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Anse Patates, La Digue Island, Seychelles
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Abu Dhabi
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58 reviews 58 reviews
Reviews in 42 cities Reviews in 42 cities
68 helpful votes 68 helpful votes
“OK but could be better”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 October 2007
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Loved the location of the hotel - perched above a dramatic beach - very photogenic. The main building of the hotel is attractive & well maintained & the staff are very freindly & helpful but we felt that a little more care & attention was needed. The pool which could be superb, was dirty & the paint had all peeled off so that in the 4 days we were there, nobody used it.

We found the meals to be pretty bad. Very poor breakfasts & the seafood BBQ was truly awful so we ate most of our meals at the Patatran restaurant next door (better quality & more reasonable).

We had a superior hillside cottage with great views but felt that the room, especially the bathroom, needed updating. The fridge was rusty, the A/C unit constantly dripped & the towells were old & stained. We felt that the 2euro charge to make yourself a cup of instant cofee in the room (no milk of course) was mean.

We realise how difficult it can be to maintain great standards on a remote tropical islands but we have stayed in many small, even more remote islands than this & had better quality. What makes up for it though is undoubtedly the beautiful surroundings but it's a shame that the management don't seem to want to make the extra effort to turn an OK hotel into a great one.

  • Liked — Fabulous vievs & great beach
  • Disliked — rooms needed updating & pretty bad food
  • Stayed October 2007, travelled with family
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Wiesloch, Germany
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26 reviews 26 reviews
Reviews in 23 cities Reviews in 23 cities
42 helpful votes 42 helpful votes
“Great hotel in the paradise”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 August 2007
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Hotel is just a stonethrow away from the ocean waters of north La Digue - a great chilled island. You live in hotel rooms which are all separate in bungalows "glued" on the coast rocks. Great views from the private balcony.

Breakfast was great, lunch we had in a pizzeria in the village and for dinner we recomend the nearby Patatran restaurant (different hotel!)

Rooms clean with aircon. Special requests were fulfilled by hotel staff.

No complaints whatsoever apart the quality of the bicycles (you need a rental bike in La Digue). But all rental bikes on the Island appeared to be somehow simple, on the other hand, they dont need to get locked :-) . Take a flashlight with you in case you get stranded in the village in the evening. No streetlights and no bicycle lights.

But the Island, its beaches and the mood on the Island are just gorgeous! Paradise is best to describe it.

  • Liked — View from the balcony
  • Disliked — quality of rental bikes
  • Stayed August 2007, travelled with family
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Lovely island”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 April 2007
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My wife and I stayed here for three nights as part of our first trip to The Seychelles. We had a superior room, which was a decent size, and had a fabulous view of the Indian Ocean. The room was in need of refursbishing, although the bed was very comfortable and the air conditioning worked very well. Although the room had tea and coffee making facilities, there was no milk and this didn't seem to be available either. Breakfast was a buffet selection, although there wasn't as much choice of fresh fruit as we had hoped for. We hired bicyles from the hotel one day for a tour of the island. This is highly recommended and was good value. The beach near the hotel is very small and does tend to disappear completely during high tide, but another much larger, although fairly empty beach was only a few minutes walk away and it remained even during high tide.

  • Liked — Location
  • Disliked — Room needed refurbishment
  • Stayed April 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Freiburg, Germany
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12 reviews 12 reviews
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37 helpful votes 37 helpful votes
“A very positive surprise”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 April 2007
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My wife and I stayed at Patatran Village from March 11th to 15th. Patatran Village has an entirely new central building (dating from October 2006) with the usual facilities and an open dining room close to the ocean. We were there on half board. The rooms for the guests are individual buildings on the slope close to the central building. We had a very spacious suite with good equipment (ideal for newly married couples but well appreciated also by couples with a long marriage history as is our case). Food is perfectly OK. The staff is friendly. The hotel lets bikes at 8 Euro/day; they are not too well maintained, though. There is a small beach close to the hotel; using your bike you might find better ones -- this is one of the advantages of this small island.
Internet facilities are bad -- but this holds for La Digue in general.

  • Liked — location, friedliness of the staff
  • Disliked — minor details not worth mentioning
  • Stayed March 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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15 reviews 15 reviews
Reviews in 10 cities Reviews in 10 cities
24 helpful votes 24 helpful votes
“Stunning landscape & kind people”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 February 2007
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We have been 3 nights in la Digue, which is the most lovely island of Seychelles. Anse Lazio, Source d'Argent, Anse Severe are very special beaches, and the whole atmosphere of the island, without cars and full of bicycles, is someway young and precious. It takes 30 minutes to ride from Patatran to Anse Lazio, passing through the whole island, green woods and nice cottages. We choose Patatran for the view, which is quite superb from superior rooms. The nearest usable beach is Anse Severe, but the hotel has a pool and solarium in the main building. The new main building has just been built in 2006, full of wood and a wide restaurant-bar at the very end of the promontory. The staff is very kind, when we arrived a girl came with fresh wet scented towels and offered a welcome cocktail. The restaurant was good, they have a set menu for half board and a la carte menu. The first day we rent 2 bycicles, but after a while one broke! The boy came quickly with the truck and another bike. The last day we left the room in the morning, went to the beach, and when we came back in the afternoon they gave us again a room, no charge, to have a shower before going to the ferry.
There was not so much to do in the evening, the place is 1.5 km far from La Passe and the street is not lighted; anyway there is not so much life in La Passe either. In high season they organize live music in the evening, but generally speaking, this is a very nice place for relax.

  • Stayed January 2007, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 2 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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Anse Patates, La Digue Island, Seychelles
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