Pictures of Sonesta are old. The entire resort is under total reconstruction...and when it finally is ready in the next month or so....it will be all BRAND SPANKING NEW. I stay at Royal islander, right next door to Sonesta. Maho beach usually is great...but....sometimes the beach comes and goes. Being right at the Maho area CANNOT be beat. Plenty of choices of restaurants, the best and largest casino on the island, BEAUTIFUL pool area, great grounds....and shopping all within a two minute walk from the hotel. Sunset Beach Bar, and the nightlife over at that area is a five to ten minute walk away too. AND......the area around Maho is FLAT....you wont have to walk up and down hills, like you do at Simpson Bay.