All the restaurants overlook the pool and private cove, and from there pretty walkways lead to the rooms, all of which look out on to the lagoon and the ocean beyond.
Within a short walk, past the madrasa, are the Forodhani Gardens, a seafront sanctuary filled with walkways, benches and food stalls.
On the one hand they were the big draw at festivals – the lure of White Noise helped block walkways at Glastonbury, pack tents at Field Day, and, improbably, steal the Nine Inch Nails crowd at Reading and Leeds.
Inside, neat lines of stone pillars rise to soft Moorish arches, creating beautiful walkways.
About four metres wide on average, most of the walkways are reasonably clear and clean, but at times there are illegal hawkers selling small products like hair bands and mobile phone accessories.
Lights line the walkways, illuminating the trees, the cages of exotic birds, and the small tents selling flutes of champagne.
Cyclists regularly ride on paths and, indeed, police will even direct them on to walkways if they see them on roads.
Ostensibly a pedestrian-orientated intervention, helping facilitate Mumbai's high levels of walking and tapping into a new trend for raised urban walkways such as New York's High Line, what they really seek to achieve is to clear the crowded streets below of slow-moving people, thus freeing up space for more cars.
There has also been an emphasis since 2008 for elevated pedestrian walkways, or "skywalks".
You see the veggie stalls on pavements, at street corners and under the covered walkways of Havana's elegant, crumbling colonial buildings.
According to the Garden Bridge trust, the new crossing would feature not only shrubs, trees, plants, benches and even "intimate walkways", but would also serve as a direct link between the South Bank and Covent Garden and Soho.
