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Looking for a way to social distance in luxury? You can now buy out an entire private island in the Maldives for a cool $35,000 per night. Naladhu Private Island Maldives is a luxurious hideaway in ...

Set in the impossibly turquoise blue waters of the Indian Ocean, the islands of the Maldives have become a luxury vacation destination with few equals. But in between snorkeling the reefs, topping up ...

It's supposed to be a rich tourist’s perfect paradise, but increasingly, the Maldives’ credibility as a tropical dream is being overshadowed by the spectre of a terrorist nightmare. The country famed ...

In this week’s episode of TravelSmart, Independent Travel is exploring the Indian Ocean, diving into two of the most popular idyllic beach getaways: the Maldives and Mauritius. Global Travel Editor ...

On the equator and deep in the vast Indian Ocean lies a captivating group of over 1,190 coral islands – the Maldives. None of the islands have mountains or rivers, and the islands are merely two ...

The Waterfront: The Waterfront restaurant was quintessentially Maldivian with its dreamy location out on the water, and views ...