The ultra luxury hotel collection
Region
Indian Ocean and Middle East
Islands and the Gulf coast.
Island resorts across five atolls of the Maldives and beach and canal hotels in Dubai, about four hours apart by air.
The Maldives and Dubai are often paired, and for good reason: they are about four hours apart by air, and both are at their best from November or December to March or April.
In the Maldives, almost every resort has an island to itself. The atoll decides how you arrive, by speedboat, seaplane or domestic flight, and what the reef and the days will be like. Our list runs from barefoot islands to private island estates.
Dubai's best hotels sit along the water, from the low beach resorts of Jumeirah to the towers of the Palm and the canal in Business Bay. A few days here before or after the islands mixes the beach with the city.
