Maldives resorts
27 retreats, from a seven-minute crossing to the far atolls.
A considered short list across 11 atolls rather than a marketplace. Filter by the kind of stay, how you’d like to arrive, or the atoll — then hold the ones you like.
The retreats
18 of 27 retreats
See them on the atlasOverwater quiet, tables set apart, and islands where the evening belongs to you. The couples collection
Signature Retreats · 7
The country’s flagship addresses.
- North Malé
Patina Maldives
A modern island, drawn in clean line and quiet colour.
- 90 villas
- 45 min · speedboat
- Design-led couples
- Baa
The Nautilus Maldives
No schedules, no menus, no two days alike — held privately, retreat by retreat.
- 26 villas
- 30 min · seaplane
- Held privacy
- Dhaalu
Niyama Private Islands
Two islands joined by a bridge — Play & Chill — drawn around a younger, livelier register.
- 134 villas
- 45 min · seaplane
- The lively couple
- Lhaviyani
Hurawalhi Island Resort
Adults-only, sustainability-led — and home to the world's largest all-glass undersea restaurant.
- 90 villas
- 40 min · seaplane
- Quiet couples
- Raa
JOALI Maldives
The joy of living, drawn in sand and sea.
- 73 villas
- 40 min · seaplane
- Design-minded couples
- North Malé
Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa
The first international luxury retreat in the country — the garden island of the Four Seasons pair.
- 96 villas
- 25 min · speedboat
- The family week
- Laamu
Six Senses Laamu
The remote Six Senses — for many years the only resort in Laamu.
- 97 villas
- 65 min · seaplane
- The wellness-led week
Distinctive Retreats · 6
Smaller, characterful, with a strong point of view.
- North Malé
SO/ Maldives
Island couture — bold strokes on a quiet lagoon.
- 80 villas
- 15 min · speedboat
- Design-curious couples and families after graphic style over driftwood neutral
- Lhaviyani
Cocoon Maldives
A design-led, all-inclusive retreat on a sandbank island in Lhaviyani.
- 150 villas
- ~30 min · seaplane
- The design-led all-inclusive week — couples or family
- Raa
You & Me Maldives
An adults-only retreat held for two — rustic over-water on Raa.
- 109 villas
- 45 min · seaplane
- Couples
- Gaafu Dhaalu
Ayada Maldives
A Turkish retreat in the deep south — hammam, Ottoman line, eight kitchens.
- 112 villas
- 70 min · flight + boat
- Design-led couples
- South Malé
COMO Cocoa Island
All over-water — villas drawn from the line of the Maldivian dhoni.
- 33 villas
- 40 min · speedboat
- The design-led couple
- Thaa
COMO Maalifushi
The only retreat in Thaa — surf, wellness, and the long quiet south.
- 65 villas
- 60 min · seaplane
- The surf-led wellness week
Island Classics · 1
Well-rounded retreats that do the fundamentals well.
- North Malé
Bandos Maldives
The country's second resort, opened December 1972 — origin-story Maldives.
- 215 villas
- 15 min · speedboat
- The short transfer
All-Inclusive Ease · 4
Everything in one price — an easy first trip or a relaxed week.
- Kaafu
dusitD2 Feydhoo
Bright island, all hands open — seven minutes from the runway.
- 127 villas
- 7 min · speedboat
- Families and couples after an active, social all-inclusive
- North Malé
Joy Island
A butterfly-shaped island held for the easy all-inclusive week.
- 151 villas
- 40 min · speedboat
- The all-inclusive week
- South Malé
Embudu Village
One of the country's first retreats — a divers' island, held quietly.
- 122 villas
- 20 min · speedboat
- The dive-led week
- North Malé
Summer Island Maldives
The eco-led Kaimoo retreat — coral propagation, glass-bottled water, a barefoot register.
- 156 villas
- 45 min · speedboat
- The value-led over-water week
Questions
Islands and retreats, in practice.
A local island is an inhabited island — a working harbour, a village, family-run guesthouses — and we operate the journey ourselves: rooms, boats, guides and transfers in one package. A retreat is a resort island of its own; we arrange the stay with the resort. Many journeys combine the two.
Everything between the airport and the goodbye: private transfers, rooms at guesthouses we know by name, the day’s excursions and dives, and tables booked ahead — one conversation and one bill.
On an island journey we run the transfer ourselves, as part of the package. Retreats near Malé are reached by speedboat straight from the airport — from about seven minutes to under an hour; further atolls by seaplane, which flies in daylight, or by a domestic flight and a short boat ride. Each island and retreat page gives its own transfer, and we time it to your flight.
No booking fee on either. On an island journey there is no separate fee at all — our margin sits inside the single package price you accept. On a resort stay we are paid by the retreats, and the terms say so plainly. Either way, the price is set out in your proposal before anything is booked.
The inhabited islands are dry, and the village asks for shoulders and knees covered; swimwear is for the designated beach, the lagoons and private boats. We can arrange evenings on a private dhoni for a glass of wine with supper. Retreats are licensed and dress as you please.
Yes. Tell us when you write and we confirm them in writing before you travel — with the guesthouse on an island journey, with the retreat on a resort stay. The same for anniversaries, honeymoons and private set-ups.