Velaa Private Island
A small Noonu Atoll island of villas, houses and four-bedroom residences that can be taken over entirely for a family milestone.
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76 hotels, camps, villas and ships, each described by the specialist who recommends it, including who it does not suit.
40 places to stay match your filters.
Heritage Le Telfair Golf & Wellness Resort
Plantation-house suites on the unspoilt south coast, with two golf courses, a château restaurant and an adult-only wing.
LUX* Le Morne
A breezy, good-humoured resort at the foot of Le Morne mountain, on one of the island's best beaches for sunsets.
Royal Palm Beachcomber Luxury
The grand old name of Mauritian hotels: 69 sea-facing suites on a sheltered beach at the edge of Grand Baie.
Shangri-La Le Touessrok
The east coast family favourite, with the island's largest kids club, a guests-only islet and two championship golf courses.
Constance Ephelia
A 120-hectare resort between two beaches on Port Launay Marine National Park, 40 minutes from the airport, with a spa village and kids club.
Constance Lemuria
The only 18-hole championship golf course in the Seychelles, wrapped around beaches on the north-west tip of Praslin, 15 minutes from the airport.
Denis Private Island
A flat island on the edge of the Seychelles plateau: 23 beach cottages, a farm, an airstrip, and no mobile signal or in-room internet.
North Island
Eleven handbuilt villas on a granite island that has been rewilded, with helicopter access from Mahé and the whole island available to book.
Raffles Seychelles
An all-pool-villa resort on the hillside above Anse Takamaka on Praslin, with butlers, a large spa and a free kids club.
La Residence
A 30-acre estate of vines and orchards below the Franschhoek mountains, with bold interiors, its own wine and suites with private pools for families.
Royal Malewane
Four lodges of different moods in unfenced Thornybush, from a classic thatched lodge to a tented camp, with guiding at the centre of everything.