WOW!! What a hotel!
We stayed in this beautiful hotel for our honeymoon in 2008 and lets just say 'Brides and Beaches' did very well indeed.
We married in Mauritius and stayed here for our honeymoon (we didn't choose the hotels, Brides & Beaches sorted it all out for us).
We stayed in a suite called DENIS, the rooms were named after islands in the seychelles,
The suite was more like a house, 2 bathrooms, lounge areas, bedrooms, 2 air-con units and a balcony area the size of a small garden with luxury garden furniture, 150m2 was the size of the suite. We only used half the 'house' while we were there.
We had a maid attend our 'house' every evening to dress our bed and close the mosquito nets around our bed, this was also the time when the beach towels were changed daily.
The hotel restaurant was amazing, a top chef cooking the best food ever, it was like being in a posh london restaurant! Breakfast was also good, cooked to order. Lunchtimes we had a sandwich brought out to us on the beach, one of these was enough to share as they were like a club sandwich.
Weather was beautiful here but very very humid and hot, you cannot sit in the sun for long, you do have to take shade and there were plenty of trees around on this private beach for you to do this. You still go home with an amazing tan even if you do sit in the shade!
The sea was like walking into a hot bath and there were fish swimming around your legs.
When we were there, no-one really used the swimming pool, this is mainly due to the weather being so hot, you need the sea breeze and also we noticed a few bugs around the pool area that would bite you, my husband was also bitten to bits in the restaurant one evening, so please make sure you wear lots of insect repellant.
Before we stayed here we checked tripadvisor and read about a shop for water, drinks and snacks and we went there daily, it is a 10-15min walk along the beach.
When it rains here, it poors! but its very warm and lasts just a few minutes.
The local currency is only used by the locals, tourists have to use Euros.
This is the perfect place to relax and do nothing, there is not a lot else to do here, for a honeymoon location, this was perfect for us!
- Hotel l Archipel
- l Archipel Hotel
