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Best of the Maldives: Seclusion – Island Hideaway

Published 2 January 12 9:55 AM | Maldives Complete

On the other hand , if you escape to the Maldives seeking the ultimate in privacy and seclusion, with the demise (or dormancy) of Dhoni Island , the new prince of privacy and seclusion, belied in its very name, is Island Hideaway Dhonakulhi … Comments...

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Best of the Maldives: Low Bed – Adaaran Vadoo

Published 16 December 11 2:17 AM | Maldives Complete

Time to get down. The latest bed instalment is not the biggest, nor the best, but the ‘lowest’. In keeping with its Japanese heritage and ambience, the Vadoo beds rest on the ground. Not like your typical ‘Beds-R-Us’ foldable futons though, these beds...

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Best of the Maldives: Widest Beds - Jumeirah Dhevanafushi

Published 12 December 11 5:57 PM | Maldives Complete

  Of course, another way for the whole family to relax is a bit of cuddle therapy. But, as my wife and I learned when we had young kids, as sweet as it is when the little ones jump onto the bed in the morning for a start-the-day hug, it does call...

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Best of the Maldives: Densest Population – Jumeirah Vittaveli

Published 1 November 11 12:25 PM | Maldives Complete

  Yesterday the world surpassed 7 billion people. That is according to the U. N.'s Population Division’s country-by-country projections of demographic trends . An awe inspiring number with equally stirring implications for the planet as MSNBC...

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Best of the Maldives: Shower – Anantara Kihava

Published 21 October 11 10:0 AM | Maldives Complete

Some prefer the bath, some prefer the shower. If you prefer a drenching standing up rather than lounging in a gargantuan pool amidst the sprawling expanse of water, than Anantara Kihavah is the place for you. Their water villas showers feature the latest...

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Best of the Maldives: Biggest Water Villa Private Pool – Velassaru

Published 20 October 11 8:44 AM | Maldives Complete

If the biggest private pool is not enough aquatic acreage for you, then of course you have the water villa option. And if you really want it all, then you can have a big private pool on your water villa. Velassaru’s Water Suite features a 30 metre...

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Best of the Maldives: Biggest Private Pool – Soneva Fushi

Published 17 October 11 6:4 PM | Maldives Complete

If the kind of ‘space’ that you like in your pool is less the ‘ starry night’ type, and more the ‘stretchy out’ kind, then Soneva Fushi’s Jungle Reserve Villa (villa #42) is the one for you. It’s private...

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Best of the Maldives: Biggest Glass Floor – Velassaru

Published 24 September 11 2:40 PM | Maldives Complete

  For those with weaker sea legs, you don’t have to go on the high seas or undersea to have a window to Maldivian marine life. In fact, just this week the topic of glass floors came up on the Trip Advisor Forum . A couple of posters dismissed them...

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Best of Maldives: Residence - Soneva Fushi

Published 24 June 11 7:13 PM | Maldives Complete

  The Maldives has always been a bit of an opposite to Hotel California. You could check-in any time you like, but you could never stay. Not just the tourists, but the resorts themselves are on long-term leases and don’t actually own their islands...

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Best of the Maldives: Elevation – Shangri-La Villingili

Published 12 May 11 8:55 AM | Maldives Complete

Alternative title – ‘A Room With a View’ in the Venice of the tropics New York is what the Maldives would be...in ‘Opposite Land.’ I am visiting New York City this week for business and I keep getting struck by the polar...

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Best of the Maldives: Surround Decking – Adaaran Club Rannalhi

Published 6 May 11 8:37 PM | Maldives Complete

  A lot of Trip Advisor queries ask about the best villas and the best sides of a resort (watch this space). Does one want an eastward facing villa for glorious morning sunshine or a westward facing villa for sunset pina coladas? You do have to choose...

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Best of the Maldives: Room Variety – Kurumba

Published 10 August 10 6:47 PM | Maldives Complete

Most resorts have a handful of choices for types of rooms. Most typically, they will have a couple versions of a beach bungalow (standard and deluxe) and increasingly a majority of resorts have a water bungalow option (61 of the 121 resorts in the Maldives...

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Best of the Maldives: Most Exclusive – Dhoni Island

Published 2 June 10 9:45 AM | Maldives Complete

Two qualities describing the Maldives go hand in hand – tiny and exclusive. So what is the smallest and most exclusive of them all? According to my most effective investigator on the Maldives, Francis , Dhoni Island squeaks in... “ Rania of course is...

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Best of the Maldives: Bedroom – Conrad Maldives Rangali

Published 19 May 10 8:0 PM | Maldives Complete

Many Maldives bedrooms have some distinctive views and the water bungalows certainly give you that up close view of the aquarium-like ocean around. But if you want more up close and more aquarium and more ‘surround’ than ‘around’, then the big news out...

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Best of the Maldives: Readers Choice – Anantara Dhigu

Published 18 April 10 9:54 AM | Maldives Complete

My first foray into travel writing was working in Togo, West Africa in the early eighties where I both did writing as well as PR advance work for visiting press trips. The big coup (maybe not a PC term in this case), was getting Travel & Leisure magazine...

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