OCEAN RETREAT

Top five luxury hotels in Maldives for your bucket list

When you can peep down a wooden deck at water which is richer in marine-life than your average aquarium, witness bone-white sand glimmer on a full moon night and gaze at emerald blue waters for as far as your eyes can see, chances are, you are in paradise. Or Maldives. The clutch of islands offers vagaries of a castaway holiday, without the hardship.

Profoundly beautiful, the low-lying coral islands of Maldives in the Indian Ocean offer nothing short of an embodiment of paradise. Lying gracefully in the stunning embrace of shallow lagoons and reefs, these resorts are ideal for divers and snorkelers. Beach bums are also welcome.