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.

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 ...

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 ...