On our first evening we had a relaxed dinner at Café Umi – tuna tacos and a candy yuzu black cod, should you’re questioning – earlier than discovering ourselves again on the all-day eatery within the morning for probably the most spectacular breakfast unfold I’ve ever come throughout.

Breakfast is a very powerful meal of the day, and nobody is aware of this higher than the Intercontinental Maldives, the place you possibly can bask in every little thing from sushi to shakshuka, blissfully crisp pastries and crêpes or certainly one of their many freshly-prepared menu choices. Maybe my solely remorse of the journey is that there was by no means sufficient time to pattern each infinite choice.

Every of the resort’s seven restaurant and bar choices has its personal distinctive allure and character. The Thai-influenced seafood restaurant Fish Market stands out specifically – if not for the scrumptious coconut prawn clay pot, then for the sheer novelty of gazing at angel fish as they swim beside you when you dine (make sure to ask for a waterside desk!).

In the meantime, The Lighthouse, our private favorite, is the last word spot to look at the sundown, perched on the resort’s edge and providing unrivalled 360 views of the island and ocean. Ebook for 7pm and are available half an hour early to benefit from the sundown earlier than your meal (the menu consists of zingy rainbow trout carpaccio and saffron-infused seafood paella – heaven).

And that is all earlier than I’ve even received to mentioning The Collective’s pizza and deli providing, the Retreat’s tailor-made tipples, or the Pool Bar and Sundown Bar, the place yow will discover nearly any and each drink below the solar.

In the case of maintaining busy throughout your keep, whereas it will make excellent sense should you wished to do nothing however take in the stainless vibes of the island on a solar lounger or in your non-public pool for everything of your keep, on the times that you simply do handle to tear your self away from lazing within the solar, there’s loads of methods to move the time.