Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi

SPREAD ACROSS THREE islands,

Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi offers a vast selection of plush rooms and suites, ranging from beach villas with pools and overwater villas to the Ithaafushi private island, which has nine bedrooms, five pools, and an entertainment clubhouse. If the decadent accommodation wasn’t enough, the resort also offers 11 dining venues. Visit The Ledge by Dave Pynt from Burnt Ends, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Singapore, to taste Australian barbeque-style food. For a meal with a view, head to one of Terra’s seven bamboo nests perched on treetops, where you can sip on the resort’s signature Krug Champagne handpicked by the first Maldives’ Krug Ambassador. Beat the summer heat at one of the cabanas near the Lagoon and Mirror pools, with cocktails and live music. Or hold exclusive wine dinners around a 200-year-old Jarrah wood table in a cave-like dining room at

The Rock. From `1,78,788; hilton.com/ en/waldorf-astoria