Palm Residence

Second time to Rasdu and second time staying at this hotel. Pros: 1. Almost on the beach shore, 20 m. You can walk to another beach along the white sand, i.e. along the shore (at high tide a couple of places up to the knee). On the beach cafe with fresh juices and coffee, if you're lucky, then with cakes 2. Masks and fins for free, for undemanding guests ok, in the shops on Rasdu full of junk, now we are already equipped from home 3. The hotel is small, two-story, we had a room with a balcony. There are splits, ceiling fans. Our room on the shady side and the drain worked well, we didn't like 202, although it was more spacious 4. Everything is within walking distance (but this is all over the island) 5. Excursions are organized through the hotel, maybe more expensive, I don't know, but since the locals have difficulty in English, it was easier for us to organize all the excursions through the hotel: dolphins, manta rays, snorkeling on a nearby reef, sand spit, fishing, Todu and Ukulas. Prices are low for the Maldives 6. Great manager. We communicated through a translator or WhatsApp, she knows English and Filipino, well, and local, as I understand it. She solved all our problems. 7. Delicious breakfasts. There is continental and Maldivian. We took Maldivian (scrambled eggs or omelette with cheese, tuna with coconut and flatbreads), coffee 8. At the reception there is a minibar with non-alcoholic beer and cola (Sprite, etc.), inexpensive 9. Cleaning and change of towels was three times a week. Of the minuses: 1. Minor repairs in the hotel are requested, but, as I understand it, this is now everywhere, the crisis 2. Nobody knows Russian, but this is on the whole island, many do not know English or speak such a terrible pronunciation that even the British do not understand them 3. Mosquitoes are present, take sprays, fumigators, etc. In general, we liked it.