That one who has ever dreamed of this formula cast the first stone ... Since all my readers seem to have found the way to the office under the previous autumn clouds, let me take those who have already wanted to leave: Executive Seychelles on the island of Praslin, and one of the most luxurious Eden of the Indian Ocean: the Lemuria Resort.
What I like most luxury hotels? It is not the decor or the site (after all travel there should be at the hotel to sleep!), But the service and space. And Lemuria Resort, the service is almost a religion!
We arrived after a pleasant flight, but a night flight, even under good conditions, it is never a comfort. If you have booked at Lemuria Resort you'll be pleased to welcome you to leave the plane on the island of Mahe (the main island of the archipelago and the only international airport) and we will help you recover your luggage and to re-register on the national flight following, to the nearby island of Praslin. Upon landing on this island blessed by God, you can indulge yourself ...
The hotel shuttle bus (a vehicle with air suspension) will lead you in a few minutes to the circulation area removed (you will not hear any engine of your stay) you then apply to a stately wooden door to double doors before disappearing with your luggage. And like in the movies, while you climb the few steps you feeling a bit left, you see the huge door opened slowly before a double line of servants (sorry, servers ...), revealing a landscape of sight , into the lagoon beyond. End of first act.
Small golf carts (conducted by the staff) crisscross the vast field of Lemuria Resort for the convenience of visitors. After the welcome drink of iced lemongrass (fantastic refreshing brew) one of them will lead you to your bungalow. We announced a Junior Suite, we are the surprise of a Senior Suite (photo top of article): 115 m² including a huge gathering room lounge, dining room and office, a bathroom, then a large room with Jacuzzi bath and shower, all leading to a terrace equipped with two ground-garden sloping gently down to the beach ...
When we arrive in the suite are deposited our luggage and I barely have time to take a shower with scented ointments vanilla that comes to pick me for the anti jetlag massage on the house. The cart takes me to a special ward and I put a fluffy bathrobe monstrously before being conducted in a large private dining room, open top, a small tropical garden, the sound of a fountain gurgles and two lazily Expert hands knead the poor traveler astray by the eleven hour flight, with the product range Guerlain Shiseido. He'll have the sweet young woman touches my shoulder twice with the lightness of a butterfly to wake me up in an hour ... And I'm not even ashamed!
It would be sacrilege to tell you here all of our stay at Lemuria: we had come to dive, and to tell. We did it for our own pleasure (the article was published in Divers International in October 2006), and I had told our dives on these pages .
But I wanted you to share our enchantment on the Lemuria Hotel: the service is not heavy (as in other institutions in this category elsewhere in the world), quite the contrary. Make a sign and everyone takes great care immediately. And if you want to measure, you'll have to measure. With a smile peculiar to the Seychelles.
The decor is ... how to say ... These are the Seychelles, in everything they have splendid! Praslin is magnificent, with its endless beaches, lush vegetation and calm everywhere. All this is magnified Lemuria Resort.
As for the table ... You can choose between four restaurants and three bars. The buffet breakfast Legend is renewed daily and topped with fresh products at the height of the best bakeries in Paris. For lunch I recommend the Beach Bar & Grill offers you steam fish with ginger steamed in a banana leaf which one never tires (pictured above) or a stew of bats (and enjoy their desserts unforgettable ...). . I invite you to rediscover my page here , specially devoted to the cuisine of Lemuria Resort. And in the evening for a dinner tete-a-head, choose the menu for Seahorse romantic gourmet taste on the green of the famous golf course.
It might be sacrilege to speak of prices, but again if you do not choose to come along with all the wealthy of this world eager to except in exceptional moments (August and end of year), I would strongly recommend you learn all the same on the feasibility of such a stay you can afford at least once in a lifetime. No doubt this will be for you a sublime experience of life in a delightful setting, and leaving you pampered while enjoying entertainment suitable for everyone. I guarantee you'll thank me!
Lemuria Resort 
Anse Kerlan
Praslin
Seychelles
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