#6 in Top 20 Maldives for A Honeymoon · ★★★★★
Conrad Maldives Rangali Island
Ithaa undersea restaurant, two islands joined by a footbridge — the famous-name honeymoon.
Ithaa undersea restaurant, two islands joined by a footbridge — the famous-name honeymoon.
"Ithaa undersea restaurant, two islands joined by a footbridge — the famous-name honeymoon."
Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is the resort that introduced the Maldives to a generation of honeymoon couples through one famous restaurant — Ithaa, the world's first all-glass undersea restaurant, suspended five metres below sea level inside a coral reef. The resort opened in 1997 and now occupies two islands connected by a 500-metre wooden footbridge: Rangali-Finolhu (the family island) and Rangali (the adults-only honeymoon island). The 150 villas are the largest count on this list, but the adults-only Rangali side has only 50 of them — and those 50 are the honeymoon pick. The Muraka — a two-storey undersea villa with the master bedroom four metres below the lagoon surface — is the resort's signature suite, at $50,000+ per night. Most couples opt for the more reasonable Sunset Water Villa with Private Pool. The Hilton-group ownership means the honeymoon-package price is more accessible than the smaller LVMH or Soneva properties — Conrad runs honeymoon promotions that no boutique resort can match. For couples whose Maldives trip needs to fit a corporate-points budget, Conrad is the right pick.
Sunset Water Villa with Private Pool on the adults-only Rangali side. Or, for the budget-no-object honeymoon, The Muraka.
Book Ithaa for lunch (not dinner) on day two — the lighting at lunch shows the reef in full colour. The footbridge between the two islands is a 15-minute walk — book a sunset bicycle for the trip back.
Conrad Maldives Rangali Island sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in the Maldives for a Honeymoon list. It scored an aggregate 9.5/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a honeymoon-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Maldives neighbourhood, see South Ari Atoll and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.