Grand Park Kodhipparu Maldives, Baros Island

Grand Park Kodhipparu Maldives - A luxury overwater resort with private pool villas, multiple dining venues, and comprehensive water sports facilities

This 5-star resort features 120 villas with floor-to-ceiling windows, glass sliding doors, and private decks, including 65 units with private pools. Accommodations include beach, ocean, and lagoon villas featuring traditional Maldivian design elements, minibars, flat-screen TVs, and complimentary Wi-Fi. The Edge restaurant serves international buffet breakfast with live cooking stations offering Asian seafood stir-fries, Arabic meze, Chinese noodles, Indian tandoori, and English breakfast items. FireDoor provides refined European cuisine cooked in a charcoal-fired Josper grill, while The Breeze serves à la carte dishes and drinks poolside. The Diving & Water Sports Centre offers PADI courses, banana boat riding, kayaking, windsurfing, jet-skiing, and parasailing. A coral reef for snorkeling is located north of the island. Grand Park provides airport transfers for stays of four nights or more, 24-hour front desk service, babysitting, and laundry services. The resort is set in a ring of coral islands just north of Malé, with Kuda Vattaru landmark 0.3 miles away. A continental breakfast is available each morning at Grand Park Kodhipparu Maldives.

Pros

Private plunge pools available in 65 villas and 18 north beach units

Three distinct restaurants including over-water fine dining and live cooking stations

Comprehensive water sports program with PADI certification and multiple aquatic activities

Complimentary airport transfers for stays of four nights or longer

Family-friendly facilities including kids' club and childcare services

Cons

The island's vegetation requires additional time to reach full maturity

Some water villas require walking long distances along wooden jetties to access