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Choosing your villa: over the water or on the beach

Six kinds of villa, two very different settings. How to decide which one is yours.

Sandbar VillasPosted 4 Nov 2026 · Baa Atoll UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Sandbar Island
Choosing your villa: over the water or on the beach

Guests often ask us which villa is best. The honest answer is that it depends on how you like to spend your days, and on who is with you.

Over the water

Our Lagoon Water Villas sit over the shallow eastern lagoon, where the water is calm and clear enough to watch rays from your deck. The Sunset Water Retreats, at the far end of the western boardwalk, are larger, on two levels, and have a water slide from the upper deck straight into the sea. Families take the Two-Bedroom Family Water Retreats, with a children's sun shelf in the pool.

On the beach

The Beach Villas are hidden in the island's greenery, with sand underfoot from the moment you step outside, an open-air garden bathroom and the most privacy on the island. For larger groups, the two Three-Bedroom Beach Residences have their own beach, a 20-metre pool and a private chef.

And the one of a kind

The Sandbar Reserve stands alone at the end of its own boardwalk: four bedrooms, two pools, two slides and a cinema room, looking out at the sandbank. Every villa, whichever you choose, has a private pool and a roof that slides open above the bed.

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