Lapping waves at your doorstep, vivid marine life right below your feet and a private ladder leading down into the clearest, warmest sea – it’s easy to see how the overwater, thatched-roofed villa has become such a cornerstone of the Maldives’ tourism offering. Whether it’s enjoying a private breakfast with panoramic ocean views or luxuriating in the knowledge that you can leap from your terrace into the sea straight after, paradise is at your beck and call in one of the country’s ocean-ringed atolls.