There’s also Rialto, Tower, and Sydney Harbour. No, my geography hasn’t gone awry – this is Siyam World in the Maldives, and those ‘bridges’ are actually long pontoons topped with villas ...

And while I haven't stayed the 472-villa Sun Siyam World, its imported horses and go-cart track make it more of a theme park than the type of relaxing island escape I look for in the Maldives.

The coral fragment from the seafloor off the coast of the resort Siyam World Maldives in the Noonu Atoll had a stark contrast ...

For the height of indulgent relaxation or a tropical honeymoon, these awesome island hideaways in the Indian Ocean are pretty hard to beat ...