Mahé, Seychelles

Four Seasons Resort Seychelles

Hillside villas above Petite Anse, each with its own pool.

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Feel

The place

Petite Anse

A private bay at the bottom of the hill. The resort is the hillside above it.

Every villa has a pool

They also list a deck, an outdoor shower, and an open-air reading pavilion for each villa.

Le Syel

The spa at the top of the resort. Eight rooms. They name Le Syel and The Miracle of Coco de Mer.

The kitchens

Koi, ZEZ, Kannel, and Steak Shack.

Mahé

Opened February 2009. About 30 minutes from the airport by road. General manager: Nitin Abbi.

Our read

The villa is the argument: a pool, an outdoor shower, and a reading pavilion on a hillside above a private bay. Le Syel sits at the top of that hill, and the treatment they name after the coco de mer is specific to this island, not a menu that could be anywhere.

Come here for

A villa with its own infinity pool above Petite Anse
Le Syel, and the coco de mer ritual they name
Mahé, thirty minutes from the airport, not an outer island

Skip it if

You want a flat beach hotel you can walk end to end
The hill, and the climb to the spa, sounds like the wrong kind of effort

We’d rather send you somewhere else than send you somewhere that doesn’t suit you.

Four Seasons Resort Seychelles sits on Mahé, on a hillside that falls to the white sand of Petite Anse, a private bay. It opened in February 2009. Nitin Abbi is general manager. They describe the drive from the airport as about 30 minutes by land. They list 62 rooms, 5 villas, and 27 residences. Every villa, they say, has an infinity pool, a deck, an outdoor shower, and an open-air reading pavilion. Architect: Area. Interiors: Hirsch Bedner. Le Syel Spa is at the top of the resort, with 8 treatment rooms. Signature treatments they name: Le Syel, and The Miracle of Coco de Mer. Restaurants: Koi for Japanese, ZEZ for Pan Asian, Kannel for seafood and Mediterranean, and Steak Shack. Book on fourseasons.com/seychelles. MindReach does not take the reservation.

03 · Live here

How the days go

01
Arrive
Mahé airport, then about half an hour by road to Petite Anse. The bay appears below the hill.
02
Feel
Granite, sand, and a pool that belongs to the villa. The spa is uphill, which is the point of its name.
03
Live here
Morning in the bay or the pool. Le Syel if you want the coco de mer ritual or the treatment named for the spa. Lunch at Kannel or Steak Shack. Dinner at Koi or ZEZ.
04
Stay
A room, a villa, or a residence. The villa is the one with the private pool.
05
Go
Book on fourseasons.com/seychelles.