Housed within an architectural Marvel inspired by a butterfly cocoon -- Beneath the striking ivory-white Tavaru ...

So, where exactly is Velaa Private Island? It’s situated on Noonu Atoll and it is one of the less developed and less visited atolls in the Maldives, which means it retains much of its natural ...

Velaa in the Maldives draws some of the world’s wealthiest holidaymakers – and their kids. Somewhere between the Maldives’ ...

Five years ago, the 43-year-old Smejc had a vision of owning his own private island. A regular in the Maldives since the early 2000s, he shared his dream for what eventually became Velaa ...

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Courtesy of Velaa Private Island For the health-obsessed ... There’s also the Velaa Spa, which is home to the Maldives’ only snow room. It doles out treatments like caviar facials and the ...

"Falling off could result in severe injury or death." On my arrival at Velaa Private Island resort in the Maldives this sign, plastered on each of the low-slung golf buggies that languorously ...

As I biked back to my sunset-facing overwater villa, I thought about how discomfort and hard truths aren’t the typical draws of a Maldives getaway—but if the challenging path to wellness means doing ...

Set on one of a handful of islands in the Maldives with a golf course, Velaa Private Island also has a new wellness center with every ancient and new-age treatment under the sun, including ones ...

The Maldives may be heaven on earth, but when you’re running a luxury resort like Velaa Private Island, all that fresh sea-salted air can take a devilish toll on the furnishings. Which might explain ...

The coral guardian program at Velaa is one of many urgent reef-restoration projects taking place at resorts across this nation of 1,192 tiny islands. In the Maldives, coral is everything.