Shangri_la’s Villingili Resort and Spa
Tropical Paradise Perfection For Your Big Day
The Shangri-La of legend was a mystical paradise located high up in the Himalayas. The Shangri-La family of hotels and resorts aims to create man-made paradises in exotic locales throughout the world, and Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa, Maldives is no doubt one of their most heavenly and unique. It also happens to be the first luxury resort in the Maldives south of the equator.
Located in a boutique-style environment, with accommodations ranging from ocean retreats to tropical tree house villas, the resort offers guests a stunning selection of romantic wedding locations and honeymoon hideaways. Guests can choose ocean or forest vistas in brilliant sunshine, or celebrate beneath a canopy of stars. For those who really want to splash out, the ceremony can even take place on the resort’s own luxury yacht, Horizon.
For your once-in-a-lifetime occasion, Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort and Spa offers spectacular setups tailor made for you. Grand wedding pavilions can face the breaking waves of the Indian Ocean. Special culturally themed weddings including Indian, Arabic, Chinese and Japanese, can be arranged down to the finest detail.
If you want to celebrate love like the locals, you can also opt for a Maldivian wedding theme, which includes special outfits for the bride and groom as well as a Maldivian theme set-up for the wedding venue.
Couples can select the package that best suits their dream ceremony or ask the resort’s wedding planner for a tailor-made package. All of the resort’s Wedding Blessing Ceremony Packages include:
• Decorated wedding venue and ceremony
• Decorated wedding buggy
• Master of Ceremonies
• Music during the ceremony
• Photography session on Villingili including a CD containing 50 images
• Wedding certificate
• Bridal bouquet
• In-villa floral bath ceremony
• Bed decoration
• Couples’ Kandu Boli Ritual (90-minute signature treatment) at CHI, The Spa at Shangri-La
• Cake cutting ceremony
• Champagne
• Four-course romantic candlelight dinner
• Wedding gift
• In-villa breakfast on the following morning
If you can stay on after the ceremony, the resort also offers a host of pleasurable activities to indulge in during your honeymoon. Guests can partake in cultural tours of Villingili and the neighbouring islands, hit the links on the resort’s very own golf course or go on water sport adventures above and below the azure waters of the Indian Ocean. For newlywed bliss, you cannot go wrong here.
