Sunrise Beach

We had a great 4 night stay at Sunrise Beach as our first stop in Maldives! The location is great - it's on the sunrise side of the island and is slightly away (a few minutes walking) from the more developed area. There is a children's playground, among other things like skateboard and some exercise equipments, right next to the hotel. We stayed in the ocean view room on the top floor (no elevator though) and it has an amazing view. The room is clean. AC works great. Great hospitality from all the staff we interacted with. We booked several tours from them and ALL are excellent. Highly recommend the snorkeling tours! The guides took amazing photo and videos for us and we all enjoyed it very much.

Big apartment with wrong proportions: unnecessary big and empty kitchen and uncomfortable small bathroom and very narrow terrace. Good location, near to the bikini beach, but a quiet neighbourhood. The breakfast was decent. Good value for money.

The hotel is 5 floor but didn't have elevator, though the staffs could help carrying luggage. The hotel locates on the opposite side of Kaani/Arena with sunrise views. Comparing to hotels on bikini beach it's cheaper here. If you book the sea view room you could see the sunrise from the balcony - which is stunning. Facilities in the hotel was a bit old but in line with its price. Saw some comments saying bed and pillows were hard, but to us it's fine. Had good sleeps on both nights. There was also a kettle in room so you could make tea of coffee, or for instant noodles. Shower is fine with stable hot water supply, face/hand towel was not provided and the bath towels seem a bit too old so we used our own compressed towels (how lucky we brought some). If you could afford the price of Kaani/Arena I would recommend those 2. But for sunrise on Maafushi, this would be your best choice.