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5. Cheval Blanc Randheli, Maldives

Interiors are blistering white, with occasional paroxysms of violently bright art. So perhaps it’s understandable that so many insist this is the Maldives’ edgiest, most luxurious resort. Villas come with butlers (and bicycles) and no less than three rain showers. From full-blown tasting menus, to boiled eggs topped with caviar for breakfast, the dining is aptly indulgent, too. Guests can watch manta rays silently slide beneath the ocean’s surface from their infinity pools. The resort’s Guerlain spa occupies its own nearby island.

Best time to go: Nov-April

Seven nights’ BB from £5,900pp, through Cazenove+Loyd (020 7384 2332; cazloyd.com).

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