It’s really the small details that matter—from the moment you step off the plane, where an awaiting limo on the tarmac whisks you off to a private VIP lounge to clear immigration, to the seamless in-villa check-in. Welcome to The Nautilus, a petite 26-villa island that’s walkable from shore to shore within 20 minutes. It’s a stunner of an island in the Baa I Atoll, surrounded by turquoise waters and its own reef with a million fish, turtles, eagle rays, octopi and a school of nurse sharks. A friendly seamaster—ours was Soba—takes visitors out by Seabob, a motorised underwater scooter, to navigate the crystal waters and explore the reef. If a
