Boat International — January 2018

http://www.boatinternational.com | January 2018

Voyage

SUITE SUCCESS

With price tags to match a superyacht charter, the world’s most

lavish oceanside hotel suites offer plenty of bang for your buck.

Sophia Wilson reveals the treats on offer to lure you ashore

THE BEEFED-UP BEACH VILLA

Jumeirah Vittaveli, Maldives

Royal Residence

The pad: What started as a concept for a

two bedroom presidential suite was finally

unveiledearlierthisyearasthefivebedroom,

10 building Royal Residence – designed to offer

unrivalledluxuryintheMaldives(ahardtaskin

adestinationfamedforitsfivestarproperties).

From its grand entrance, where a stepping stone

path through lily pads leads to its heavy dark

wood door, to its chandelier-bedecked interiors

and panorama pool, every element of this retreat

oozes extravagance while remaining authentic

to the Maldives. Making the most of its natural

surroundings, all rooms, the vast pool and sunken

lounge area look out on to the pearly sand beach

rolling into the Indian Ocean – the water looks so

i nv it i n g t h at even Q ue en E l i z a bet h II wou ld be

tempted to dig out her swimsuit and go for a dip.

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