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An archway framing the sea at sunset, chairs out on the deck

Stone Hotel

Dhiffushi · North Malé

Dhiffushi sits at the outer edge of North Malé Atoll, where the atoll breaks up into reef and open water. Long beaches on two sides, wind on the east, and a village that has kept its shape.

Stone is the biggest thing in this collection — fifty rooms, a rooftop pool, more than one place to eat. It is a local island stay run at the scale of a hotel, which is either exactly what you want or exactly what you don’t.