Wellness
Resorts built around the practice, not just a treatment menu.
Every Maldives resort has a spa. A small number of them are actually built around wellness as a discipline: the food, the schedule, the screens, the noise. These are the ones we recommend when the brief is reset rather than holiday.
We brief guests on the difference at booking. Joali Being and the Six Senses programme sit at one end; mainstream luxury with a serious wellness offer sits in the middle.
The shortlist
Cheval Blanc Randheli
LVMH discretion, served barefoot.
Four Seasons Kuda Huraa
A surf-side resort with family at its centre.
Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru
Baa Atoll's marine-science flagship.
Joali Being
Wellness reimagined, on its own island.
Joali Maldives
An immersive art island.
Niyama Private Islands
Two islands, one beat.
The Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands
Kerry Hill's Maldivian masterwork.
Six Senses Laamu
Southern surf meets Six Senses sustainability.
The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort
Butler service meets Noonu Atoll reef.
Velaa Private Island
Noonu Atoll's most complete ultra-luxury island.
Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi
Three islands, eleven restaurants.