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Intro

Hilton MaldivesIn a spectacular setting on the Indian Ocean, the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa is the ultimate romantic destination offering sophisticated barefoot luxury: stunning tropical islands surrounded by breathtaking natural beauty and sparkling ocean.

Famed as one of the world’s most luxurious getaways, the award winning resort is perched over two islands linked by a bridge, and surrounded by a beautiful lagoon. Choose from magnificent water villas, exotic new beach villas and new spa water villas each with an indulgent private treatment room.

Gourmets and wine connoisseurs will find themselves at home amongst seven world-class restaurants – and a visit to the world’s only all-glass undersea restaurant is a must.

Palm-fringed, white sand beaches lead to crystal clear waters, where wildly exotic waters and unspoilt reefs await divers and snorkelers. Yet for those after absolute tranquility, it’s easy to spend your days indulging in one of the spas, enjoying romantic private beach BBQs, or simply reclining on your terrace sipping a cool drink and gazing out over the endless ocean.

Location

Ari Atoll

Distance from the Airport

90 Km (30 minutes by Seaplane from Airport)

Number of Rooms

150 Rooms

Credit Cards Accepted

Amex, Visa, Master

Stay

Hilton Rooms

Hilton RoomsEnjoy sea views over an Espresso from the private terrace of your spacious Beach Villa. Or refresh with an open-air shower in the garden bathroom with thatched bathing pavilion. Luxury touches include satellite TV, DVD player and wireless internet

  • Air Conditioning
  • Balcony
  • Non-Smoking
  • Safe
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • TV
  • Desk
  • Internet Connection
  • Satellite Channels
  • CD Player
  • DVD Player
  • TV Standard

Hilton rooms

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Hilton Room Plus

Hilton Room plusGaze out over azure ocean waters from the terrace of your spacious Deluxe Beach Villa (up to 300m²). Cool down in your personal plunge pool or relax in the private landscaped garden. Luxury in-room touches include flat-screen satellite TV, DVD player and wireless internet

Hiltom room plus

  • Non-Smoking
  • Balcony
  • Safe
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • TV
  • Air Conditioning
  • Desk
  • Internet Connection
  • Satellite Channels
  • Wireless LAN
  • DVD Player
  • TV-Cable

Deluxe Rooms

Deluxe Rooms

Enjoy Indian Ocean views and direct access to the water from your private teak sun-deck. This elegant Water Villa, built on stilts over the ocean, offers up to 150m² of luxurious living space. Ocean-view bathtubs and Maldivian style wooden interiors complete the experience

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Deluxe Rooms

  • Air Conditioning
  • Balcony
  • Safe
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • Hair Dryer
  • Desk
  • Internet Connection
  • Satellite Channels
  • CD Player
  • DVD Player
  • High Speed Internet Access
  • TV-Standard

Suites

SuitesIndulge with daily spa treatments, full-board dining in the Mandhoo Spa restaurant, a lifestyle consultation and full use of the gym. These spacious (150m²) over-water Spa Villas, offer panoramic ocean views, a private treatment room and sundeck with outdoor tub. Min. 3 night stay

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Suites

  • Air Conditioning
  • Balcony
  • Safe
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • Non-Smoking
  • TV
  • Desk
  • Internet Connection
  • Satellite Channels
  • CD Player
  • DVD Player
  • TV-Standard

Facilities

Spa Retreat

Spa

Visit the Spa Retreat at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa for the ultimate holistic therapy combining treatments, cuisine and activities like meditation or Muay Thai boxing. A self-contained resort-within-a-resort, the Retreat comprises the Over-Water Spa, 21 water villas and the Mandhoo Spa Restaurant

Further Information:

  • Pilates, yoga, meditation, boxing and Thai boxing
  • Mandhoo Spa Restaurant and Over-Water Spa
  • Holistic therapies
  • 21 water villas
  • Fee for all facilities and treatments

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Private Beach

private beach

Discover miles of private white sandy beach, just a few short steps from your villa. Lie back with a book in a hammock under shady palms, or stretch out in the sun on wooden sunbeds. Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa staff are on hand to provide snacks and cold drinks

Further Information:

  • Staff on hand to provide refreshments
  • Cool water sprays and fresh coconuts available
  • Hammocks and sunbeds provided

Dive Centre

Diving

Explore some of the world’s best dive sites at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. Learn to dive in warm waters surrounded by unspoilt reefs and colourful marine life. All levels are welcome and instructors are PADI qualifed and multilingual. Experienced divers can arrange trips to a multitude of sites

Further Information:

  • All levels welcome
  • Unspoilt reefs onsite
  • Diving trips further afield
  • PADI-qualified instructors
  • Fee for all courses and dive trips

Over-Water Spa

overwater spa

Indulge in a Thai massage or mineral body mask at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. Set on stilts over the sea, the spa boasts 2-bed treatment rooms for couples. Gaze at coral from your glass-floored treatment room complete with sauna and open-air bath, then soak in the whirlpool at the outdoor lounge

Further Information:

  • Thai, Ayurvedic and Swedish massage
  • Valmont facials, holistic skincare and body masks
  • Open-air whirlpool and lounge area
  • 2-bed treatment rooms with sauna and steam rooms
  • Fee for all treatments

Jogging

Two-storey gym with personal trainers

Dining

Ithaa Undersea Restaurant

Ithaa Restaurant

Dine 5 metres below sea level at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa’s unique underwater restaurant. Marvel at 360° views of reef and marine life, sip champagne cocktails and sample Maldivian-Western fusion cuisine at this spectacular Maldives restaurant – the world’s only aquarium-style restaurant

Further Information

  • Maldivian-Western fusion and international dishes
  • Seats: 12
  • Dress Code: Formal
  • Children may dine at lunch at the restaurant’s discretion.
  • We accept: Cash

Mandhoo Spa Restaurant

Spa Restaurant

Set on stilts 100 metres out to sea, the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa’s restaurant offers balanced spa cuisine made from organic ingredients. Sip freshly squeezed juices, try nourishing sea scallops with lime and savour endless ocean vistas as you unwind at this tropical Maldives restaurant

Further Information

  • Organic spa cuisine
  • Dress Code: Relaxed
  • Seats: 24
  • Children’s menu available.
  • We accept: Cash

Koko Grill

Koko Grill.

Take a seat at the counter and watch the expert Japanese teppanyaki chef prepare your order at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. In an idyllic beach setting between the lagoon and Japanese water garden, this Maldives restaurant also serves an 8 course set menu featuring authentic sushi

Further Information

  • Japanese cuisine
  • Seats: 10
  • Children are welcome when accompanied by an adult
  • Dress Code: Smart Casual
  • We accept: Cash

Sunset Bar & Grill

Sunset Bar & Grill

Set on stilts over coral reefs teeming with fish, the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa restaurant is the ideal spot for a romantic dinner. Watch chefs prepare seafood specialities in the show kitchen of this Maldives restaurant while you sip fine wines from the world’s best boutique wineries

Further Information

  • Grilled seafood specialities and fine wines
  • Seats: 40
  • Dress code: Smart Casual
  • Children are welcome when accompanied by an adult
  • We accept: Cash

The Wine Cellar

Wine cellar

With a selection of 300 fine wines, The Wine Cellar at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa is a paradise for wine-lovers. Sit at the solid oak table while a 5-course dégustation menu is created to enhance your choice of wine. The chilled cellar at this Maldives restaurant sits 6 feet below sea level

Further Information

  • 5-course dégustation menu and over 300 wines
  • Seats: 12
  • Over-18s are welcome
  • We accept: Cash

Atoll Market Restaurant

With sand floors and lagoon views, this Maldives restaurant is a relaxed setting to sample different world cuisines from its 8 specialist kitchens. Try Japanese sushi, Indian curry or Italian pasta and pizza among the frangipani trees of the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa

Further Information

  • Global cuisines
  • Seats: 100
  • Dress Code: Relaxed
  • Children are welcome when accompanied by an adult. High chairs are available
  • We accept: Cash

Room Service

Feel like dining in the comfort of your own villa? The Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa offers a range of European and Asian dishes. Choose an appetiser of Caesar salad or sushi, and follow with mains like stir-fried beef. Please ask about our speciality picnic hampers

Further Information

  • European and Asian dishes in your room
  • We accept: Cash

Vilu Restaurant

Vilu Restaurant

Enjoy the sea breeze at this open-air, waterfront Maldives restaurant specialising in European-Asian fusion cuisine. Ask your waiter to recommend a wine from the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa’s large wine cellar. Visit for a lazy Sunday brunch, candlelit dinner or breakfast buffet

Further Information

  • European-Asian cuisine and fine wines
  • Seats: 110
  • Dress Code: Relaxed
  • Children are welcome when accompanied by an adult
  • We accept: Cash

Rangali Bar

With its sand floor, day loungers and live music, the informal Rangali bar at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa is the ideal spot to relax with friends and family. Sip classic cocktails, order a light snack or just settle onto a lounger and soak up the views over the lagoon at this Maldives bar

Further Information

  • Cocktails, drinks and light snacks
  • Seats: 50
  • Dress Code: Relaxed
  • Children are welcome when accompanied by an adult
  • We accept: Cash

The Wine Bar

Book a private tasting of the world’s best wines, cheeses and breads at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa’s designer bar. Match different wine varieties and cheeses at this stylish Maldives bar with its black sand floor, mood lighting and jazz music

Further Information

  • Wine, cheeses and speciality breads
  • Seats: 8
  • Dress Code: Relaxed
  • Children are welcome when accompanied with an adult
  • We accept: Cash

Vilu Bar

Watch the sun set over the lagoon, drink in hand, at this alfresco Maldives bar. By day, relax on loungers or perch on a bar stool and savour creative cocktails, soft drinks and light snacks. A selection of champagnes are offered by the glass at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa’ss hotel bar

Further Information

  • Cocktails, champagne and light snacks
  • Seats: 25
  • Dress Code: Relaxed
  • Children are welcome when accompanied by an adult
  • We accept: Cash

Recreation

Recreational Facilities

Recreational

  • Tennis
  • Yoga
  • Beach volleyball
  • Pool table tennis
  • Darts
  • Catamaran Sailing
  • Jet Skiing
  • Windsurfing
  • Water Skiing
  • Banana rides
  • Wake Boarding
  • Canoes
  • Pedal Boats
  • Doughnut Ride
  • Spa
  • Jacuzzi
  • Internet
  • Swimming pool
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Long celebrated as the ultimate romantic destination, the Maldivian islands are the very definition of tropical paradise. Anantara Resort Maldives offers luxury, impeccable style and Anantara’s signature warmth and gracious service.

Let the beauty of Anantara touch you are in the Maldives

Choose from four types of deluxe accommodation, all tastefully furnished and equipped with the latest technology.

In addition to the standard conveniences of an electronic in-room safe, individually controlled air conditioning, and IDD telephone, enjoy your own personal surround sound plasma screen TV with DVD, MP3 player, gourmet mini bar, and our spectacular indoor/outdoor bathrooms.

Location: Male’ Atoll
Distance from the Airport: 50 Km
Number of Rooms: 110
Credit Cards Accepted: Amex, Visa, Master

Room Types

Beach Front Villa

Luxuriate in 110sqm of understated elegance in each of our 68 Beach Front Villas. Take in the endless vista of white sands and the ever-changing hues of the Maldivian seas from your terrazzo bathtub, made for two. At the end of a sun-filled day, cool off under the outdoor rain shower and unwind on your very own terrace.

Deluxe beach Front Pool Villa

Add a tantalizing plunge pool within the Deluxe Beach Front Villas, by selecting one of our two lavish, 165sqm Beach Front Pool Villas. An immaculate beach in the front, the serene pool in the back garden, and you are at the centre of a postcard-perfect island destination.

Deluxe Over Water Suite

Situated offshore, surrounded by the crystal-clear waters of the Indian Ocean, rediscover the meaning of serenity in your very own over-water suite. Our 38 suites, connected to the island by a wooden walkway, offer an exceptionally spacious 132sqm of indulgence. Lounge on your private water-front sun deck and enjoy unbroken views of endless blue. Slip into the warm lagoon waters just inches below, at any hour of the day. Or, relax in the over-sized infinity-edge bathtub no need to daydream just open your eyes.

Deluxe Over Water Pool Suite

Welcome to complete bliss. Indulge in one of the 2 exclusive pool suites, offering an expansive 182sqm of signature Anantara luxury. Situated at the end of the wooden piers, far out into the ocean, you may feel like the only couple on earth and we welcome you to enjoy this intimacy.

While away tranquil days soaking in your private freshwater plunge pool. Or, dive into the lagoon from your private over-water sun deck. Wind down together in the infinity-edge bath tub. The tropical island experience of a lifetime awaits.

The six restaurants offers Sample stunning, innovative culinary creations by the master chef. Enjoy a sundown cocktail against a breathtaking backdrop of unspoiled tropical beauty. Savour a light snack with sand beneath your feet. Indulge in whatever takes your fancy.

Anantara Spa – Pamper. Enliven. Release. Unwind. Spoil your body, soul and mind with a selection of our world-renowned signature treatments, alluring bath & steam rituals and holistic therapies. The perfect end or beginning of a perfect day.

Rediscover what it means to relax. Or, let the stunning surroundings invigorate you. Dive into the unexplored world of marine life in the crystal clear waters around you. Take full advantage of the resort’s world-renowned PADI 5 dive centre, which offers a full range of courses. Snorkel leisurely on the edge of the lagoon or peruse the Maldives’ fabled coral gardens on our daily snorkeling trips.

If you’ve seen enough of the reef’s spectacular aquatic landscape and wildlife, come up for some air and enjoy our free-of-charge non-motorized water sports

Room Facilities

Air-Conditioning
Bathrobe
Coffee and Tea Making Facilities
Hair Dryer

Hot & Cold water

IDD Telephone

Maldivian Swing

Mini Bar

Open air shower

Outdoor Jacuzzi

Private Garden

Queen-sized bed

Room Safe

Sun Lounger

Veranda

Resort Facilities
Travel Desk

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Recreational Facilities

Infinity Pool

Slip slide into the tranquil waters of our freshwater infinity-edge pool. Gaze out across the expanse of an aquamarine sea as you float, soak or splash your worries away.

Gym/Fitness Centre

our on-site fitness centre and gym will offer you everything you expect to keep you looking and feeling good-but with a completely unexpected view.

Yoga

Gain physical poise and mental peace through ancient exercises drawn from centuries of South Asian wisdom. Yoga is available from professional instructors beachside while more seasoned aficionados can take it up a notch on their own.

Water Sports Centre

The warm waters of the Indian Ocean will beckon from the moment you arrive. Give in. Snorkel on adjacent reefs. Kayak through the softly rolling waves to nearby islands and sand banks. Sail around the atoll on a catamaran. Explore the Maldivian heritage of reef and deep-sea fishing.

Anantara Cooking School

At Anantara, you will be treated to an array of inspired culinary creations. Why not learn the tricks of the trade with a cooking class from our resident master chefs? Learn to recreate traditional Maldivian or Thai and fusion creations to impress your friends back home.

Bodu Huraa

For even more recreational diversions, visit this nearby enclave of island fun and relaxation.

Excursions

Lost islands. Sunset treats. Dips into culture. At Anantara, serenity is the buzzword but some sights beg to be discovered.

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Conrad Maldives Rangali IslandThe move from Conrad Hotels to Conrad Hotels & Resorts comes at a time of extensive growth and development for the luxury brand and emphasises the fast-evolving portfolio of Conrad’s hotels and resorts globally.

The transformation will be most noticeable in the new name, Conrad Hotels & Resorts as well as being reflected in distinct visual refinements to the brand and hotel logos.

With a number of new resort projects set to join the Conrad portfolio over the next two years, the new corporate identity will highlight the message that Conrad Hotels & Resorts appeals to both leisure and business travellers, while simultaneously underlining the ever-increasing importance of leisure travel within the luxury market.

Says Richard Blamey, Senior Vice President Brand Management, Conrad Hotels & Resorts:

This is an exciting time for the luxury travel market and undoubtedly for Conrad. The decision to revitalize the brand identity is testament to our global growth, with each new opening showcasing the World of Conrad, a world that celebrates individuality in every sense. We welcome the opportunity to further strengthen the influence of Conrad Hotels & Resorts around the world.

Conrad Hotels & Resorts’ portfolio currently includes 18 luxury award-winning properties in leading urban and resort destinations globally. New Conrad Hotels & Resorts are in conversion in the Maldives and under development in Shanghai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, the Bahamas, Las Vegas and Koh Samui.

Source: Conrad Hotels and Resorts

Maldives Hilton on Rangali Island set November as a target date to meet the transition from Maldives Hilton to Conrad Maldives. This also comes at a time while Hilton seeks more opportunities in the Maldives to build a resort with Hilton brand on it.

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