Seychelles

  • OPENING DATE:

    February 2009
  • GENERAL MANAGER:

    Renan Astolpho
Physical Features

Total Number of Rooms: 67

  • Guest Rooms: 62
  • Villas: 5

Number of Residential Units: 27

Design Aesthetic:

  • Local Creole style with extensive use of wood and stone in a series of indoor and outdoor pavilions
  • Nestled into a lush hillside leading down to a white-sand beach
  • Every villa has its own infinity pool, deck, outdoor shower and open-air reading pavilion with daybed
  • Features colourful art by the country's foremost artist

Architect: Area

Interior Designer(s): Hirsch Bedner Associates

Location: Secluded private bay on the country's main island of Mahe, 30 minutes by land from the airport

Le Syel Spa

Number of Treatment Rooms: 8

Product Range: MyBlend, Belliche, Temple Spa

Signature Treatments:

  • Le Syel Signature: Beginning with a nurturing foot ritual, signature Opening Sequence using Breath Of Life inhalation and cooling balm application, moving up the body where cells are restored during singing bowl vibration to melt stress and tension away. Concluding with a facial and scalp massage.
  • The Miracle of Coco De Mer: A rare native palm tree with the largest seed in the plant kingdom. This five step ritual includes a body scrub and mask, body butter massage, bath overlooking the bay and application of body lotion.

Interior Designer: Hirsch Bedner Associates

Design Aesthetic:

  • Located at the uppermost point of the Resort, far above Petite Anse bay, with sweeping Indian Ocean views
  • Contemporary island décor and furnishings, with natural harmonious colour palette of warm browns, white, gold, greens and greys

Special Features:

  • Every double treatment room is equipped with changing facilities, restroom, indoor massage beds, outdoor bathtub and rain shower

Interior Designer: Hirsch Bedner Associates

Dining

Examples of Locally Sourced Ingredients:

  • Herbs and spices including cinnamon and lemongrass
  • Fruits including mangoes, jackfruit, pineappple, papaya, coconut and passion fruit
  • Local fish brought ashore by fishermen including mahi mahi, tuna, red snapper, job fish and octopus
  • Vanilla

Restaurant: Koi

  • Cuisine: Japanese
  • Signature Dish: Indian Ocean tuna tataki with yuzu jam, radish and truffle oil; omakase experience
  • Indoor Seating: 35
  • Design: Hirsch Bedner Associates

Restaurant: ZEZ

  • Cuisine: Pan Asian Cuisine
  • Signature Dish: Singaporean Alaskan king crab
  • Indoor Seating: 32
  • Outdoor Seating: Covered seating for 40; open-air seating for 44
  • Designer: Hirsch Bedner Associates

Restaurant: Kannel

  • Cuisine: Seafood dinner and Mediterranean cuisine
  • Signature Dish: Local catch from the Petite Anse fish counter
  • Outdoor Seating: Covered seating for 72; outdoor seating for 46
  • Designer: Hirsch Bedner Associates

Lounge: ZEZ Bar

  • On the Menu: Speakeasy cocktails, Indian bites menu
  • Outdoor Seating: Covered seating for 42; open-air seating for 16
  • Designer: Hirsch Bedner Associates

Lounge: Kannel Bar

  • On the Menu: Comfort food
  • Outdoor Seating: Covered seating for 40, with 12 at the bar
  • Designer: Hirsch Bedner Associates

Restaurant: Steak Shack

  • Cuisine: Premium grilled meat, seafood and vegetables
  • Signature Dish: Wagyu tomahawk, grilled octopus, king prawns
  • Outdoor Seating: 30
Recreation

Pools:

  • Number of Pools: 1

Fitness Facilities:

  • Size: 128 sq m / 1,380 sq ft
  • Latest cardio machines, free weights area, strength-training equipment, complimentary coffee, fruit and granola bars and exercise wear
  • Classes and personal training
  • Walking and jogging trail
  • Bespoke surf and yoga retreats

On-site Activities:

  • Beach
  • Birdwatching
  • Boating
  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • In-room spa services
  • Jogging
  • Kayaking
  • Library
  • Sailing
  • Scuba diving
  • Snorkeling
  • Marine education

Off-site Activities:

  • All-terrain vehicle excursions
  • Biking
  • Boating
  • Canoeing
  • Deep sea fishing
  • Golf
  • Helicopter tours
  • Hiking
  • Horseback riding
  • Jet skiing
  • Jungle trekking
  • Kayaking
  • Local excursions
For Younger Guests
  • Kids for All Seasons: Supervised children's program in a dedicated facility
  • Marine education
  • Surf lessons
  • Junior spa
  • Upon arrival, children each receive special amenities
Meeting Rooms

Unique Meeting and Event Facilities:

  • Indoor and outdoor spaces
  • Private dining
  • Weddings

Breakout Spaces: 2

Private Dining Room Capacity: 4

Unique Meeting and Event Facilities:

  • Old beach house available for private weddings or intimate meals
  • Private Residence - has natural light and outside space set in a minimum of 1.5 acres of land

Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Member of the Green Globe program for sustainable travel and tourism
  • Resort-specific Sustainability Management Plan in place
  • Vegan and vegetarian menu items available
  • Certified “Seychelles Sustainable Tourism Label Hotel” by the Ministry of Tourism
  • Elimination of single-use plastic water bottles
  • Employees participate in an annual charity event, Run for Hope, to raise awareness and funds for cancer research
  • Locally sourced fruits and seafood
  • Biodiversity support program to support Petite Anse Reef Restoration Project to protect the reef
  • Local artists featured throughout the Resort

 


PRESS CONTACTS
Ellen Donington-Smith
Senior Director of Public Relations and Communications

Mahé,
Seychelles