Hurawalhi Island Resort
Overwater & Private-PoolAdults-only resort on a private coral island in the Lhaviyani Atoll, home to the world's largest all-glass underwater restaurant. 40 minutes by seaplane from Malé.
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Pullman Maldives Maamutaa
Overwater, Private-Pool & BeachfrontFamily-friendly — but reef-edge overwater villas and one of the Maldives' most generous all-inclusive programs earn it a Jet's Pick.
Anantara Veli Maldives Resort
Overwater, Private-Pool & BeachfrontAdults-only private island resort with 67 overwater villas, 35 minutes by speedboat from Malé. One of the Maldives' most consistently praised romantic escapes.
You & Me Maldives
Overwater, Private-Pool & BeachfrontAn adults-only overwater-first resort on Uthurumaafaru in Raa Atoll, with private-pool Aqua Suites and H2O — an underwater restaurant six meters below the surface — at the end of a 45-minute seaplane from Malé.
Mercure Maldives Kooddoo Resort
Overwater, Private-Pool & BeachfrontAn adults-only, 18+ island in Gaafu Alifu Atoll — and the only Maldives resort you reach without a boat, because the domestic airport is on the same island as the villas. 68 villas, 43 of them overwater, 20 with a private pool, and a house reef with turtles and reef sharks off the deck.
Sun Siyam Iru Veli
Overwater, Private-Pool & BeachfrontAn all-villa Dhaalu Atoll resort of 125 beach and overwater villas — every single one with its own private pool — about 40 minutes by seaplane from Malé. Formerly Sun Aqua Iru Veli.
Kagi Maldives
Overwater & Private-PoolA 50-villa adults-only island in North Malé Atoll, 15 minutes by seaplane from Velana — every villa has a private pool, both overwater categories included. Adults-only from age 12.