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Malé in 3 days

Mornings on foot before the heat, midday in AC cafés and the museum, sunset on the waterfront; the last day ends with the bags already in the taxi.

Days

3

Plan status

draft

Walking

6km

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Pace

Relaxed: up to 2 routed stops a day, starting 09:30. Normal: up to 3. Packed: up to 4, from 08:30.

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The original 3-day plan.

Day 1 — Museum quarter, a 12:30 lunch table

EasyLow time risk~2.2 km (1.4 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi

leave byLeave Hukuru Miskiy (Old Friday Mosque) by 11:45 to keep the 12:30 last seating.

14 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at National Museum stays under 17 min.

  1. 08:30–08:39Walk to Sultan Park
  2. 08:39–09:42National Museum
  3. 09:42–09:44Walk across the park
  4. 09:44–10:04Sultan Park
  5. 10:04–10:08Walk east
  6. 10:08–10:33Grand Friday Mosque and Islamic Centre (exterior)
  7. 10:33–10:42Walk west along the street
  8. 10:42–11:17Hukuru Miskiy (Old Friday Mosque)
  9. 11:17–11:25Walk to Chaandhanee Magu
  10. 11:25–12:30Buffer / wander near Your lunch table (Chaandhanee Magu)
  11. 12:30–13:30Lunch table 12:30 (Chaandhanee Magu)hard

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat National Museum → Café on Chaandhanee Magu (AC) (5′, then 6′ p90 to the anchor)
  • heat Grand Friday Mosque and Islamic Centre (exterior) → Café on Chaandhanee Magu (AC) (0′, then 6′ p90 to the anchor)
  • heat Hukuru Miskiy (Old Friday Mosque) → Sultan Park (0′)
  • crowd Hukuru Miskiy (Old Friday Mosque) → National Museum (0′, then 9′ p90 to the anchor)
Why this route?

DFL 2.4 = PFL 2.2 + OFL 0.2 · walk 2.2 km (1.4 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 14′ · relax L0 · yield 22 · option value 0.67

Deadline: last seating 12:30 → latest arrival 12:20, slack 23′

β vs α: time risk 0% → 0%; margin -14 min; -MVR 30.

trace: generated 76 · rejected no_edge×3 · frontier 9 · seed 2726588320 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Hotel or AC café 13:30–16:00; Artificial Beach at sunset if energy allows. Sai and short eats around 16:30 before the walk to the shore. A local lunch alternative to the café: garudhiya with rice before 13:30.

Day 2 — Fish market at dawn, produce market, Artificial Beach

EasyLow time risk~3.3 km (2.1 mi) walkno long stairsno taxi
  1. 06:00–06:11Walk north to the harbour
  2. 06:11–06:56Fish market
  3. 06:56–07:00Walk along the harbour road
  4. 07:00–07:30Local produce market
  5. 07:30–07:33Walk to breakfast
  6. 07:33–08:18Mas huni breakfast places (field-verify)
  7. 08:18–08:28Walk south to Chaandhanee Magu
  8. 08:28–09:28Seagull Café House
  9. 09:28–09:44Walk east and south (no shade)
  10. 09:44–10:29Artificial Beach

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Fish market → Café on Chaandhanee Magu (AC) (0′)
  • heat Local produce market → Café on Chaandhanee Magu (AC) (0′)
  • heat Artificial Beach → Café on Chaandhanee Magu (AC) (0′)
Why this route?

DFL 3.3 = PFL 3.3 + OFL 0 · walk 3.3 km (2.1 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L0 · yield 26.5 · option value 0

trace: generated 360 · rejected none · frontier 10 · seed 2726588320 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium

After: Evening: the waterfront fills from 17:00; cover up outside the tourist beach.

Day 3 — Mosque exterior, taxi to Velana at 12:00

EasyLow time risk~0.6 km (0.4 mi) walkno long stairsMVR 30 taxi

leave byLeave Grand Friday Mosque and Islamic Centre (exterior) by 11:30 to keep the 12:00 boarding.

57 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at Grand Friday Mosque and Islamic Centre (exterior) stays under 57 min.

  1. 08:30–08:38Walk east
  2. 08:38–09:03Grand Friday Mosque and Islamic Centre (exterior)
  3. 09:03–09:08Taxi back to the hotel for the bags
  4. 09:08–12:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → Velana
  5. 12:00–13:00Taxi to Velana at 12:00hard

What this plan gives up

  • L1Taxi MVR 30 (Taxi back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Taxi to Velana at 12:00.

Switches if the ground changes

  • heat Grand Friday Mosque and Islamic Centre (exterior) → Café on Chaandhanee Magu (AC) (0′)
Why this route?

DFL 1.1 = PFL 0.6 + OFL 0.5 · walk 600 m (0.4 mi) · steps ↑0 ↓0

P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 57′ · relax L1 · yield 6 · option value 0

Deadline: boarding 12:00 → latest arrival 11:50, slack 15′

trace: generated 2 · rejected no_edge×1 · frontier 1 · seed 2726588320 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence high

After: Velana: allow 3 h before an international departure; be off any island the day before. If your flight is late, wait it out at Hulhumalé beach, about 10 minutes from Velana by taxi. Lunch by the beach before an evening flight.

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