Six Senses Laamu

Water villas come with upper sundecks, overwater netting and a glass sunken bathtub. Leaf, the adults-only restaurant, looks over the ocean on one side and its own organic garden on the other; Altitude pairs five courses with fine wines inside a spun-glass cellar of more than 300 labels; and the ice-cream parlour, with 48 homemade flavours, is complimentary.

Surfers ride the Yin Yang break with Tropicsurf, and the marine team works alongside the Manta Trust, Blue Marine Foundation and the Olive Ridley Project, so families and ocean lovers meet turtles, mantas and dolphins with real substance behind every encounter.