Adaaran Select Meedhupparu

Adaaran Select Meedhupparu is a large, mature island in Raa Atoll, about 45 minutes from the airport by seaplane, shaded by ancient banyan trees. The resort says its house reef is one of the best in the Maldives, and it slopes gently enough for beginners' dive courses.

Most rooms are 51 m² beach villas, in Beach, Deluxe and Sunset Deluxe versions, some with a jacuzzi, plus family villas with bunk beds and interconnecting two-bedroom family villas of 102 m². For couples there are Honeymoon Suites with a courtyard and an outdoor jacuzzi, two-storey Duplex Honeymoon Suites with a plunge pool and a Maldivian swing, and an adults-only group of twenty water villas with butler service and their own restaurant.

Everything runs on a 24-hour Premium All-Inclusive plan with a dine-around: Jaafaiy is the buffet, with a theme night every evening, Sufura serves Indian food from the tandoor, Thavaa Mediterranean, and Café Mass burgers, pizzas and sandwiches, with a bar that never closes. Among the bars are the swim-up Pool Bar at the infinity pool, Halaboli, with a show every evening from fire-breathing to Balinese dance, and Sunset Bar; Albino Bar's menu of 101 cocktails comes with the resort's Indulgence package. There's a Mandara Spa, a gym, beach volleyball and the Komas Kids Club.