews
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Anantara Resort at Bodu Huraa South Male Atoll
123 reviews
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Velidhu Island Resort North Ari Atoll
195 reviews
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Club Med Kani North Male Atoll
376 reviews
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Helengeli Island Resort North Male Atoll
75 reviews
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Thudufushi Hotel South Ari Atoll
102 reviews
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Vakarufalhi South Ari Atoll
136 reviews
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Vilu Reef Dhaalu Atoll
195 reviews
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Bodu Huraa South Male Atoll
5 reviews
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Filitheyo Island Resort Male
391 reviews
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Kuda Funafaru Resort and Spa North Male Atoll
5 reviews
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Dhiggiri Turist Resort
68 reviews
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Athurugau Island Resort South Ari Atoll
155 reviews
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Eriyadu Island Resort North Male Atoll
100 reviews
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Naladhu Maldives South Male Atoll
59 reviews -
Kanuhura Beach & Spa Resort Maldives
298 reviews
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Machchafushi Island Resort South Ari Atoll
282 reviews
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Kai Lodge North Male Atoll
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Ayurveda Village at Meedhupparu Raa Atoll
715 reviews
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City Motel Male
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Adaaran Club Bathala Alifu Atoll
66 reviews
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Kihaadhuffaru Resort Baa Atoll
2 reviews
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Candies North Male Atoll
5 reviews -
Alimatha Aquatic Resort Vaavu Atoll
62 reviews
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Extra Haven Male
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Kuda Rah Club Alifu Atoll
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Mahureva North Male Atoll
13 reviews
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Equator Village Seenu Atoll
49 reviews
Maldives
Travel Blogs from Maldives, Maldives
Paradise
This is a top pick! ... from the hotel was there to greet us and lead us a few metres to where the hotel boat was waiting. The Maldives contain around 1200 island most of which are incredibly small and even the airport has it’s own island. The hotel boat was ...
Top floating hotels in the world
This is a top pick! ... landing strip for a Zeppelin. 5. Conrad Maldives, Rangali Island, Maldives Set across two private islands in the Indian Ocean, the Conrad Maldives has some of its amenities are on land but much of the resort is built with water in mind - such as ...
Oh my god we are off to the Maldives
This is a top pick! ... sea plane and we wait. We get talking to a woman from Leeds who has the best job in the world; checking out islands in the Maldives for travel agents back home. What a life! She has us in stitches as she tells us no matter where in the world she travels ...
Maldives
This is a top pick! Well the last email was to let you know we where off to The Maldives that Very night well we arrived at 2am and landed by private boat on our paradise Island of Embuda. Woke in the morning to a beautiful turquoise sea hot sun And white sand just ...
Arriving Paradise
... lasted around 45 minutes and it was great! Even though the weather wasn't fantastic, you have the best view of the Maldives' islands and atolls. I kept photographing, wishing I could stay longer than two weeks already. We landed close to Komandoo. A ...
In Beautiful Muslim Maldives
Pretty good day, excursion was a 45 minute submarine look at coral, fish, and eels. I chose this excursion to simulate the view you get from scuba diving, since we'll never scuba dive. It was okay, but there was an awful lot of waiting around and boat ...
More Days at Sea
World Cruise 2007: Two glorious days at sea! Yesterday we slept a lot and had room service dinner--how lazy is that! John's sunburn looks bad but he's feeling a lot better. Now he has a nasty, constant cough that sounds like an allergy. This ...
On saute une étape / Skipping a stop
... d'une autre journé de repos dans un autre endroit de rêve. J'en profite aussi pour réaliser un autre rêve: plonger dans les Maldives... We are supposed to go to Sri Lanka today. But the weather is with us and we manage to fly two legs in one shot. ...
Back to Europe!
I've had a relaxing few days on Eryiadhoo island. The resort or the island isn't as nice as the first island I stayed at, Komandoo, but the diving and the dive operation made up for it. The island is very small, and there's been a lot of erosion ...
Anantara Maldives resort & Spa
... is located in the South Male Atoll, just 35 minutes by private speedboat from Male International Airport. Anantara Resort Maldives offers a uniquely Maldivian island experience providing intimate luxury and style. Set in the idyllic archipelago of the ...
Happy New Year
Happy New Year everyone!!!! I hope everyone had a festive new years evening and not too many of you are dragging your heels today. Yesterday John Liam Mike and I went out on a boat snorkeling. We went to 3 spots with the first being the ...
Wonderful week exploring atolls in the Maldives
... swimming pool to the full moon rising. Very pleasant indeed. Monday 25th October Day 1 Atoll Explorer (Maldives) Male-Kurumba ...
Back to Male
... drill for me. The US Marines had been there the week before I left to do some humanitarian work and train with the MNDF (Maldives National Defense Force) They also built the 2nd of two firing ranges in Maldives. We went and looked at that and headed back ...
Stuff
Well, the past couple of days have been fun. Ali and his family have been showing me more sites around the islands. We have been snorkeling a lot too. Two days ago we went out and got some big fish. While we were out there Ali yelled for me to come. He ...
Spear fishing
Yesterday we all went out for a family picnic. We loaded up a flatbed with people, food, and swimming gear and headed out to an uninhabited island. As soon as we got there, I was in the water with a spear in hand. This had to have been one of the coolest ...
Male, Maldives
... line for the Maldives flight I met a nice guy who was so sweet giving me advice on possible, possible cheap accommodation. See, Maldives is known as being one of most expensive locations in the world with $300/night hotels and never on backpacker circuit. ...
Paradise Found
Hahahaha.... WOW! Here I am in the Maldives. Having a marvelous time. Visiting great friends who I have only seen once in the past 6 years. And they have a new addition. An absolutely gorgeous 10 month old baby! Little Neve. She is so sweet. ...
I could live in the Komandoo spa
I spent most of the time in the spa here on Komandoo. These massage therapists from India and Bali will massage you into another dimension. I actually skipped one day of diving to have one more day in the spa!!! (This says a lot coming from me.) All the ...
Addu!
Well, In the morning in Male, we had some traditional Maldivian breakfast. The food here is really good. Mom and Dad you would be proud of me for trying new foods. Then we went to Ali's brother and Uncles shop to get snorkeling equipment and some ...
5 weeks plus
... off (well in the lorry) to some ancient ruins of a Budhist temple. It is estimated that the ruins are 2000 years old. Maldives was Budhist prior to the introduction of Islam in 1153 (I think that's the date I put in the last travelog). Pictures are ...
Observations
... actually don't get into the sea), luxurious rooms - some built out into the ocean. This is the other side of the Maldives. Italians, Japanese, and European tourists are plentiful. The resorts are a treat for some of us living in Male especially those ...
Full moon party on the beach
My ipod died today. Not even connecting to Gov's Itunes did help. No more dancing at the sandbank :-( . I will have to buy a new one as soon as possible, this little box is so important for me. We did the last dive today at Ali reef, where I have ...
Male
Today (Anniversary of the Tsunami) Ali came and picked me up at around 1000. We headed out on the motorbike to get some short eats from a eatery across from his old work "megachip" One of his friends came with us. The food was really good. Short ...
Two months in Maldives
... separately. The focus of environmental science for both of them is Tourism! Jesse is doing a project on tourism in the Maldives. They really start them young given that this is the main economic industry in the country, aside from fishing. The kids ...
Tom and Katie
By the way, I forgot to mention that the rumours of us yachting with Tom and Katie in the Maldives are slightly exaggerated. Two's company and six is a crowd after all - especially on a honeymoon. Lunch was good though......... No photos - ...
Land of Paradise
... . I have never been to a SPA that was as nice and comfortable and natural as this one! We must leave for now...as one week in the Maldives tends to exceed a "backpacker's budget"!! haha....but WE WILL BE BACK!! Mexico has nothing on the ...
No Pork...No Alcohol...No stores open on Saturdays
... we had looked it up, but maybe we made a mistake and misunderstood?? Then she says, "Do Canadians need a visa for the Maldives?" I replied with a nervous...I hope not! haha. After some investigation, she found where it says we don't and checked us in! ...
Liveaboard diving
I left Komandoo with a heavy heart early morning on Friday July 20th. I'd love to go back there with a significant other some day. The flight back to Male went fine and I was transferred to the boat where I was going to stay for a week of diving. The ...
Escape to paradise
... that is Trivandrum Airport, our 'plane landed on a strip of tarmac that protrudes from the turquoise Indian Ocean. We then boarded a boat which is the only way, bar flying, out of Male Airport. A few days in the Maldives is what the Doctor ...