Northern Male the Atoll - the main atoll of Maldive Islands which includes also capital of republic a city of Male. Extent of an atoll of 69 km at length and 39 km at width. Northern Male the Atoll consists of 50 islands and several small islets. In an atoll of only 8 manned islands, the others 42 - are uninhabited, and 27 from them are resorts, and the majority of 15 remained islands are leased to private persons.
Many of islands-hotels are located close enough to the airport that gives the chance to carry out a transfer by traditional boats - dhoanis (дхони). The transfer to more distant islands is carried out on a high-speed boat or on a seaplane for economy of time. The transfer to the most remote islands on motor dhoani can occupy more than 4 hours.
Many islands Northern Male of the Atoll are located close enough from the airport, therefore the transport message is carried out by traditional boats дони (dhoni), to more remote islands high-speed boats or seaplanes as, following to distant islands, the boat дони is in a way more than 4 hours are used.
The islands entering into an atoll Northern Male, have started to develop as tourist resorts one of the first thanks to the close arrangement to the airport. Today in this zone there is more than dozen excellent resorts, and an affinity to the airport and republic capital - Male, allows to save time and the finance for a transfer from a place of arrival to the hotel and without effort at any time to make excursion in Male. Despite an abundance of resorts and planes flying by over a head, internal islands of archipelago have kept atmosphere of privacy and отгороженности from the world.
Rest on Maldives in Male will not be similar to stay in a usual big city. It is possible to tell, that Male is the most safe and least intense capital in the modern world. Any person can move on a city absolutely safely both in the afternoon, and at night. It is a part of improbable magic of Male - this small, overpopulated island can learn much our world in which it is rare even преполагают about coexistence of courtesy and гостепреимства. Male also is the centre of communications of all Maldive Islands. In this city the high technologies are accessible to everyone, and communication is fast and effective.
Male - unique settlement which it is possible to name a city in Northern Male the Atoll. In capital there is everything, that it is necessary to have to east city: mosques, the market, set of shops with souvenirs, small cafes with exotic viands and other. Here there are no high buildings, and it is much more bicycles, than cars. In Male it is practically impossible to lose the way, all small streets leave on three big roads. On island it is a lot of hotels. Each hotel has the walking boat on which it is possible to go to cruise over archipelago for some days.
Rounds to Maldives can be accompanied by survey of sights of Male. It is a national museum in park of the Sultan; relic Барбэри where there is a tomb of Moroccan traveller Abdula Barakaata Iuzufa Is scarlet Барбэри to which attribute distribution to Islam country; the Great mosque or the Islamic centre which includes Islamic library and the Great mosque; a Friday mosque or Hukuru Miskiy and a minaret; a presidential palace; the local market and separately fish market; gift shops and souvenirs.
Some islands of an atoll which are located in immediate proximity from capital of the state of small town Male, carry out certain functions: one entirely is the airport, another is a pantry of islands - on it stocks of all fuel are stored (island заправачная station), the third island is an integrated poultry farm, and on the fourth the factory on Coca-Cola manufacture is located, the list can be continued, but hardly it is necessary. It we wished to underline only feature of the island state on which not to meet a life concentration on one island, and all areas are divided by islands.