Villa Park Sun Island

Villa Park sits on Nalaguraidhoo, long known as Sun Island, in South Ari Atoll, a short domestic flight from Malé. With 466 rooms in the Ministry of Tourism register it's one of the largest resorts in the country, and it's pitched at families, with dense jungle in the middle of the island, a big main pool and Park Players, which the resort calls one of the largest kids' clubs in the Maldives.

There are sixteen villa types. The simplest are Beach Villas (35 m²) and Sun Villas and Island Villas set back from the sand; above them come sunset and lagoon beach villas, beach villas with a whirlpool, several kinds of beach pool villa, water villas, and two-bedroom villas and residences.

Meals are full board or all-inclusive at the buffets, with Thai at Sun Star over the lagoon, Italian pasta and pizza at Al Pontile, Japanese teppanyaki on the beach and ZERO, a split-level garden restaurant in the jungle with a zero-food-miles menu. Mekunu Bar has live music, there's a swim-up pool bar and a 24-hour coffee bar, plus Araamu Spa and diving in the South Ari Marine Protected Area.