Where do Russian celebrities like to relax? Russian landing in the Maldives: how stars spend their holidays

Maldives is one of the most expensive tourist destinations. The islands include one thousand two hundred islands southwest of Sri Lanka and India, only one sixth of them are inhabited. The tourism business began to develop on the islands only about thirty years ago, but every year thousands of tourists from all over the world buy last-minute tours to the Maldives and enjoy a vacation in seventy-four Maldives resorts. It is best to relax in November - April, when the weather is dry and sunny, and the sea is calm. The islands have everything that attracts vacationers: comfortable hotels, magnificent beaches, clear water and a wide variety of entertainment. Maldives are in demand among diving enthusiasts. Here you can relax from the paparazzi and the starry bustle, and therefore the resort is very popular with celebrities. Tourists from all over the world come to the Maldives to enjoy, enjoy the amazing beauty of nature, just relax in an expensive resort.

The islands are also popular with honeymooners who want to spend their honeymoon here, as once in 2006, a star pair of actors: Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Their relationship was very beautiful and romantic. Tom Cruise made a proposal to his chosen one at the very top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. A year later, they married in a 15th-century castle in romantic Italy, and spent their honeymoon in the Maldives. But alas. Their relationship worsened every day. Even Suri's daughter, who appeared before their marriage and was the most influential child of star couples, could not stop the divorce of her parents. Katie Holmes filed for divorce last year, for this she turned for help to her father, a well-known lawyer. The reason for the divorce is indicated by the failure of the actress against the background of her husband’s successful career.

It seemed to her husband that she began to fade in the shadow of her handsome husband. She is annoyed by the fact that they remember him only as the wife of a Hollywood star. Unpleasant for Katie and the need to follow her husband to all places of his shooting. Of course, her husband’s successful career could not but cause her indignation. Rumor has it that Katie fears that Tom will be able to drag their daughter into a religious organization to which he belongs. For Katie Holmes, marriage to Tom Cruise is the first experience of family life, for her husband this is the third official marriage. In the event of a divorce, the spouse will receive three million dollars for each year married to Cruise. As for their daughter, Katie wants to take sole custody of her daughter. Tom Cruise is saddened: this is the gift he received on his fiftieth anniversary. May your vacation in the Maldives be the beginning of a new, happy life that will last a long time!

On these May holidays, Russian stars, as if by agreement, went to bask in the Maldives. Ksenia Sobchak, Yana Rudkovskaya, Jasmine, the Yudashkin family, Anastasia Volochkova and other celebrities have already "shared" exotic islands among themselves.

If earlier the most fashionable vacation spot for the rich and famous in May was Los Angeles and Miami, now everything has changed - the stars flew in a single rush to bask in the Maldives. And if the shocking ballerina Anastasia Volochkova flies there so often that she just might think about her own real estate on one of the islands, then the TV star Ksenia Sobchak fell in love with a paradise only last winter. But now the husband of the country's most popular blonde, actor Maxim Vitorgan, is mastering the Indian Ocean, which opens onto the picturesque terrace of the villa of a star couple.

Ksenia herself at this time, as a rule, practices yoga, re-reads the classics or, at worst, uploads photos to Instragram. It is noteworthy that the star’s mother - ex-senator Lyudmila Narusova - also joined the couple this time.

In a dangerous neighborhood from Ksenia Sobchak with his family rests "the honorary star of the Maldives" Anastasia Volochkova. The artist still refuses to buy a 8-year-old daughter Ariadne a full swimsuit, so the girl poses in her mother’s photographs in the same swimming trunks, which sincerely surprises Volochkova fans. However, besides mom and daughter, someone else accompanies the star on the trip (judging by the photographs) - most likely, this is her lover Bakhtiyar Salimov. The artist is in a great mood and extremely ironically comments on the situation around:

  “Some kind of interrogation was supposed to take place, such as organized by a trinity of ignoramuses who are trying to bring discord between the artists of Russia and Ukraine ... and trying to annoy me in every possible way ... So. I'm in the Maldives. Silence and harmony. Nobody called anywhere ... True, my beloved interrogate me in the morning !!!?: "Am I happy ?!" I answer: YES !!! And I’m interrogating my lawyer A. Dobrovinsky: “How is Thailand? ..” He says super! ” (spelling and punctuation of the author saved - approx.

On one of the private islands, Marina and Galina Yudashkin relax, accompanying the girls. The girl is absolutely happy - in her free time she swims in the pool, takes pictures of scenic views and is actively involved in sports in the company of her mother and singer Jasmine, who, incidentally, also chose the Maldives for her holidays. Often, Marina, Galina and Jasmine can be seen at a joint dinner in one of the popular local restaurants.

The recently ended New Year holidays, many Russian celebrities spent abroad. HELLO.RU presents the most popular holiday destinations of domestic stars.

Maldives

Paradise Maldives has long become a favorite vacation spot for Russian celebrities. So, this year Ksenia Sobchak and Maxim Vitorgan warmed up on the islands. According to the presenter, she was very happy there.

Svetlana Bondarchuk

Dubai

Another country with a hot climate that Russian celebrities are very fond of is Dubai. This year several Russian celebrities visited the UAE. Singer Valeria went on vacation with her daughter Anya. Also in Dubai were Pauline Gagarina and Philip Kirkorov. Victoria Lopyreva and Fedor Smolov went on vacation in the UAE immediately after a honeymoon in Bali. And Yuri and Inna Zhirkov celebrated New Year with their children there.

A photo with a view of the Burj Khalifa was posted on Instagram by Polina Gagarina

Saint barts

Victoria Bonya at St. Barts

Miami

The city of Miami, beloved by Russian celebrities, this time did not go unnoticed. Many stars of show business have real estate there. Someone even lives there permanently, like Anna Sedakova. But the presenter Lera Kudryavtseva flew to rest in Miami, while her husband Igor Makarov went to the sports camp. Leading Aurora and her husband Alexei Treiman spent their vacation there.

Lera Kudryavtseva resting in Miami

Ski resorts in Europe

Not only the sun, sea and sand attract Russian celebrities this winter. Many stars preferred an active holiday to a passive one and went to the ski resorts in Europe. So, for example, actress Ravshana Kurkova and her fiancé Ilya Bachurin visited the slopes of Switzerland, where she first went skiing, and, it seems, was very successful in this.

Ravshana Kurkova in Switzerland

Natalya Chistyakova-Ionova and her husband Alexander Chistyakov with children also went skiing in Europe. This is not the first time they are leaving for the New Year holidays in the mountains. In the past few years, they have visited the ski resorts of Switzerland, Italy and France.

Natalya Chistyakova - Ionova in the ski resort of Europe

Yana Rudkovskaya rested in Courchevel with her elder sons. There they went skiing and had a great time, while her husband Evgeni Plushenko stayed in Russia to prepare for the upcoming Olympics in Sochi.

Yana Rudkovskaya with her sons in CourchevelNatalia Podolskaya and Vladimir Presnyakov chose France for their holidays. Celebrities went to a ski resort in the French Alps in a big company, among which were the singer’s sister and close friends of the couple.

Vladimir Presnyakov and Natalya Podolskaya

And the most modern villas. Look and choose which of the new hotels suits you best so that your unforgettable vacation in the tropics will be pleasant and interesting.

In 2017, the Maldives opened several new 5-star hotels, such as the impressive, luxurious Kanuhura, the beach-family Kandima with the longest pool or a small secluded, which received positive reviews from tourists and a high rating, almost immediately becoming one of the best places for an expensive vacation on the sea.

4 star hotels were added, for example, romantic Mercure with spa treatments and à la carte meals in the restaurant, as well as for those who are used to relaxing on an all-inclusive program. So we should think a little before deciding for an unforgettable trip.

Here are the best new hotels in the Maldives (early 2018):

Note:

• HB - Half Board (breakfast + dinner)
• FB - Full Board (breakfast + lunch + dinner)

Our selection includes 14 of the newest 4 and 5 star hotels in the Maldives, which have already opened for the reception of guests (then they can be immediately booked at Bucking - read) or are just under construction and will soon be open.

Hotel Kanuhura received a modern look with a nautical theme, which was created accustomed to luxurious travel by a bohemian with progressive looks. Light and airy wooden villas of lemon-white color, built from natural materials, expensive furniture made of precious woods, as well as interiors with an abundance of bright fabrics and interwoven ropes and ropes will amaze the imagination of a connoisseur of discreet beauty.

This resort is located on three Maldivian islands: Kanuhura (the main island with all hotel infrastructure), Jehunuhura (island-restaurant) and Masleggihura (beach and water activities). Kokaa Spa at Kanuhura Hotel specializes in techniques aimed at releasing energy concentrated at 103 points on the body. Among other things, this hotel is also well known for hosting the first martial arts academy in the Maldives, led by Irshaad Sayed, two-time Muay Thai World Champion.

• Number of rooms: 100 (beach and water villas)
• Where is: Lhaviyani Atoll
• Island size: 1000 x 200 m
• Distance to Male Airport: 125 km

Grand Park Kodhiparu is a brand new 5 star hotel in the Maldives, opened July 1, 2017 and owned by Park Hotel Group. Its stylish design was developed by the world famous company Hirsch Bedner Associates. He successfully combines the Maldivian flavor and modern trends. The hotel has three stunning restaurants.

The island has absolutely clean beaches, and around there are several excellent places for. Grand Park Kohdhipparu is well suited for both romantic and. The advantage of this hotel is its convenient location not too far from the capital of the Maldives - just 15 minutes by speedboat from Male International Airport. Different types of villas, including with their own endless pool and transparent floor, allow you to have a wonderful rest at the sea!

• Number of rooms: 120 (beach and water villas)
• Where: North Malé Atoll
• Distance to Male Airport: 18 km

Riti Faro is an inexpensive resort with spacious, the name of which means “beautiful reef”. Opened in December 2017, Reethi Faru features stunning white beaches and coconut groves with lush tropical vegetation. This unique four-star hotel with a beautiful home reef offers its guests the best relaxation in a relaxed atmosphere surrounded by a natural, beautiful Maldivian villa, high-quality service, a wide selection of activities and entertainment, as well as a huge selection of delicious dishes from different cuisines of the world, plus cocktails in one of its 10 restaurants and bars.

For guests of the Riti Faro Hotel there is a spa center (steam room, jacuzzi, massage, facial and body treatments), a gym and a fitness center with an aerobics room, tennis and squash courts, badminton and beach volleyball courts, a center water sports (diving, windsurfing, kitesurfing, SUP surfing, water skiing, canoeing, catamarans, water banana skiing), a business center, a conference room, and a bar with a disco.

• Number of rooms: 150 (garden and beach villas, water villas)
• Where is: Raa Atoll
• Island size: 590 x 400 m
• Distance to Male Airport: 155 km

Baglioni, an Italian hotel group, is opening its first hotel in the Maldives in the spring of 2018, and this is their first project built outside of Europe. The new hotel, located on the island of Maagau in the Daalu Atoll, will have 96 villas of various categories located in the garden, on the beach and above the water, as well as family options and comfortable suites, including a huge presidential water villa with three bedrooms.

Baglioni is not only a symbol of a luxurious romantic vacation in the Maldives, but also one of the best places to travel to the sea with your family. For children aged 3 to 12 years, there is a children's club, which, in addition to games, organizes informative workshops such as cooking pizza. And for outdoor enthusiasts there is a water sports center, sports fields and an outdoor gym.

It offers a super-modern spa, which along with the yoga pavilion offers complete relaxation and immersion in tranquility and the best relaxation thanks to natural treatments and the use of natural cosmetics in a tropical atmosphere.

Royal villa in the new LUX * North Malé Atoll hotel in the Maldives

9. - opening in early 2018

Suite * is not just a group of luxury hotels in the Maldives, but a whole philosophy of beautiful relaxation. After the successful renovation of another resort - LUX * South Ari Atoll, completed in September 2016, LUX * Resorts announced the opening of its second resort in the Maldives - LUX * North Malé Atoll on the island of Olhahali. This new-fashioned hotel is located on an island surrounded by an unspoiled coral reef inhabited by all kinds of marine life. It is most convenient to get the Luxury Hotel from Male Airport by company boat.

The guests of the new hotel are invited to evaluate all the work done on the island and enjoy the hospitality of the staff. Each LUX * North Male Atoll rooftop has a rooftop terrace with panoramic views of the beautiful lagoon. Inside, among other things, there is an expensive home theater and a special place for yoga, and on the island, in addition to a beach holiday, you can participate in various outdoor sports games, visit the spa or go for a walk in the sea. There is a kids club for parents with children.

This luxury hotel in the Maldives will have a total of 138 guest villas, ranging from simpler one and two bedroom suites with unbeatable ocean views to spacious three-bedroom suites and four-room presidential suites, carefully thought out and designed to guarantee the highest degree of privacy the private life of the richest and most famous guests. Each villa will be equipped with its own swimming pool, hot tub, jacuzzi and a spacious 5-star relaxation area with all amenities and services.

Map of new hotels and resorts in the Maldives

What else you need to know about new Maldives hotels

Summing up our review, it is worth noting that with a growing stream of people wishing to relax in the Maldives every year, several new hotels open in time there. Whatever one may say, relaxing in a luxurious setting by the sea in a modern room with new interiors is doubly pleasant. Moreover, before the start of the reception of tourists, all hotels whose opening is only expected to give significant discounts to their first guests when booking at Bucking. Is it worth it to use it or is it better to wait until the first real reviews appear about them, and the staff polishes all the “roughnesses” in the service - you decide.

In terms of bliss and "sweet idleness," the Maldives has no equal. The first thing you see when waking up is the beach, a couple of palm trees and the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean. You close your eyes, you open your eyes - again the same thing! The combination of azure water, white sand and complete serenity - is this not a recipe for happiness?

Maldives is divided into the real - where the locals live, and the fabulous - with hotels for tourists. Choosing their Maldivian fairy tale, everyone looks not only at the size and comfort of the villa, but also at how close another fabulous dimension is - the underwater world of the Maldives. Turtles, starfish, sea cucumbers, clown fish and parrot fish - if the coral reef is not far from the hotel, then even the novice diver will get to know all of them closely. But some hotels go beyond simply admiring the beauties - and arrange real laboratories where everyone, even newlyweds, can feel like a little biologist, studying the habits of starfish and participating in cleaning the reef.

The island on which the Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru Hotel is located is just a 25-minute speedboat ride from Male International Airport. This is an important advantage for the Maldives: you can do without another (and expensive) seaplane flight, and half an hour after landing in the capital of the Republic of Maldives, you can already enjoy a welcome cocktail at the resort.

From the doors of a small but cozy villa in the style of French colonialism to the edge of the waves, only twenty steps along the dazzling white sand. There are three steps to the private pool and jacuzzi in each villa.

The island is small and seems uninhabited, because to understand that you are not alone here, you can only get out to the restaurant for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Although guests, completely exhausted by society, can order a meal right in their villa.

But the main indisputable advantage of the Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru hotel is a coral reef of incredible beauty just five minutes from the coast. Even for the first time in my life, wearing a mask and going to the waist down, you can already see flocks of colorful fish and small fishes. And in many hotels - even very good ones - you have to go on a reef by boat for some money. In Banyan Tree Vabbinfaru, mask-snorkels-flippers-life jackets are issued for the entire stay, and you can feel like a mistress of the sea at any second, and even with an instructor at night!

The guide-diver, a native of the Maldives, says that huge lethargic black leeches, “sea cucumbers,” do not just lie, but do important work - they clean the sand, passing along the mollusks through the intestines: “This snow-white beautiful sand is all what they pumped up! " But here two huge turtles are approaching us from the depths, as if dancing around something. Something turns out to be a huge jellyfish, which the turtles chew with appetite: "They like jellyfish very much, it's like a dessert for them." And the really purple jellyfish looks like a cake with roses. To comfort the sensitive, the guide adds: "The jellyfish sometimes dies, but she does not hurt, she does not feel anything!"

Every evening, stingrays are fed at the hotel’s pier, talking about how these shark relatives are arranged, and even how to distinguish a female from a male. There is also a full-fledged marine laboratory, Marine Lab, and twice a week each hotel guest can take part in coral planting, and once a week in the "cleaning" of the coral reef.

It turns out that among the coral inhabitants, despite their incredible beauty, there are also pests - some types of starfish. Instructors and their voluntary assistants swim along the reef with a plastic box, diving and tearing predatory stars from the coral, and then bury the villainous fauna on the beach. The huge purple jellyfish thrown ashore do the same.

The Marine Lab team has been inspecting and restoring reefs for many years and is making a tangible contribution to maintaining the fragile environmental balance in the Maldives. Recently, experts were invited to hold a seminar for government departments, so that they, in turn, could implement similar programs already on a national scale.

The Banyan Tree chain is generally serious about preserving the unique nature of the places where its hotels are located. At Vabbinfaru, for example, in addition to the marine laboratory, in the center of the island in a small greenhouse there is also an organic garden - real summer beds, just under the equatorial palm trees! Salad, greens, tomatoes - such ordinary vegetables in such an unusual place.

A wedding in the Maldives - or just romance: champagne sailing, dinner at sunset

Serving dinner in different places of unforgettable beauty is, one might say, the national fun of the Maldives. At Banyan Tree, Vabbinfaru can offer several ways to have an unforgettable evening. The most romantic is sailing at sunset. On the boat - only you and the wind! Well, helpful sailors who cope with sails as skillfully as pouring champagne into your glasses.

A more detailed option is dinner in a tent on the pier near the water. Here, a large selection of dishes is offered to romance, which they will offer to order on the eve, and nothing for an unlimited time. The company will make you only a million crabs frozen from envy under a lantern at the edge of the ocean.

Another popular evening entertainment is fishing, because you will not catch such fish anywhere else! A very motley company, including young parents with babies, left on our "fishing boat". I must say that the children did not sleep under the sound of the waves - and the fishing did not captivate them at all, but I hope that the parents still got their share of pleasant memories.

The rest quickly joined the process. The team is already fully equipped: the gear is ready, the bait - squid the size of our decent catch near Moscow - the sailors plant themselves. Your business is only to rewind the fishing line and mutter "catch the fish, big and small." Not everyone was caught, but for the sake of one very frustrated fisherman, the crew slightly delayed sailing in a gentlemanly way. And she was finally lucky! The entire catch is carefully signed so that you, like Robinson Crusoe, can dine on your almost uninhabited island to have lunch with personally caught fish.

Banyan Tree was initially famous as a spa brand, the company even has its own academy in Phuket to train spa therapists. Several villas have a pavilion for outdoor massage and the right to order an unlimited number of treatments per day.

By the way, for mothers and grown-up daughters in Banyan Tree, Vabbinfaru developed a special program that includes joint spa rituals, yoga workshops and a culinary master class - the chef will teach you how to cook Creole cuisine.

And in the evening they will invite you to look at the stars and talk about the constellations that are scattered across the sky over the Maldives. And this is not superfluous - after all, even the stars over the Maldives are different.