Maldives

Pros: Stunning views, excellent diving conditions, incredible landscapes
Cons: Is this the right place for you?

Italians are very peculiar customers when it comes to leisure travel. The Italian average traveler has been to half of the world on low-budget, week-long vacations - you name it: Europe, Egypt and the Red Sea, Cuba, Mexico, the Caribbean, Thailand, the...

Pros: White beaches, blue ocean, great snorkeling, total relaxation, sports facilities
Cons: A bit too hot for playing squash :-)

This is a trip report from the trip that my wife Nikki and I went on during Easter of 2004. We were at Sun Island in the Maldives in the period April 4th to April 12th. This was a pure beach vacation so I can summarize it few words: sun, beach, sea, ...

Pros: Stunning, fantastic beaches, plenty to do.
Cons: Not for people who want to completely get away from it all.

Kuredu is situated on the northern reef of the Lhaviyani Atoll. It lies around 80 miles north of the international Airport and the capital of Maldives, Male. The transfer time from the airport is about 40 minutes by seaplane or 4 hours by speedboat. The ...

Pros: Beautiful beach and sea. Very friendly staff. Great weather. Good price. Relaxing.
Cons: Average food. Average room: Do not let this deter too much though!

My partner and I stayed at the Ranveli village resort in January, only a month after the tsunami that devastated a lot of the Indian Ocean and Far East coastal areas. I was expecting a complete disaster and considered pulling out, as the travel companies ...

Pros: Beautiful big island, very spread out. Amazing pool. Water bungalows offer spectacular accommodation.
Cons: Beach is rough. Food is bad. Disco poorly ventilated. Snorkeling overcrowded and unimpressive.

My wife and I spent two weeks at Club Med Kani in the Maldives from Dec. 15th to the 30th. Kani is a new Club Med resort, but it is not actually a new hotel. They purchased a German resort and added a pool and other Club Med-isms to it. The new club...

Pros: Peaceful, Undisturbed, Great Diving, Friendly locals
Cons: NONE

Truly a chance to become Robinson Crusoe... Let me preface this by saying I've been all over the Caribbean, I've been to every coastal city in the US, and I've visited most of the coastal area's of the Europe and the UK. But I've never had the ...

Pros: Paradise, no other place can match it
Cons: If your transfer is long, opt for the sea plane transfer.

We have visited every year either in November or December, The weather was excellent only a little rain during the night. Flights are varied from stop overs to refuel in Bahrain, to non stop flights. But well worth the long haul. Try to get extra leg ...

Pros: Baking climate, pure white sands, crystal blue waters and total relaxation
Cons: Limited night-time entertainment, strictly-controlled tourism (also a good thing!)

This review looks first at the background of the Maldives, plus the general facilities and activities on offer to holidaymakers. A summary of some of my own experiences follows later in the text. Background The Republic of the Maldives ...

Pros: The holiday!!
Cons: The Flight!

In a word this place is 'PARADISE.' Robinson Crusoe eat your heart out!! The beaches are lush and white the ocean is gorgeous colors of blue and turquoise, with a sand bank at the top the island which stretches for at least 400m at low tide, its ...

Pros: Remote; About as "untouched" as you can get as far as resorts and islands go.
Cons: Far away...

My wife and I went there as part of our honeymoon. Although it is far away for people from the US - we stopped a lot at places en route. Of all the places we went to around the world - Maldives was easily our favorite. The Club Med at Kani was just...

Pros: divers' paradise
Cons: service standard

There are probably not many destinations better suited for snorkeling and diving than the Maldives. Additionally it is definitely a romantic place to be, to relax and to chill around.

At least this is what I thought before I went there in...

Pros: Quiet, beautiful
Cons: Remote location makes it expensive

When you want to get away from it all head this way. You won't find television, movies, radio or newspapers on these islands. The Maldives stretch for hundreds of miles across the warm Indian ocean and offer an ideal vacation spot for honeymooners,...

Pros: Private, Amazing Beaches, Friendly People
Cons: No Activities Other Than Water Sports

About a year ago, I met a girl from the tiny islands of the Maldives, located just south of India. I had never heard of the Maldives, but low and behold, there it was on the cover of my next Conde Nast Traveler!

After reading the article, and...

Pros: Location of villa's to the beach. Food. Service. Actual value
Cons: No room service (but not required)

This is the best sunshine holiday I have been on.......... and I have been on a few. The Island is a very well polished 5 star resort. The accommodation is less than a stone's throw from the sea and in between your veranda and the sea you have your own ...

Pros: Absolute Paradise Fantastic House Reef Great Weather Great Fish
Cons: Two weeks just went to fast

If you are looking for Paradise then look no further than the Blue lagoon resort on the island of Kuramathi the best island in the Maldives.After the flight to Hulule airport
just one large landing strip with some terminal buildings to the...