On which island house in Seychelles?

Are you going to visit the Seychelles Islands? You're lucky, but where to sleep? Here are the islands where to stay in Seychelles!

Finding a place to sleep in Seychelles will certainly be at golden prices: if the archipelago is renowned for its heavenly beaches, it is also for its very high cost of living. In any event, the Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago composed of 115 islands north of Madagascar and Meeting and to the west of the Indian Ocean. With a total population of 92,430 inhabitants, Seychelles is spreading over 455 km2, and its marine territory covers more than a million km2. On the islands, most of the population focuses on islands Mahé , Praslin and The Digue .

Between coral beaches, granite hills or the observation of an exceptional fauna and flora, Seychelles will be able to seduce many different profiles of travellers. Where to stay in Seychelles? Finding a place to sleep in Seychelles is very expensive: travelling to the Secyhelles is not cheap at all!

To help you, we have designed a mini-guide of the cities where to sleep in Seychelles. We advise you to choose to stay in the Inland Islands, the ones closest to Mahé, especially for access to infrastructure and urban development.

The island of Mahé

Arrived at the airport southeast of Victoria , the capital of the country located on the island of Mahé, you will see that if the population is known to be welcoming, it is not very touristic. To stay on the island of Mahé, west of Victoria: the seaside cities of Beau Vallon and Bel Ombre . Between mountains and heavenly beaches, it is the coastline of the island that has the highest concentration of hotels and resorts where to sleep. Don’t miss leaving for the highest point of the island, in the Morne Seychellois National Park, at 906 meters above sea level.

Outside the west coast, the small villages – N.Y.S Village, Grand Anse Village, Anse Boileau, Anse Royale, Quatre Bornes, Pointe au Sel, Au Cap – have beautiful beaches with hotels. So where to sleep in Mahé? The west and south coast offer better compromises to explore the charms of this island.

Praslin Island

Second largest island in Seychelles, Praslin is one of the most important islands to visit Seychelles. Where to stay in Praslin to find out? You will enjoy the turquoise waters licking white sand beaches, at the foot of the coconut trees. Let us add to this the local cuisine to magnify a peaceful stay and swimming in a quiet lagoon where to observe many species of tropical fish. We get the recipe for a dream trip, unforgettable.

Vallée de Mai – ranked as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1983 – the beach of Anse Lazio, the Anse Volbert Village and the beach of the Côte d’Or, Pointe Sainte-Marie, the Anse Kerlan, are the best villages and beaches where to sleep in Praslin. The beaches, which are also paradisiacal to each other, are immanquable: do not miss, for example, the Pointe Consolation or the beautiful beach of Pointe Cabris.

The island of La Digue

Much less hotels in La Digue on this third largest island in Seychelles. The main tourist attraction of La Digue is south of the island, with the observation of the giant turtles – the largest terrestrial turtles in the world – 15-30 minutes by boat Baie Sainte-Anne on Praslin.

Between white sand beaches surrounding chaotic rock amoncellements, and the turquoise-green crystalline waters of the ocean, the island of La Digue is one of the most beautiful places to stay in Seychelles. The best known beaches is that of Anse Source d’Argent : the essence of the tropical paradise beach. It is only accessed by the Union Estate Farm, an old colonial house that houses giant turtles. There are many hotels in La Digue, between the villages of La Réunion and L’Unio. Don’t miss exploring the east coast and its isolated beaches: Pointe Jacques, Pointe Camille, Pointe Canon, Petite Anse Beach, Pointe Ma Flore.