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Best of the Maldives: Tibetan Singing Bowls – Gili Lankanfushi

Published 13 February 13 1:29 AM | Maldives Complete

      And gong goes to… The Grammy for ‘Best Meditative Inspiration’ goes to…[drumroll]… Gili Lankanfushi . Nominated by Sakis of ‘Dreaming of Maldives’. He featured these ambient instruments in a recent post complete with a video so you...

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Best of the Maldives: Most Spa Treatments – Sun Island

Published 16 January 13 11:15 AM | Maldives Complete

     From multiple golf simulators , to many multiple rolf stimulators. Holiday Island’s sister resort Sun Island features the largest of the spa in the Villa properties – 105 different treatments in their phone-book-thick menu.  The...

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Best of the Maldives: Biggest Sofa – Lily Beach

Published 7 January 13 11:6 AM | Maldives Complete

    For a quiet place to relax as big as a pond, Lily Beach has a sofa nearly as big as a king size bed. It is adjacent to the bed itselfcreating sort of an extended indolence zone in its Water Villa Suite. ‘Water Lily’

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Best of the Maldives: Lily Pond – Nika

Published 5 January 13 1:50 PM | Maldives Complete

If you like floating flowers in pools of water , then Nika’s spa is an aquatic wonderland of lily pads and other ornamental pond greenery. Nika gives a new slant to the concept of an ‘over water’ spa.

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Best of the Maldives: Floating Jacuzzi – The Rania Experience

Published 24 December 12 1:51 PM | Maldives Complete

    Usually you have a relaxing float in the Jacuzzi, but at The Rania Experience your float can float. Whatever floats in your boat!

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Best of the Maldives: Bird Nest Chairs – Lily Beach

Published 30 November 12 4:12 PM | Maldives Complete

  I’m always intrigued by the inviting perches found on Maldives resorts for sitting and chilling in the warm ocean breezes. The most classic is the ‘hammock’ which has even found its way out to the middle of the lagoon . Swings off more elaborate...

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Best of the Maldives: Sombrilla – LUX* Maldives

Published 12 October 12 3:0 AM | Maldives Complete

    If on the other hand, you want to shun the sun , then LUX* Maldives’ ‘Sombrilla’ could be just the thing. I know most people go all the way to the Maldives primarily * for * the sun. Hence the ‘ Sunny Side of Life’ slogan. But people with...

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Best of the Maldives: Spa Hours - Niyama

Published 25 March 12 8:35 PM | Maldives Complete

      If your ‘ dreaming of Maldives’ gets interrupted while you are dreaming IN the Maldives, the Niyama can still keep you from toss and turning and provide a relaxation treatment to help you out. Or you can try to burn off some off that...

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Spa, Pools, Bathrooms and Bedrooms

Published 3 March 12 3:16 PM | Maldives Complete

      The ‘Best’ keeps getting better. And I’ve had to revamp the ‘Best Of’ page a bit more to accommodate all of the accumulating resort highlights. For starters, I have split the page into two tabbed pages since there are simply so many...

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Best of the Maldives: Family Spa - Jumeirah Vittaveli

Published 9 December 11 5:34 PM | Maldives Complete

Congratulations to Jumeirah Vittaveli who officially opens today with a gala ceremony. Their announcement described… “Receiving its first guests on the 10th December, the ultra luxury resort catering for couples, families and small groups is the second...

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Best of the Maldives: Bath Menu – Kanuhura

Published 4 November 11 4:21 PM | Maldives Complete

  “Your bath is drawn, m’lady” You don’t need a butler at Kanuhura to get decadently pampered including having your bath drawn for you. Not just any bath, but your choice from their signature ‘Villa Bath Menu’ which include choices of “Veyoge Absolute...

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Best of the Maldives: Night Spa – Four Seasons Kuda Huraa

Published 14 October 11 9:28 AM | Maldives Complete

Perfect accompanying photo by Ahmed Amir – Full Moon over Kuda Huraa spa This week’s full moon was at its farthest point from the Earth this year making it the smallest Full Moon of 2011 . If you follow these sorts of celestial events, then...

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Best of the Maldives: Romantic Treatment – Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru

Published 14 February 11 4:5 AM | Maldives Complete

Maldives is arguably the most romantic place on earth. Today is the most romantic day of the year. So where precisely do you want to be? Well, I would propose Four Seasons’ Landaa Giraavaru’s Spa and Ayurvedic Retreat . They offer a striking...

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