Hotel rating: Star Rating 5; OHG - Deluxe Resort. 2004 President of the Maldives Green Resort Award, 2003 The World's Very Best Hotels (Maldives) PATA Grand Award 2002 for Best Corporate Environment Programme.
Chain: Leading Hotels of the World
Number of floors: 1
Number of rooms: 48
Year opened: 1995
Year renovated: 2002

Cast away on a secluded coral atoll in the paradisiacal Maldives archipelago, you experience a sense of magic, romance and tranquility at Banyan Tree Maldives Vabbinfaru that's second to none. Time moves imperceptibly, while the gentle touch of the warm sun kames you recall wondrous dreams once forgotten. You'll find paradise here - catching the salty tang of the sea breeze as you wake up in the morning, swimming in between the wondrous sea creatures that dwell forty feet below, luxuriating in the pampered comfort of your own elegant villa and marveling at the magnificent splash of stars in the night.The Maldives is the best-kept secret of the Indian Ocean, 'paradise lost' waiting to be rediscovered. The 26 atolls and 1,190 beautiful sun-kissed islands south of Sri Lanka.