Private Island
North Malé Atoll, Maldives
9.6
Gili Lankanfushi
The barefoot-luxury original of the Maldives: hand-built overwater villas, a 'no news, no shoes' creed and some of the largest stilted suites on earth.
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Region
Indian Ocean
Overwater villas and private-island calm.
6 hotels profiled in Indian Ocean
Private Island
North Island, Seychelles
9.5
North Island
A rewilded private granite island of just eleven villas, where barefoot 'castaway luxury' meets one of conservation's great success stories.
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Private Island
North Malé Atoll, Maldives
9.3
One&Only Reethi Rah
A large, glamorous private island in North Malé Atoll with twelve beaches, vast villas and a social scene unique in the Maldives.
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Beach Resort
Poste de Flacq, Mauritius
9.2
Constance Prince Maurice
A refined all-suite hideaway on Mauritius's quiet north-east coast, famed for its stilted floating restaurant and access to championship golf.
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Beach Resort
Praslin, Seychelles
9.0
Constance Lémuria
A granite-and-jungle estate on Praslin's north-west tip with three beaches, the Seychelles' only 18-hole golf course and turtles nesting on its sands.
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City Hotel
Stone Town, Tanzania
8.8
Park Hyatt Zanzibar
A restored seafront mansion on the edge of UNESCO-listed Stone Town, pairing Zanzibari heritage with an infinity pool facing the Indian Ocean.
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