W Retreat & Spa Maldives

W Maldives Retreat & Spa

The W Retreat & Spa Maldives, a member of the W Hotel Chain opened in 2009 and instantly sprung to fame as one of the Maldives’ finest resorts. Located on the Fesdu Island in the North Ari Atoll, the resort is a 30-minute journey by seaplane from the Male International Airport.

W Maldives Features

The W Maldives offers every amenity and luxury that an exigent traveller might request, from private whirlpool Jacuzzi tubs in the guest rooms, all with an unbeatable ocean view to some of the best restaurants in the Maldives. An enormous variety of activities are offered to guests of the W Maldives, including snorkelling, kite surfing, windsurfing, catamaran sailing, water aerobics, yoga and sports fishing. The resort also boasts a full spa, dive centre and health club.

 W Maldives Accommodation 

W Maldives Retreat and Spa

There are four different room types on offer at the W Maldives: Beach Oasis, Ocean Oasis, Seascape Escape and Ocean Haven, with the latter being the most luxurious. All the rooms have a private pool and sundeck and a plethora of indulgent amenities. The Ocean Haven, however, takes luxury to a whole new level, offering a private bar, barbecue area, 50” flat-screen TV and some of the most spectacular decor you will ever set eyes on. To say that the W Maldives is like something out of a glossy brochure is a gross understatement, but it is difficult to put into words the sheer beauty of such a resort.

W Maldives Retreat and Spa

Eating and Drinking at W Maldives

W Maldives has six restaurants in total, including a swim-up bar, over-water sunset caviar bar, a simple Thai kitchen, a seafood restaurant serving only the freshest fish of the day and a sexy cocktail bar. The variety and selection mean that you can spend a week or two relaxing at the W Maldives and still look forward to a varied nightlife, if you can tear yourself off the sundeck or out of the hammock, that is!

Getting Married at W Maldives

W Maldives is one of the premier hotels in the Maldives and prides itself on being the perfect choice for couples looking to take their vows in paradise. The hotel will take care of everything for you, making your wedding an absolute breeze to organise.

Getting Married in the Maldives

Maldives Wedding Ceremony

 As the cost of getting married increases along with the pressure to throw an incredible wedding that will cost tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds, more and more people are looking into the idea of getting married abroad.  It can be a daunting prospect, with so many things to organise, but most people who have taken the plunge and had their wedding on foreign soil actually say that it is easier than getting married at home. 

Why have your wedding in the Maldives

The Maldives is the ultimate beach destination.  Just a quick look on the internet or in glossy travel brochures will let you know that these are some of the best beaches in the world.  As well as the best beaches, the Maldives has many of the world’s finest beach resorts, many of which are not just located on the best beaches in the world, but are also very skilled at planning wedding.

How much will a Maldives wedding cost?

Of course, how much you spend on a wedding depends on many things.  How many people will you invite?  What level of service do you want?  How many nights will you be spending in the Maldives and will you pay for all your guests accommodation?  As a rule of thumb, people who opt for a foreign wedding tend to foot the bill for all their guests.  At the same time, weddings abroad tend to be much smaller affairs, with just 10-30 of your closest friends and family as the guests instead of the hundreds of people we usually invite to our wedding when staying at home.  Costs you need to take into account would be flights to and from Male, the Maldives’ international airport, hotel accommodation which can range from US$300 to US$1500 per room per night.

Maldives Wedding Packages

Maldives Bride

You will find that many of the resorts in the Maldives offer special wedding packages, including things like spa treatments, honeymoon suite upgrades, welcome parties for you and your guests.  There are even tour operators in the UK that organise holidays with the wedding package included.  You should be aware, however, that the ceremony offered at all hotels in the Maldives is not legally binding since it is a Muslim country.

Maldives Wedding Ceremonies

The Maldives is a Muslim country, so the wedding ceremonies performed at the hotels and resorts in the Maldives is not legally binding.  However, you can have an authentic Maldivian wedding ceremony if you so choose, although remember that this would be a Muslim ceremony, so this might be against your religious views.    A real Maldives wedding must be held in  a mosque and presided over by the Atoll Chiefs.  There is a lot of tradition surrounding the ceremony which you have to abide by, including a white dress for the bride  and a black and white suit for the groom.

After your wedding in the Maldives

The really great thing about getting married in the Maldives is that you don’t have to worry about organising a honeymoon.  Simply extend your holiday a little futher after the wedding and then you are already on honeymoon, with as many or as few of your friends as you like!