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Velaa Private Island

Villas at Velaa Private Island

A villa bedroom opens through glass doors onto its own pool and beachfront garden at a Deluxe Beach Pool Villa

Deluxe Beach Pool Villa

At 313 square metres, the largest of Velaa's one-bedroom beach villas, with a nine-metre pool of its own.

2+1 guests · 9-metre pool · Beachfront

A Beach Pool Villa bedroom with a hanging chair and lounge area, glass doors open to the pool and lagoon beyond

Beach Pool Villa

A one-bedroom beach villa with an eight-metre pool, built for guests who want their own stretch of sand without the scale of the Deluxe category next door.

2+1 guests · 8-metre pool · Beachfront

The living area of a Sunset Deluxe Water Pool Villa at dusk, glass doors open to an overwater deck and the sea beyond

Sunset Deluxe Water Pool Villa

Suspended over the lagoon on the sunset side of the island, with a nine-metre pool that catches the last light of the day.

2+1 guests · 9-metre pool · Overwater, sunset-facing

An overwater villa lounge with a banana-leaf mural wall, glass doors open to the ocean and a private pool deck

Sunrise Water Pool Villa

The sunrise counterpart to the Sunset Deluxe category — a smaller seven-metre pool, first light over the lagoon instead of last.

2+1 guests · 7-metre pool · Overwater, sunrise-facing

An aerial view of an overwater Ocean Pool House, its long infinity pool and thatched roofline set over the lagoon

Ocean Pool House

A two-bedroom house over the water, its eleven-metre infinity pool built for a family or two couples travelling together.

4+1 guests · 11-metre infinity pool · Overwater

A Beach Pool House's pool and thatched pavilion set directly on the beach, palm trees and open sea beyond

Beach Pool House

The larger of the two houses at 581 square metres, set on the beach with a ten-metre infinity pool and space for four adults plus a child.

4+1 guests · 10-metre infinity pool · Beachfront

Nika Private Residence at dusk, its two-storey thatched building overlooking an infinity pool and sunken fire-pit lounge on the beach

Nika Private Residence

A four-bedroom residence designed by Patricia Urquiola, one of four Residences built to the same 1,324-square-metre scale — among the largest villa footprints in the Maldives.

10 guests · 17-metre pool · Beachfront

A high-ceilinged living and dining space inside Kuredhi Private Residence, with a mezzanine level above

Kuredhi Private Residence

Winch Design's take on the four-bedroom Residence category, matching Nika's scale with its own 1,324 square metres and seventeen-metre pool.

10 guests · 17-metre pool · Beachfront

Funa Private Residence's pool and beach terrace lit at dusk, palm trees rising beside the two-storey building

Funa Private Residence

A third four-bedroom Residence at the same 1,324-square-metre scale, built for full-family or multi-couple stays around a seventeen-metre pool.

10 guests · 17-metre pool · Beachfront

A double-height lounge inside Nirolhu Private Residence, with large-scale artwork of a sea turtle and a school of fish on the far wall

Nirolhu Private Residence

The fourth of Velaa's identically-scaled Residences, sleeping ten across four bedrooms around its own seventeen-metre pool.

10 guests · 17-metre pool · Beachfront

The Romantic Residence seen from above, a standalone overwater villa reached by boat, its pool and sun deck over the lagoon

The Romantic Residence

Reached by boat rather than the island's walkways, the most secluded of Velaa's Residences — a seventeen-metre pool and 598 square metres built for two.

2+1 guests · 17-metre pool · Overwater, boat-access only

Before you book

How many villa categories does Velaa have, and how do they differ?

Eleven categories across three collections: four one-bedroom Villas (Deluxe Beach Pool, Beach Pool, Sunset Deluxe Water Pool, and Sunrise Water Pool), two two-bedroom Houses (Ocean Pool House and Beach Pool House), and five four-plus-bedroom Residences. Four of the Residences — Nika, Kuredhi, Funa, and Nirolhu — share an identical 1,324-square-metre footprint and sleep ten; The Romantic Residence is smaller, boat-access only, and built for two.

The living area of a Sunset Deluxe Water Pool Villa at dusk, glass doors open to an overwater deck and the sea beyond

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