Adults Only Escape at Anantara Veli Maldives Resort

Stay 4 nights or more in a Superior Over Water Villa and get 25% off your stay, with all-inclusive meal plans, round-trip speedboat transfers, and all resort taxes included for two adults sharing the villa.

Anantara Veli Maldives Resort is a 5-star resort located in South Malé Atoll. You can reach it by speedboat, a 30-minute journey from Velana International Airport. Sixty-one of the 67 villas are overwater, and the resort is adults-only. That combination is the point: a small, quiet island given over to couples, with a wellness retreat set into the inner greenery and an advanced reef break you can paddle to from the jetty. The style is relaxed rather than formal: coconut-thatch roofs, hardwood floors, a barefoot pace and categories run from the Over Water Villa above the reef to the Deluxe Over Water Pool Villa with its 6 m infinity pool and overwater hammock. A pontoon crosses to sister resort Anantara Dhigu in about a minute, doubling the restaurants open to you. It suits couples and honeymooners who want over-water living without children and surfers who want serious waves and a spa to recover in. Designer Dining by Anantara will set a table wherever you want it, from a candlelit dinner on the sand to a private banquet by the sea.

Highlights of Anantara Veli Maldives Resort

👥 Adults-only island – guests must be 18 or over, across all 67 villas

🌊 Swim up Surf Break – Paddle out to Veli Left, an advanced reef break, straight from the resort jetty

🛶 Gulhifushi picnic island – kayak or paddleboard to it across the lagoon

🏝️ Access to the neighbouring resort island – hop on a pontoon to Anantara Dhigu for Fushi Café, Sea Fire Salt and Aqua

⚓ Aquafanatics – PADI 5-star dive centre running half as well as and full-day boat safaris

🧖 Balance Wellness by Anantara – Ayurvedic treatments, hammam, hot and cold plunge pools

🐟 Manta snorkelling – trips run from August to December

🍳 Spice Spoons by Anantara – cook Maldivian or Thai dishes with the resort chef