Best Hotels in the Maldives
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Best Hotels in the Maldives

The world's finest overwater paradise

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.

MaldivesForbes Five-Star

Soneva Jani

Noonu Atoll, Maldives

The Maldives' most extraordinary overwater villas — with retractable roofs for stargazing.

10.0 / 10
Retractable roofs for stargazing
Private water slides in every villa
Open-air cinema and chocolate room
Soneva Jani
Maldives#28 World's 50 Best Hotels 2025

Soneva Fushi

Baa Atoll, Maldives

The original barefoot luxury — where the Maldives dream was invented.

9.5 / 10
Original barefoot luxury concept (1995)
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve location
Open-air cinema and chocolate room
Soneva Fushi
MaldivesForbes Five-Star

Gili Lankanfushi

North Malé Atoll, Maldives

The world's largest overwater villa — and the most sustainable in the Maldives.

9.5 / 10
World's largest overwater villa — Private Reserve
No-shoes, no-news policy
Reclaimed wood and bamboo construction
Gili Lankanfushi
MaldivesForbes Five-Star

Velaa Private Island

Noonu Atoll, Maldives

The Maldives' most private island — with a golf course and ice rink.

9.5 / 10
Golf course by José María Olazábal
Ice rink on a tropical island
10,000-bottle wine cellar
Velaa Private Island
MaldivesForbes Five-Star

COMO Cocoa Island

South Malé Atoll, Maldives

A private island of dhoni-shaped villas — the Maldives at its most serene.

9.0 / 10
Dhoni-shaped overwater villas
COMO Shambhala Retreat — Ayurvedic wellness
30 minutes from Malé
COMO Cocoa Island
MaldivesForbes Five-Star

Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru

Baa Atoll, Maldives

A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve — the Maldives' finest marine sanctuary.

9.0 / 10
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve location
Marine Discovery Centre with resident biologists
Finest diving in the Maldives
Four Seasons Maldives at Landaa Giraavaru