Make your first trip of 2019 a luxurious one to remember at Anantara’s Maldives outpost. The Anantara Dhigu Maldives Resort is a chic retreat featuring 75 newly renovated beach villas, set amongst lush foliage.

Inside each villa, the rooms have been furnished in sleek neutral tones of ivory and beige while the dark timbers give a contemporary contrast and add to the beach-house ambience and local Maldivian style.

The bathrooms offer indoor and outdoor spaces with deep oval bath tabs set in the privacy of each courtyard garden or in indoor option of a glass air-conditioned sanctuary.

Stepping out on the terrace, the traditional Maldivian swings have been added to allude to local culture and allow guests to experience the island breeze as they unwind.

Accommodation options along the resort’s idyllic shores include sunrise beach villas, Anantara pool villas and family villas featuring the comforts of two bedrooms.

For those wanting to be as close as possible to the turquoise waters of the Maldives, the resort also offers over water suites and villas. For the ultimate wellness experience, book a treatment at the spa on Dhigu and enjoy a treatment in the open-air rooms set above water where you can peer down in the reef through the glass floor.