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Best of the Maldives: Glass Floor Pool – Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu

Published 20 January 13 11:2 PM | Maldives Complete

    When I added the ‘ Room Type’ database and profiles , two of the first characteristics that I catalogued were whether the room had (a) a Jacuzzi/pool, and (b) a glass floor (for water villas). Well, Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu features a ‘two...

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Best of the Maldives: Aquarium Pool – Four Seasons Kuda Huraa

Published 26 December 12 1:36 AM | Maldives Complete

Perhaps the most tragic natural disaster of the decade, the Boxing Day Tsunami, happened eponymously today. While hitting the hardest in its South Pacific epicentre, its titanic power travelled thousands of miles to the Maldives who suffered fatalities...

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Best of the Maldives: Pool Number – Beach House Iruveli

Published 9 November 12 11:50 PM | Maldives Complete

      One of the dividends to my WTM visit is coming away with a notebook full of new ‘Best of Maldives’ candidates through my discussions with the various resorts and the Tourism Ministry folks. One of my revelations was meeting with Haydee...

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Best of the Maldives: Pool Waterfall – Sun Island

Published 26 September 12 11:51 PM | Maldives Complete

     I love waterfall features in pools (no not Michael Phelps kind of pool ‘ waterfalls’ …in fact, one might want to be careful around the Conrad Rangali pool). Perhaps it is because they make the pool more alive with animation. Perhaps...

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Best of the Maldives: Kids Club Pool – Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru

Published 5 May 12 2:35 PM | Maldives Complete

    Kandooma may be the best pool for young kids, but Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru has the best young kids pool I have soon. Kandooma’s is the main pool for everyone which happens to be well suited for young pre-schoolers. But Landaa has a...

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Best of the Maldives: Biggest Pool– Kandooma

Published 4 May 12 5:16 PM | Maldives Complete

    There are all sorts of people distinctions. Dog people and cat people. Lake people and ocean people. Sail people and motorboat people. Beach people and pool people. If you prefer a pool as expansive as Landaa’s beach , then Kandooma is the...

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Best of the Maldives: Infiniti Pool – Dusit Thani

Published 9 February 12 9:8 AM | Maldives Complete

Welcome to the neighbourhood, Dusit Thani . This week, Dusit Thani opens its doors to its first guests… Their announcement highlights one of their first distinctions out of the blocks, their infinity pool… “The resort’s centrepiece...

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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: Midnight Dip – W Retreat

Published 15 October 11 8:46 PM | Maldives Complete

  If stars are more your thing than the moon, then follow them over to W Retreat for a midnight dip in their constellation pools. Both their main pool and their individual villa pools feature star lights along the bottom creating their own little...

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Best of the Maldives – Bubble Loungers: One & Only Kanuhura

Published 5 August 11 6:38 PM | Maldives Complete

Perhaps the most relaxing times in our decade and a half of visiting the Maldives were lounging by the pool. Kanuhura has turned that relaxation into an art. First of all they boast one of the largest pools in the Maldives. A contortionate, curvaceous...

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Best of the Maldives: Sore Feet Dining – Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru

Published 18 April 11 7:0 PM | Maldives Complete

  Ooohhh...sore feet. Whether it yesterday’s marathon or tenderness from overly hot sand, Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru has the pedi-treatment for you. Their Blu restaurant is a lovely place with a rustic, understated elegance fashioned from unpolished...

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Best of the Maldives: Lounger – Reethi Rah

Published 4 December 10 7:3 PM | Maldives Complete

  There’s pool seating and then there’s POOL seating! I’ve already done a post on the stunning Pool Seating of the Traders Hotel (nee Holiday Inn Male). On my recent tour , I noted how the resorts we really upping their game in this regard. King...

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