Turquoise-Blue, crystal-clear water, powdered white sand, coconut palms in a gentle wind and a unique underwater world – this is the Maldives. With your first look the islands are hardly differ from each other - apart from their size: tropical vegetation with palms, mangroves, Scaevola, Frangipani or Hibiscus bushes, powder-white sandy beach, surrounding turquoise-blue seas. In fact the versatility of Maldives is in the detail, because of the “one island-one resort concept“ each resort is on an island of its own and the resorts in Maldives offer a broad spectrum with respect to conception, architecture, style and comfort. To plan a vacation in the Maldives, you must be well informed about your own interests and ideas in order to find the matching island under the vast list of possibilities.

Vacation for body and soul

An open smile welcomes the visitor and is lead to the massage bank in a very friendly manner. From the sea a pleasantly warm breeze touches the skin, while proficient hands gently start to knead the back. Accompanied by soft, exotic music and aromatic fragrances the body completely glides over into relaxation. Maldives is an exclusive Wellness-Destination. The resorts offer Spa-areas with exclusive body and cosmetics treatments, which can be booked as a single application or as a complete wellness package. And currently, Maldives has the world’s first underwater spa.

Travellers who are dedicated to wellness can choose from an extensive offer: Different kinds of massage for body, face or foot are also available as well as classical beauty treatments. As a complement to the beauty and welfare-program the resorts offer a selection of particularly light dishes and vegetarian food. Everything is completed by a tasteful architecture that is mostly based on local design which follows stylistically Indian, Arabian or Moroccan influences.

Rest and relaxation ...

... could be found by all those, who would like to escape from the hectic everyday life on a so-called Robinson Crusoe island. Such resorts could be found all over the atolls and in all price categories – from exclusive to homely. The - often rather small - islands are distinguished by a dense vegetation and an extremely decent order of the bungalows. In this way the guests visit their neighbours only very sporadically and if they want to. Since these resorts also offer excursions to local islands, dive and snorkeling safaris or activities like night fishing and others, the Robinsonade could be interrupted for company for a short time.

More lively ...

... is a holiday on a family island through their infrastructure with restaurants, bars, discos, souvenir shops, an expanding pool area and medical supply on site. In addition family resorts offer the possibility of the child care and animation as well as a broad spectrum of leisure time and sport possibilities inside (diving, snorkeling) and outside the water on island-own sport courts. Even excursions to the capital, local islands and diving safaris are available.

Water, sport and Co.

Since the Maldives is blessed with an unique underwater world, more than a half of all travellers join the Maldives for diving or other watersport activities. All the resorts are prepared for the needs of their clients with diving schools or extended diving safaris and some of them even have some decompression chambers for their disposal.

For all those who prefer to spend their time on the water, the resorts organize night fishing or excursions to fishing grounds that lie outside the atolls. In many places the monsoon winds encourage to rent a jollyboat, catamaran or a surfboard. The crystal-clear and warm water also animate to practice water-ski and therefore some resorts have motorboats and the necessary equipment for their disposal. Since the waves at the outer reefs of northern and southern Male´ atoll come up to a height of two and more meters, the resorts of this area have become very popular for Surfers.

Independently of the conceptual direction of the resorts particularly the exclusive ones can be measured on highest international standards. In addition most vacation islands offer some water bungalows. Who nevertheless do not want to be determined on a single island, can spend their vacation time also on a cruising boat. The sweet art of idling only knows one boundary – the end of the holiday ... .