Baros Maldives

Baros Maldives is a resort island with its postal address in Malé. The speedboat from Velana International Airport takes about 25 minutes and runs on request at any hour of the day or night.

It is a villa island with five places to eat and drink, Cayenne Grill, The Lighthouse Restaurant, Lime Restaurant, Piano Deck Dining and Sails Bar. Serenity Spa sits apart in a tropical garden, and beyond the house reef there are dozens of dive sites within an hour, with night dives and trips led by a resident marine biologist. Villas range from water pool villas to suites, residences and a two-bedroom retreat, every type with its own pool.

The resort describes a beach ceremony that opens with a traditional Maldivian Bodu Beru dance procession. You can plant a native palm tagged with your names, the date and a message of love, and the resort prepares a wedding certificate and a cake, which it says stands for prosperity, good luck and fertility. Afterwards the bridal dinner moves to the Lighthouse Restaurant, where a candlelit ocean tasting menu is served with paired wines. Piano Deck Dining is another option for an evening. The resort welcomes up to 80 wedding guests. Ask the team whether the ceremony is legal or symbolic, and about the music curfew.

Guests stay in the villas, which come in several types, so ask the team for the villa count. Between the ceremony and dinner, the days can be spent on the house reef, on dive trips, at Serenity Spa with its Ayurvedic and Thai treatments, or at yoga in the Yoga Pavilion or the open-air Thai sala, with Hatha, Nidra and Ashtanga led by a resident yogi. Sessions can be set up anywhere on the island too. Send the team every guest's flight details at least 72 hours ahead and the speedboats will be waiting.