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Best Hotels in the Maldives
The world's finest overwater paradise
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The Maldives has the highest concentration of extraordinary luxury hotels in the world — a country of 1,200 islands where the finest hotel groups have built their most ambitious overwater properties. These are the hotels that define what the Maldives experience means.
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Top editor score9.5 / 10
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Best Hotels in the Maldives
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Maldives#28 World's 50 Best Hotels 2025Soneva Fushi
9.5 / 10$$$$
The original barefoot luxury — where the Maldives dream was invented.
Original barefoot luxury concept (1995)
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve location
Open-air cinema and chocolate room
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MaldivesForbes Five-Star 2025Gili Lankanfushi
9.5 / 10$$$$
The world's largest overwater villa — and the most sustainable in the Maldives.
World's largest overwater villa — Private Reserve
No-shoes, no-news policy
Reclaimed wood and bamboo construction
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MaldivesForbes Five-Star 2025Velaa Private Island
9.5 / 10$$$$
The Maldives' most private island — with a golf course and ice rink.
Golf course by José María Olazábal
Ice rink on a tropical island
10,000-bottle wine cellar
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MaldivesForbes Five-StarFour Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru
9.0 / 10$$$$
A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve — the Maldives' finest marine sanctuary.
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve location
Marine Discovery Centre with resident biologists
Finest diving in the Maldives
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