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Maldives

A seaplane, an atoll, and a villa standing in the water.

From AED 12,199 per person

From Dubai
About 4h 15m
Best months
November to April
Visa
Free on arrival for most passports
Currency
Maldivian rufiyaa

The Maldives is a country with almost no land in it: twelve hundred islands scattered across the Indian Ocean, most of them smaller than a city block, almost all of them ringed by reef. One resort to an island is the usual arrangement, so the island is the holiday. Getting there is part of it, a seaplane low over the atolls with the water changing colour underneath. One stay, four nights, half on the beach and half over the water.