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Best of the Maldives: Spa Design – Six Senses Laamu

Published 20 December 11 5:2 PM | Maldives Complete

  The spa ‘vista’ doesn’t have to be the glorious Maldivian seaside when you have such dazzling design for the spa itself. Six Senses Laamu’s spa sta nds out not only in the Maldives, but worldwide having recently been nominated for ‘ Spa Design...

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Best of the Maldives: Spa Vista – Adaaran Vadoo

Published 19 December 11 10:18 AM | Maldives Complete

The vogue thing in the Maldives is the underwater features, but I am an unabashed fan of the over water views as well. Waaaay over water. The sea plane rides and any place that provides a broader perspective on the distinctive aquatic landscape. You can...

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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: Beds - W Retreat

Published 14 December 11 5:19 PM | Maldives Complete

  There’s biggest , and there’s best. And at the W Retreat , beds are as much of a pervasive obsession as their service and music . Beds are everywhere. Their pool-side restaurant/bar serves you lunch on a bed (see photo above). Later in the day...

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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: Bean Bags–Velassaru / Baros

Published 24 October 11 1:36 PM | Maldives Complete

  If you don’t want to sit on a gigantic beach towel, then Velassaru has the biggest beach beanbags I have ever come across…” Fatboys ”. Bean bags are becoming more an more popular in the Maldives as a cozy seating. We saw them at Kurumba and Kandooma...

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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 – Tub-Pool Combo: Naladhu

Published 5 August 11 4:4 AM | Maldives Complete

Forget your underwater spas, restaurants, bedrooms and night clubs. I’m on my honeymoon and I don’t want to be looking at a bunch of Brown Spotted Groupers. I want to look at my gorgeous bride. And that includes my underwater viewing fun....

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Best of the Maldives – Lagoon Lounging: Anantara Dhigu

Published 4 August 11 2:27 AM | Maldives Complete

For people who really want to get away from it all. For people for whom going to some exotic island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is not remote enough. For people who want to go their own little haven of solitude in the middle of the ocean off the...

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Best of the Maldives: Swing – Anantara Kihava

Published 6 July 11 5:45 PM | Maldives Complete

    As if the Maldives weren’t completely relaxing enough on their own, the resorts do seem to push the boundaries on how to make the stay even more comatosely indolent. The latest innovation is the Anantara Kihava swinging pool bed. Zzzzzz...

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Best of the Maldives: Spa Romance – Kuramathi

Published 28 April 11 3:45 PM | Maldives Complete

The Royal couple of WIlliam and Katherine are now married and the honeymoon beckons. No word yet on the destination, but the Maldives are one of the world’s top honeymoon destinations. With everywhere being such romantically tropical paradise, how...

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Best of the Maldives: Bouyancy – Huvafen Fushi

Published 21 February 11 2:38 PM | Maldives Complete

  If you like your water more salty rather than less , the Huvafen Fushi’s buoyancy pool is the place for you... “Lonu Veyo – Levitate. The salt water floatation pool recreates the ancient salt water bathing tanks once used across the Maldives.”...

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Best of the Maldives: Chinese Therapy – Adaaran Club Rannalhi

Published 6 February 11 3:52 PM | Maldives Complete

  Looking for am apropos hangover cure from your Chinese New Year celebrations? Well, you might want to stop by the ‘Traditional Chinese Therapy Centre’ at Club Rannalhi . Liu Yaping offers a range of treatments which are mostly variations of acupressure...

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Best of the Maldives: Indigenous Massage – Shangri-La

Published 8 January 11 11:31 PM | Maldives Complete

  All that working out got you achy and depleted? Well then, sounds like you need a spa appointment. Something different? Something that evokes the very paradise you are savouring each day? How about Shangri-La Villingili’s ‘ Cowrie Shell Experience...

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