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Though the chef says there are diners who visit 5.8 from other resorts, most are in-house guests of Hurawalhi.

Located in the Maldives' Lhaviyani Atoll, this five-star luxury resort was designed by Japanese architect Yuji Yamazaki, of YYA New York, and is owned by Crown & Champa Resorts.

Just a 40-minute seaplane flight from Male International Airport, it's made up of 90 spacious, contemporary villas. Sixty are over-the-water villas and 30 are on the beach. Some come with infinity pools.

The resort offers a variety of dining and drinking packages, from half-board to all-inclusive. In addition to the 5.8 Undersea Restaurant, there's the over-water Aquarium Restaurant and the beach-side buffet-style Canneli Restaurant. (The spread is vast yet of a high quality -- exactly what you want in a buffet.)

Bars include the Coco Bar, located on the beach and open 24 hours. Aquarium Bar is over-water and offers indoor and outdoor seating. The small Champagne Pavilion, also over-water, sits at the end of the Ocean Villa jetty. It's the ultimate place for a sundowner. Bonus: Pods of dolphins regularly pass by.

In terms of activities, the resort offers a wide range of sports and excursions both on and off land, many of them free.

The dive center caters to beginner and experienced divers and can plan dives on either the resort's house reef or to some of the Lhaviyani Atoll's 50-some dive sites.

But, this being the Maldives, even the snorkeling is incredible.

Due to Hurawalhi's unique position in the atoll, the area attracts a huge array of marine life, such as manta rays, reef sharks and -- as we experienced first-hand with Bennett -- a group of massive sea turtles that regularly gathers to feed on sea grass.