Maldives

There are beautiful places, and then there are the Maldives. A country of 1,200 islands scattered across the Indian Ocean, where sky blue merges with water blue, where sand is so white it blinds, where the loudest sound is waves gently breaking on shore. The concept is unique: one island, one resort. Each hotel occupies its own island, offering a bubble of exclusivity where the outside world simply disappears. Overwater villas have become a global luxury icon, but there is much more: underwater restaurants, overwater spas, snorkelling with manta rays metres from your room. What makes the Maldives special is total immersion. There is nothing to do except exist: swim, dive, read, contemplate. It is a destination for disconnecting in the most literal sense, where the only plan is having no plan. And beneath the surface, an extraordinary underwater world: coral reefs, sharks, turtles, manta rays, a kaleidoscope of life.