If you are looking for sun, sand and sea, then Maldives is the ideal tropical holiday destination. Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south of Lakshadweep group of islands of India, about seven hundred kilometers (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka. Known for massive lagoons with varying depths and infinite shades of blue and turquoise, dazzling underwater coral gardens; Maldives is any tourist's paradise.