When you hear the name Maldives, soon you may imagine beautiful beaches, blue water, hut resorts, etc. Of Course only if you have seen it in pictures or heard anywhere.
And I am sure most of the people who have heard about it may have the Maldives in their travel bucket list.
Maldives is an island nation whose 99 % of the part is covered in ocean and 1 % island. It is gifted with a number of the beautiful island in it with clean beaches & water. Maldives has more than 150 islands attached to it.
The Capital of Maldives is Male city. The Islamic religion is followed in the Maldives.
According to Jan S Hogendorn, Grossman Professor of Economics, The name Maldives derived from Sanskrit “ mālādvīpa ” (Maal-Dweep). Mala means garland & Dvip means island which together says, Garland of Islands.
Maldives is also pretty famous for Honeymoon & Destination Weddings. A lot of people specially visit for Honeymoon or their destination wedding.
Let’s take a look at Maldives beauty
Male – Capital of Maldives
Male is one of the densely populated cities in the world. You may visit many types of mosques & colorful buildings here.
Islamic Centre
Islamic center is one of the popular tourist attractions in male. It is well known for architectural designs with the Islamic style. The Golden colors dome on the Islamic center looks like an Ornament from above. The interiors are designed with magnificent wooden carvings and Arabic Calligraphy.
Republic Square
There is a small park where locals & visitors can hang out for a while. You will see a huge National flag of Maldives welcoming the tourists.
Friday Mosque
The Grand Friday Mosque is one of the famous Islamic Centre of the architectural landmark in Malé. It was originally built in 1658 with the coral stones with stone carvings designs on it.
National Museum
For all the museum lovers you can see the visit the Nation Museum in Male which has a large variety of collections to see. Don’t forget to see the moon rocks in the museum.
Tsunami Monument
The Tsunami monument was built after the Tsunami & earthquake occurred in the India Ocean. This Tsunami in 2004 had caused many lives and island were destroyed that day. You Maldives trip won’t be complete if you without visiting this historical monument.
Fabulous Islands
Maafushi
Maafushi is one of the famous Islands in Maldives which is well known for its clean and peaceful beaches. It takes around 90 minutes to reach here from Male city in a ferry boat.
The first guest house was built here was around in the year 2010. Afterwards, the numbers have increased to around 50 today. Maafushi is also famous for snorkeling & sunbathing on the beach.
You can also enjoy water sports & and enjoy the local cultural dances for the evening entertainment.
Meeru Island
Meeru Island is one of the most popular islands in the Maldives. Meeru Island is also known as Meerufenfushi Island. It is surrounded by beautiful white beaches with luxurious cottages and a resort. Meeru Island Resort & Spa is the only resort on the island.
Meeru Island is also popular for Honeymoon & Destination weddings. If you are lucky you may even attain a wedding ceremony on the island. Off course if it is an open invitation.
Vaadhoo Island
Also known as the “Sea of Stars”, which glows in blue florescent when you walk on it or as the tides come to you. Researchers say this marine bioluminescence is generated by phytoplankton known as dinoflagellates.
A website named “World of Travel” has beautifully described and showed images of the island.
You can also find some interesting videos on YouTube for it.
Rangali Island
Many times you must have seen the beautiful underwater restaurant and hotel pictures on google or social media. Well, this is one of the places where you can find the mesmerizing underwater Hotel & restaurant.
The Famous “Conrad Maldives Rangli Hotel” where you can book and spend your night underwater. Also, you can dine in the famous “Ithaa” a restaurant underwater.
Kuramathi Island
Kuramathi is also one of the famous Island resorts in the Maldives for Honeymoon & Destinations Weddings. It is located in Natural Atoll and is the Largest Island which is about 2 km long out of the 6 islands in the atoll.
Hulhumale Island
Hulhumale is located on the international airport island, which also said to be the most convenient island to enjoy in the Maldives as it is just attached to the airport in male.
You can start your trip from here if you want to get exhausted in traveling after a flight to the Maldives. On Hulhumale Beach you can also enjoy sunbathing, watersports, snorkeling & more. It can be considered as a day trip in the Maldives just after you have landed.
Atolls of the Maldives
Maldives is surrounded by many natural atolls. There are few atolls in the form of small islands and isolated reefs. There are almost 26 atolls in the country.
Atolls are usually famous for scuba diving and marine discovery. The Ari Atoll on South is also said to be one of the best places in the world to watch whale sharks. Whereas, the Ari atoll on North is famous for watching hammerheads Sharks.
