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best things to do in The Seychelles

Best things to do in The Seychelles

Giant Tortoises. Coco de Mer. The legendary Anse Source D’argent beach. Creole cuisine. Four world class attractions to discover in The Seychelles, but there are many more of course. With year round temperatures rarely falling below perfect, rainfall lasting between a coffee break and never depending on the time of year, and never a cyclone in sight, this necklace of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean is a rare place of tropical wonderment that demands to be visited. But faced with such perfection,if you are deciding what you should plan to do and see, here is the TripReporter guide to the best things to do in The Seychelles.

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the Eden Bleu Hotel

Eden Bleu Hotel. Eden Island Marina

It’s not often I visit a Presidential Suite and find floor to ceiling bullet proof glass windows and reinforced doors, but such is the attention to detail here at Eden Bleu Hotel, it’s clear any visiting dignitary is going to feel very secure that’s for sure.

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AVANI Seychelles Barbarons Resort and Spa Cocoteraie by the Beach

AVANI Seychelles Barbarons Resort and Spa

A table just for two within splashing distance of the Indian Ocean, now that’s what I call a romantic dinner spot. It is, it must be said, the perfect end to a perfect day; after all, how can you argue with two miles of deserted beach, swaying palms and ice cold drinks just a few paces away if you can summon up the energy. Yes folks, the AVANI Seychelles Barbarons Resort and Spa is open for business.

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Madinat Jumeirah Dar Al Masyaf Waterways

Madinat Jumeirah

Well this was a first; a whiskey cocktail with real smoke pouring out of it. You can call it theatre, but I called it genius. It was a little number entitled “as good as it gets” the signature cocktail at Pier Chic, the celebrated seafood restaurant at Madinat Jumeirah set at the end of a pier jutting out into the warm waters of the Persian Gulf. Just us, the moonlight and The Burj for company. It was romantic for sure, but wait a minute, this was Dubai.

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Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel

Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel. Discover luxury in Istanbul’s trendiest district.

Andy Mossack reviews the Hilton Istanbul Bomonti Hotel in the middle of a Siberian snowstorm

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Lakeside

The Lakeside Hotel.  Lake District

It seems The Lakeside Hotel can cure all ills. Just lately I’ve noticed myself growing a little grumpy about hotels. Twenty years on the road as a travel writer have turned the old excitement of walking into a new and different foyer and sleeping in cool clean sheets into a grouchy wariness.

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