Maldives Tourist Attractions

The Malé Fish Market

This extremely clean market sells mostly fresh fish in the afternoons and evenings and produce in the mornings until the fishers come back with their catches. Tuna is extremely prevalent here in the Maldives. The market is always busy and is a good place to pick up ingredients for a DIY dinner.

The Local Market

The Local Market is not far from the Fish Market, but it is a much quieter place. Among the fruits and vegetables, homemade candies and preserves can be found. The next building over is devoted to the sale of smoked and dried fish.

Mulee-Aage

This is an early 20th-century sultan’s palace. It features beautiful gardens and fretwork friezes, and was intended to be a gift to the sultan’s son. However, the sultan was deposed before that could happen, and the palace became the President’s residence. These days, the President lives elsewhere, but the offices of the President are still to be found in the building.

Huskuru Miskiiy

Located behind Mulee-Aage, Huskuru Miskiiy (“Friday Mosque”) is a gorgeous seventeenth-century building that was the center of Islamic worship in Malé until the Islamic Centre and Grand Friday Mosque were built toward the end of the twentieth century. It was constructed at the order of Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar largely of coral and wood. The mosque features delicately carved coral blocks, and the headstones in the surrounding cemetery are also made of coral.

The Islamic Centre

The Islamic Centre is quite a new building, erected in 1984. The mosque can hold 5,000 worshipers and has a gold dome that is visible from a great distance. High above it, the minaret gleams bright white with striking angular patterns set off in a darker color. The Islamic Centre also holds an Islamic library, classrooms, and offices.

The National Museum

Found in the Sultan’s Park, this museum contains an excellent collection of art and artifacts that reveal the long, rich history of the Maldives. Sultans’ thrones give way to guns and printing presses, telling the stories of the various rulers of the islands, and religious artifacts from ages past show the country’s spiritual development. The museum is closed on Fridays and public holidays, and open from 9:00-11:40 am and 3:00-5:40 pm ordinarily. There is a small admission charge.

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