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Are the best holiday resorts Maldives Island Resorts?Yes they are. Charley and I have to take a stand at some point and we come down firmly on the side of the resorts in the Maldives being just the best vacation destination you could want anywhere. We’ve heard of hotels being dedicated to their guests but these are whole islands devoted to you! This is the secret of resort success in the Maldives. 
Island resorts are a fairly new idea to the Maldives. Kurumba Village was the first of the Maldives beach resorts to be built, opening in 1972. By the end of that year Bandos Island Resort opened and the Maldives resorts list was established. Nothing would be the same again…The island resorts offer unrivalled seclusion, great natural beauty (apart from the wife of course!) and facilities to ensure - for your chosen type of island - that all is taken care of. What all Maldives island resorts have in common is their own private beach encircling the island, a house reef that is a natural aquarium, a lagoon as your very own swimming pool. Look at Phil’s pictures on this site. It’s like this everyday… So much on one Maldives island resort and yet you have beaches to yourself. All you hear are the waves and the birds. All you can see is the broad horizon, the setting sun… So what’s on offer for the visitor on these amazing islands?Air conditioning as standard, hot and cold water, mini bar and private telephone in the guest rooms is more the rule than the exception. Restaurants and coffee shops cater for all tastes. Each of the Maldives island resorts generates its own power and desalinates its own water. All these building artfully set within the tropical jungle and winding paths of your island. Wooden signs with the names of the restaurants, bars and water sports beaches point the way for you to meander. You can have... villas on the beach, huts set back in the banyan trees or bungalows on stilts over the water. There are thatched roofs, outdoor showers, en-suite bathrooms, private decks, salons, Jacuzzis and beautiful bedrooms. The bars are just perfect for that chill out feel. Island shops offer a range of souvenirs and other products from bbikinis to crisps, postcards to books. Activities are every day from dawn to dusk and later! The resorts have experienced and professional staff to assist you whether you’re diving or sailing, paragliding or canoeing.
Knowing you’ve only seven or fourteen days on your Maldives island resort and five have flown by then just relax, take a walk around your island, snap a few pictures, check out the views, sit in the shallows of the warm lagoon and just feel the water at your feet then keep that appointment at the Spa to soothe the aches away… What are you waiting for?!The whole idea of these Maldives island resorts is that you get to choose! There are even Maldives island resorts geared towards the businessman and woman… I’m guessing that being in a relaxed environment helps them work? So if you have to… sit in the Wi-Fi zone on your resort just in your bikini or swimming trunks and open your laptop to send a crucial e-mail before a spot of lunch. Oh that was difficult wasn’t it? We know that if you want to clear out the head, chuck a few ideas down on paper, talk about the future… read books you’ve been longing to get stuck into... spend time with someone… Then without a doubt the Maldives beach resorts are the place to do it. 
They’re the place for…Somewhere for the family to spend time together and the kids to play Treasure Island on their very own island… then the Maldives Island Resorts are the answers. As a premiere dive destination with kudos worldwide there’s a Maldives island resort for the surf and boogie board novice, enthusiast and professional. A resort that will take you from being someone who’s never dived to a qualified PADI registered diver at the end of your holiday. A resort where you'll be trained and supported befriended and encouraged to experience the magnificent depths of the Indian Ocean one step at a time. As beginners ourselves we truly recommend this being part of your Maldives vacation package. Spa resorts where the only interest of the staff is to ensure you are pampered, massaged, oiled and lots more on your luxury Maldives Resort Spa vacation. A time for you both to recharge your batteries... …Intimate and romantic resorts with privacy and seclusion their watchwords… Or a Maldives honeymoon for you to find time alone to walk the shores of your island resort arm in arm, a time for you to reinvigorate yourselves and plan the future together. … Hard! .... Before we forget, here's a Maldives map showing the atoll and resort names and locations on a new Map of Maldives. Bear in mind this is a stylised map of the Maldives and is designed to give you an overview of the resorts in relation to the atolls and the airports. (PS. Phil is very pleased with himself having designed it!) right click link to download map of Maldives pdf
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