If you are a first time visitor or if you are planning on visiting Maldives for the first time, and if you are in need of advise and guidelines on selecting a resort, you can start from here.
The Maldivian resorts are on their own islands. The size of these islands ranges from 2.5km across to 150m across. So when you stay, you will have access to the facilities provided by the resort you choose. Most of the Maldives resorts offer tours by boat to nearby fishing village islands, or even to the capital Male’. But other than that, you will be staying in Resort Island during your stay. There are more about 90 resorts which you can choose from and it ranges from affordable to luxury.
How to choose a resort
Maldives has resorts with affordable prices also luxury resorts with unlimited pricing. Apart from the price there are other things that you need to consider in choosing a resort for you.
How to get to your resort
International flights arrive at Hulhule (Male’) airport, also now at South Gan airport. Many of the people who are on holiday arrive in Maldives by chartered flights. But there are flight services scheduled with Emirates (flies via Dubai), Qatar airlines (flies via Doha), Sri Lankan Airlines (flies via Colombo) and Singapore airlines which flies via Singapore.
Transport from the Airport to your resort is either by speed boat or seaplanes, and that depends on the distance from the airport island.
If you are willing to travel by seaplane, you have to be aware of few things. Seaplanes operate only during day time, so if you can’t arrive before sunsets you have to stay in Male’ overnight and travel to your resort the following day. To travel in Seaplane is a nice experience, but make sure that you sit near the window and have your camera ready to get shots of the spectacular views of the atolls. The seaplane will usually land next to a floating platform, and from there you will be picked by small boats to your resort.
Types of Accommodation
Most of the resorts have different varieties of accommodation types which vary with the cost. Before you chose a resort, have a look at the rooms in particular resort from their websites or brochures. Normally the rooms are single storey, as there are no high-rise hotels in the Maldive-islands, but there are some of the two-storey blocks where some are terraced and some are separated. There are rooms over the water in some of the islands, while there are rooms that are located directly on the beach.