There’s more than one reason to sleep on stilts in the world’s lowest-lying nation. When you travel so far to arrive in the Maldives, you want to soak in the beauty of the sky, the water and the equatorial light. You can do all that and more from the overwater villas and suites at Four Seasons Maldives Resort at Kuda Huraa, recently refurbished, and currently fabulous. Now is an ideal time to go as it’s manta season through October, when manta ray and whale shark sightings are at their highest.
Dive from your bedroom into your private, infinity-edge pool
Kuda Huraa’s Water Villas with private pool are sybaritic. For families or a group of friends, the new two- and three-bedroom Water Suites offer open-plan living and indoor/outdoor dining spaces.
The blue lagoon is at your feet
Descend the steps into the calm, clear lagoon for a swim or snorkel. At low tide, the sandbank emerges
An ocean in your own backyard
Water Villas have expansive outdoor, multi-level poolside decks. Enjoy morning yoga, relaxing lunches in the shade, sunset cocktails, and lounging on the in-deck, over-water hammocks to watch stingrays, reef fish, baby reef sharks and sea turtles below or the stars above.
Jetlag cure: yoga, massage, sleep
The Island Spa brings spa and yoga to you. Enjoy The Islander Massage, a head-to-toe fusion of Indian Ocean specialities as well as stretching; or the Lava Shell, a Swedish massage with heated Indian Ocean seashells to melt away tension.
Dine at the edge of the Indian Ocean
Watch the light change across an expanse of sea and sky as a prelude to a romantic dinner for two featuring an Asian, Indian, Italian or Western menu.
