An overwater bungalow — or water villa, as the Maldives and Caribbean call them — puts the lagoon directly below you: through the glass floor, off the deck ladder, or from a platform above open water. We track down the resorts where the room is genuinely over water, the deck is yours, and the booking makes sense for the money. Pick a destination below.
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We only list places where the overwater bungalow is genuinely what it claims — verified against recent guest photos and reviews.
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