The Destinations

Maldives

The Maldives doesn’t need an introduction, but it does deserve your full attention. Scattered like pearls across the Indian Ocean, its 1,000+ islands deliver a kind of barefoot luxury that starts with a seaplane and ends in an overwater villa you’ll struggle to leave. Wake to reef-coloured light, swim through coral gardens, dine under a ceiling of stars. When you travel out here, time dissolves between swims and siestas, and the line between postcard and reality disappears completely.