Maldives Travel Guide

A visitor finds his feet in the Maldives

The nation is a stunning collection of some 1,200 low-lying, coral-based islands floating 220 miles southwest of India in the Indian Ocean.

Many of the Maldives' lush tropical islands are uninhabited, and one-third of the nation's population lives on the largest island, Male. The climate is hot and tropical and the white-sand beaches practically glitter with beauty.