Four Seasons Resort Maldives (at Landaa Giraavaru) offers the reassuring 5-star comforts of a Four Seasons hotel in the most idyllic of settings – an 18 acre private island fringed by a lagoon.

Accommodation comprises 102 thatched beach bungalows and sleek over-water villas, each with private plunge pools. The Four Seasons Explorer, a private three-deck catamaran, provides guests with the opportunity for some extended island hopping and star-gazing. The resort features on the Condé Nast Hot List 2007.