Club Med's quiet, grown-up Exclusive Collection island: 52 pool villas, all-inclusive, with lively Kani a short boat ride away.
Club Med Finolhu Villas sits on its own sandbank island, Gasfinolhu, in North Malé Atoll, a seven-minute boat ride from the much bigger Club Med Kani. It's Club Med's Exclusive Collection in the Maldives: 52 villas, every one with a private pool, a butler and a separate living room.
Beach villas face sunrise or sunset, and the overwater villas, with turtle-shell roofs, have wooden steps straight into the lagoon. Stays are all-inclusive, from the Motu restaurant's daily-changing menus on its overwater deck to cocktails at the glass-floored Motu Bar and champagne by the infinity pool.
Guests can also use everything at Kani by shuttle: more restaurants and bars, the Manta beach bar, scuba diving to sites such as Nassimo Thila and Banana Reef, surfing, sailing, tennis and the spa. Diving can be arranged straight from Finolhu.
Children are limited by villa: 8 and over in the sunset beach villas, 12 and over in the sunrise beach villas, and adults only in the overwater villas. Most of the activities and nightlife are over on Kani, so you'll take the shuttle for them.
A 168 m² beach villa on the sunrise side, with its own pool, a separate living room and an outdoor patio. Children from 12.
The sunset-facing beach villa, with a pool on a teak terrace, an outdoor bathroom and an al fresco daybed. Children from 8.
Under a turtle-shell roof, with a private pool and wooden steps into the sea. Adults only.
A 168 m² overwater villa opening onto a large deck with a private pool, with turtles and rays in the water below.
The same resort and the same villa, booked through people who live here.
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Daily-changing international menus, casual by day and chic by night, on an ocean-view overwater deck
Aperitifs and nightcaps above a glass floor looking down on the ocean
Cocktails, smoothies and champagne at sunset beside the infinity pool
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By speedboat from Velana International Airport; Club Med doesn't publish a time for Finolhu, but it lies a seven-minute boat ride beyond its sister Club Med Kani, which is about 25 minutes from the airport. Transfers are included when you book flights with Club Med.
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Adults only