Malé

Malé is the capital and most populous city in the Republic of Maldives. Traditionally it was the King's Island, from where the ancient royal dynasties ruled and where the palace was located. The city was then called Mahal. Formerly it was a walled city surrounded by fortifications and gates (doroshi). The Royal Palace (Gan'duvaru) was destroyed along with the picturesque forts (koshi) and bastions (buruzu) when the city was remodelled under

President Ibrahim Nasir's rule .

The town is built on a grid pattern (you can't get lost) and its narrow streets host a mix of shops, new and old apartment blocks, office buildings and motorcycle jams. Visitors should dress casual-conservatively. (Maldivian women's fashion ranges from burqas to jeans and free-flowing locks.) Male Island is intensively built-up — so densely stacked that you might expect it to sink under its own weight into its turquoise lagoon. A large dormitory suburb is being built on an adjacent artificial island and a kilometre-long, Chinese-built "friendship bridge" is under construction to neighbouring Hulhule Island international airport.

Things to do in Malé:
1.Old Friday Mosque
2. National Museum
3. China-Maldives Friendship Bridge
4.Fish Market
5.Artificial Beach
6.Grand Friday Mosque
7.Muleeaage & Medhu Ziyaarath
8.Produce Market
9.Thilafushi
10.National Art Gallery