Hotels in Maldives

What do you get when you take 1,190 coral islands group them into 26 coral atolls, put people on 200 of them, resorts on 80 of them and put them in the middle of the Indian Ocean? The tropical paradise known as the Maldives Islands! A hotel in the Maldives can put you at the edge of postcard-blue water, and Maldives hotels can have you basking in the finest sand beaches. Though the most popular Maldives landmarks are the water, sun and sky, you can also find world-class scuba diving. Make friends with manta rays and sharks. Or explore underwater shipwrecks. Diving is so popular here that many people save money on hotel rooms and choose to stay on live-aboard boats instead. Speaking of Maldives hotels, the only non-resort hotel rooms are located in the capital city of Male. The rest of the accommodations are in resort hotel rooms.

A Male, Maldives hotel can have you looking for a little elbow room, as the 100,00 person city occupies an entire islet that only measures one kilometre by 1.7 kilometres. So you can imagine that your Maldives hotel in Male is going to be surrounded by shops, restaurants and all sorts of landmarks and attractions. You can walk from your hotel to the gold-domed Islamic Centre, which is the largest Mosque in this Sunni Moslem country. Or walk from your hotel to Independence Square or to the Sultan Park and National Museum, which was once the Sultan’s palace and now houses a trio of moon rocks. The next biggest city is Hithadhoo, Maldives, which boasts two resort hotels, one of which boasts the longest beach in the Maldives. Other resort hotels in the Maldives are scattered throughout the islands, and each hotel is more beautiful than the last.

There are hotel rooms available in dive resorts, hotel rooms available in holiday resorts, which are designed mostly for families, and there are luxury resort hotels designed more for couple and jetsetters. If you’ve always wanted to stay in one of those huts that hover on stilts over turquoise waters, then the Maldives is the place to do it. And if food is a big part of your holiday, then you’re in luck. The cuisine in the Maldives is close to Southern Indian and Sri Lankan, only it’s centered on fish. Be sure to try the breakfast dish, mas huni, which is shredded smoked fish with grated coconuts and onions. Look to HotelsOne.com for upcoming information about Maldives hotels and help making Maldives reservations.