Maldives Hotels - Maldives hotels are dotted all over the various atolls. Information on hotels from Lhaviyani atoll hotels, Male hotels north and south, Ari atoll hotels, Baa atoll and other Maldives hotels. There is also a tsunami Maldives page to give you a rough idea on what hotels are still up and running.
The Faafu Atoll page gives extended details of the Faafu Atoll in the Maldives including maps and pictures with additional information on accommodation at the Filitheyo Island Resort.
To the south of the large Ari Atoll is Faafu measuring 27 kilometres in width and 30 kilometres in length.
Out
of the 23 islands in the atoll, five are inhabited and one has been selected for development as a tourist resort. In
this atoll too, almost all the islands are on the eastern side of the atoll. The geography of the interior of the
atoll is similar to that of Ari Atoll, with a number of patch reefs and small submerged thilas. The channels in the
northeast corner of the atoll promises great diving.
A short flight of 30 minutes on a seaplane would get you to
the Faafu atoll from the airport. Although the atoll is not well known for its fishing, it is the main occupation of the
2,000 inhabitants of this atoll.
The island of Nilandhoo at the southern tip of the Faafu atoll is well known to Maldivian
historians. The famous archeologist Thor Heyerdahl excavated an archeological site here. It was discovered that at
one stage the island was a centre of Hindu worship before the conversion to Islam. There were probably seven Hindu
temples on the Faafu Atoll. More important for today's Maldivian is the 800-year-old mosque on the island built by Sultan
Mohamed Ibn Abdhulla, who was responsible for converting the country to Islam. This mosque was built using stones from
the older Hindu temples. Inside, it is decorated with fine Arabic writings.
Filitheyo Island Resort - The Filitheyo Island Resort page gives extended details of the accommodation and facilities at the Filitheyo Island Resort on Faafu Atoll with access to prices and bookings.
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