Summer Villa Guest House — Maafushi, Maldives

01 — The house

Sixteen rooms,
warm timber, and the sea
a short walk away.

Summer Villa sits a short walk from the harbour and Bikini Beach on Maafushi — sixteen rooms of warm timber and white linen, an in-house kitchen, and a rooftop that opens to the sky after dark.

Every room carries air conditioning and a ceiling fan, free WiFi, a flat-screen TV, tea and coffee, an in-room safe and a private bathroom with a rain shower. Housekeeping is daily, the front desk is staffed around the clock, and sea-view categories open their own balcony onto the palms.

Rooms: 16 — doubles, twins, family
Where: K. Maafushi, South Malé Atoll
From: USD 30 low season, with breakfast
Green tax: USD 6 per person, per night

Ocean-view room with a wood-panelled ceiling and a king bed — Ocean-view room, wood-panelled ceiling — their own photograph.

02 — The rooms

Four categories, one rate card.

Wood panelling, white linen, a dark maroon runner on every bed. Sea-view rooms hold the balcony.

King room with wood-paneled walls and a balcony palm view — Sea-view king balcony

Green-walled room with a balcony overlooking palms — Sage room garden side

Double room with a wooden wardrobe and floral bedspread — Standard double wardrobe

Room with two beds, towel swans and a palm-view window — Twin two beds

Candlelit dinner tables under a canvas canopy at Summer Villa

Dinner under the canvas — their own photograph.

03 — The rooftop

Dinner under string lights,
music on selected nights.

The terrace sits above the street with the whole sky over it. Breakfast is served down at the tables, dinner goes up top — buffet nights, live music on selected evenings, and no need to leave the house for either.

In-house kitchen — Maldivian and western plates
Open-air terrace, seated above the street
Live music on selected nights
Breakfast served down at the tables

04 — The tour desk

Reef, sandbank, dolphins,
and a line in the water at dawn.

Shared departures leave from the harbour ten minutes away. The desk books them, the boat picks you up, and the day is gone by lunchtime.

SnorkellingHouse reef and two stops — mask, fins, guide.
Dolphin cruiseLate afternoon out past the reef line, home at dusk.
Sandbank tripA strip of white sand with nothing on it.
Night fishingHandlines off the boat — the kitchen cooks what you catch.
Scuba divingIntro dives and certified trips, arranged with the dive centre.

White-sand beach with a leaning palm and distant islands — Bikini Beach, five minutes from the door.

05 — Getting here

Twenty-seven kilometres south
of the airport.

Maafushi is the busiest local island in the country and still only half an hour from Malé by speedboat. Land, clear immigration, walk to the jetty — the house arranges the boat before you arrive.

The lit entrance gate of Summer Villa, Maafushi — The gate on the lane Warm light after dark

Speedboat: ~30 min from Velana International, scheduled and private
Public ferry: ~90 min from Malé, once daily, cheapest way over
On the island: 5 min from the harbour, a short walk to Bikini Beach
Transfers: Arranged with the booking — the house confirms the boat times

06 — Rooms & rates

Book it with the house.

Pick your nights, pick a room, send the request straight to the front desk on WhatsApp. No booking fee, no commission, no middleman between you and the person who makes the bed.

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Summer Villa Guest House, Maafushi

Sixteen rooms,warm timber, and the seaa short walk away.

Four categories, one rate card.

Dinner under string lights,music on selected nights.

Reef, sandbank, dolphins,and a line in the water at dawn.

Twenty-seven kilometres southof the airport.

Book it with the house.

Sixteen rooms,
warm timber, and the sea
a short walk away.

Dinner under string lights,
music on selected nights.

Reef, sandbank, dolphins,
and a line in the water at dawn.

Twenty-seven kilometres south
of the airport.