Thilamaafushi Villa
The resort's flagship at 280 sqm — three bedrooms, a private beach, and a private pool, built as one of the island's biggest beach villas.
3 bedrooms · Private pool · Beachfront, private beach
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Le Méridien Maldives Resort & Spa
An all-villa, family-oriented resort in Lhaviyani Atoll built around ten villa categories, a marine conservation programme, and access to more than 50 nearby dive sites.
- Getting there
- Seaplane, 35 minutes
- Atoll
- Lhaviyani Atoll
- Island
- Thilamaafushi
- Villas
- 10 categories
Le Méridien Maldives sits on Thilamaafushi Island in Lhaviyani Atoll, a 35-minute seaplane transfer north of Velana International Airport. The all-villa resort spans ten room categories from beach to overwater, six dining venues, and Explore Spa's lagoon-set treatment rooms. A Marine Hub runs coral restoration and turtle conservation work, and the Family Kids Hub, padel courts, and access to 50-plus nearby dive sites round out the programme.
The villas
Overwater Villa With Pool
The core overwater category and one of the main rooms in the resort's carousel, set above the lagoon with its own pool.
Not stated · Private pool · Overwater
Two Bedroom Overwater Pool Villa
Two bedrooms over the water, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing a 180-degree lagoon view, plus a private pool.
2 bedrooms · Private pool · Overwater
Two Bedroom Beach Pool Villa
Two connecting bedrooms, each with its own entrance and ensuite bathroom, built for families or friends sharing a private pool and deck.
2 bedrooms, each with private entrance and ensuite · Private pool · Beachfront
Beach Villa
The entry beachfront category, named alongside the resort's Beach Garden Pool and Beach Pool variants.
Not stated · Not stated · Beachfront
Sunrise Overwater Villa
An overwater villa oriented toward the island's sunrise side, for guests who want the first light over the lagoon rather than the last.
Not stated · Not stated · Overwater, sunrise side
Lagoon Villa
Set directly over the lagoon, positioned between the beach categories and the resort's overwater villas.
Not stated · Not stated · Over the lagoon
Sunset Overwater Villa
Built around the sunset side of the island — a sundeck, sun loungers, an overwater hammock, and a private pool facing west.
Not stated · Private pool · Overwater, sunset side
Beach Garden Pool Villa
A beachfront villa with its own garden setting and private pool, set back slightly from the water's edge.
Not stated · Private pool · Beachfront, garden setting
Beach Pool Villa
A beachfront villa with a private pool, one of the core categories shown in the resort's main room carousel.
Not stated · Private pool · Beachfront
Wine & Dine
Turquoise
- Cuisine
- Maldivian, Asian and modern European
- Setting
- Beachside, open and interactive
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
The resort's main beachside room, pairing Maldivian dishes with Asian and European plates in an open, interactive setting.
Tabemasu
- Cuisine
- Japanese, teppanyaki-style
- Setting
- Teppanyaki counter dining
- Hours
- Hours vary — confirm at resort
- Reserve
- At the resort, or via IMJ
A teppanyaki counter built around regional Japanese cooking, with haute-French mise en place brought into the technique.
Experiences & activities
Ayurvedic Treatment
Afternoon · restorative
Ayurveda-rooted treatments — shirodhara, dosha-based facials — led by an on-site Ayurvedic specialist as a named modality distinct from a generic massage.
Coral Adoption & Restoration
Morning · all ages, restorative
Hands-on reef and marine conservation guests can join directly — adopting or planting coral frames, mangrove planting, and turtle-rescue visits with a hatchling release.
Teppanyaki Dining
Evening · for two, all ages
Japanese iron-griddle theatre dining, cooked tableside by a teppanyaki chef.
Group Fitness, Gym & Training Classes
Morning · restorative
Structured group fitness beyond a yoga mat — HIIT, TRX, Pilates, boxing and circuit training, run out of the resort's own gym or fitness pavilion.
Recommended For
Families
The Family Kids Hub runs seven days a week, and villa categories built for extra bedrooms — the Thilamaafushi Villa, the two Two Bedroom Pool Villas — give a family real separation rather than one oversized room.
Divers and snorkellers
Lhaviyani Atoll holds more than 50 recognised dive sites, and Sub Oceanic Maldives runs the curated dive and snorkel programme on-site — this is a resort built around what's in the water around it.
Couples wanting an adults-only hour
La Vie is the one adults-only space on the island — a wine-focused bar with its own pool and ocean view for the hour a couple wants without the rest of the resort around them.
Malé · seaplane, 35 minutes · Thilamaafushi Island
- Nearest airport
- Velana International Airport (MLE)
- Transfer
- 35-minute seaplane, flying north of Velana International Airport
- Location
- Thilamaafushi Island, southeastern Lhaviyani Atoll (postal code 07040)
Le Méridien Maldives Resort & Spa · Lhaviyani Atoll · 11 photographs
Before you book
How long is the transfer from Malé, and how do we get there?
By seaplane, roughly 35 minutes, flying north of Velana International Airport to Thilamaafushi Island in Lhaviyani Atoll. As with any seaplane resort, transfers run on daylight flight windows, so IMJ builds international arrival times around that before confirming dates.
Is this a good resort for families, or does it lean adults-only?
It's built for families — the Le Méridien Family Kids Hub runs a seven-day-a-week programme, and several villa categories (the Thilamaafushi Villa, the two Two Bedroom Pool Villas) are sized for extra bedrooms rather than a single room. La Vie is the one adults-only space on the island, a wine bar with its own pool, so couples can still find a quiet hour.
What's the reef and snorkelling like here?
The resort doesn't make an explicit house-reef claim on its own site. What it does offer is access to more than 50 recognised dive sites across Lhaviyani Atoll, with Sub Oceanic Maldives running the curated dive and snorkel programme — this is a resort built around boat-accessed reef life rather than a doorstep house reef, worth knowing before booking specifically for snorkelling.
How many restaurants are there, and what's the range?
Five restaurants and one bar: Turquoise (Maldivian, Asian and European), Tabemasu (Japanese teppanyaki), Riviera (Mediterranean), Waves Café (light, all-day dining), Velaa Bar + Grill (day bar, sunset grill), and La Vie (adults-only wine bar with a private pool).
What villa categories are available, and which is the largest?
Ten named categories run from Beach Villa through to the overwater and lagoon villas. The Thilamaafushi Villa is the top category at 280 sqm — a three-bedroom family villa with its own private beach and pool, described by the resort as one of the island's biggest beach villas.
What's the spa like?
Explore Spa by Le Méridien combines Ayurvedic principles with modern spa practice, structured around the different Doshas. Treatment rooms sit over the lagoon with clear glass floors looking down onto the coral gardens below, and couples' treatments are available.
Talk to a specialist about this resort.
Thirty minutes on dates, occasion and which island actually suits you. No obligation, no scripted pitch.