Luxury bepoke holidays to L'Archipel, Praslin
Facts in brief
Location Praslin
Annual opening All year. Closed between 1 May and 31 July 2020 for scheduled renovations
Closest airport Mahé, then onward flight to Praslin
Distance from airport About 20 minutes by car from Praslin airport, which is 15 minutes by plane from Mahé airport
Hotel facilities and services
30 Rooms, Restaurant, Cocktail Lounge, Beach Bar and Restaurant, Gym, Massage Room, Swimming Pool, Internet Room, Billiard Room, Boutique, Beach Service.
Complimentary watersports
Canoes, Snorkelling, Windsurfing.
Chargeable watersports
Deep-sea Fishing, Scuba Diving, Boat Trips (for a fee).
Land sports
Gym, Cycle Hire (for a fee).
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior room for 7 nights
From about
£2,230 low season
£2,630 high season
Holiday Code WW16
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bepoke holidays to L'Archipel, Praslin
With just thirty rooms and suites, L'Archipel is a small hotel offering highly personalised service in an atmosphere of relaxed sophistication. Gaining renown over the last few years as a charming, luxurious hideaway on the beautiful island of Praslin, L'Archipel nestles into the surrounding lush greenery and boasts fine attention to detail. With its green metal roofs, open-sided rooms and carved wooden balconies, L'Archipel was built very much in local Indian Ocean style. The main building and rooms are dotted amongst the tropical palms and flowers of the garden on a hillside overlooking the white sand beach of Anse Gouvernement, which is excellent for swimming and snorkelling. Its location and ample gardens at the end of a private drive ensure seclusion, though all the attractions of the wonderful island of Praslin are only a short distance away by car or cycle. Within easy reach are the beach of Anse Lazio, the local art galleries and the amazing Vallée de Mai, home to the coco de mer palm. Your accommodation is to be found on the slight hillside overlooking the gardens and the sea. Each room is spacious and has a sea-facing veranda where breakfast can be served. Some stretch over two floors. The style of decoration is traditional with bamboo and wicker furniture and colourful soft furnishings. L'Archipel offers a cosy but high-quality, traditional Seychellois ambience, amid beautiful natural surroundings. Please note that unfortunately its hillside location means that the hotel is not well suited for handicapped guests.
Room descriptions
All rooms have private bathroom with shower, (some with bath also), balcony or terrace, sea view, air conditioning, ceiling fan, telephone, minibar, tea and coffee facilities, safe, satellite TV, video, hairdryer.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior room for 7 nights
From about
£2,230 low season
£2,630 high season
Holiday Code WW16
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bepoke holidays to L'Archipel, Praslin
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to the Hotel L'Archipel, Seychelles, Expressions Holidays includes flights from London to Mahe with British Airways direct. The flying time is about 10 hours. There are flights with other international airlines, for example Emirates with departures from London and UK regional airports via Dubai. From Mahe you fly on to Praslin with Air Seychelles. Flying time is about 20 minutes. Hotel L'Archipel is about 20 minutes by car from Praslin airport and Expressions Holidays will arrange a private car transfer.
Additional information
Children: Children over 3 are welcome at the hotel. Children cannot be accommodated in the Deluxe Room.
Special offers
Call to make your booking and save an extra £50 per adult Call us instead of emailing us when you are thinking of booking a holiday and save an extra £50 per adult (in addition to any special offers that might be available). We want to talk to you to discuss your requirements and a phone call is usually the best way for you to define what you want enabling us to respond more accurately. We want to talk to you and you save an extra £50 per adult.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Superior room for 7 nights
From about
£2,230 low season
£2,630 high season
Holiday Code WW16
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bepoke holidays to L'Archipel, Praslin
About Seychelles
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to the Seychelles is really the tropical island of your dreams come to life; a deserted, soft white-sand beach lapped by gentle, turquoise water and fringed by dense coconut palms. The Seychelles are some of the most beautiful islands in the world and due to careful growth, this natural beauty has been protected and preserved. On land the Seychelles are home to rare species of bird and tree, including the amazing coco de mer palm and the black parrot, as well as abundant orchids, hibiscus, frangipani and bougainvillaea. In the seas surrounding the islands of the Seychelles, many areas of which have been designated marine national parks, over 150 species of tropical fish are to be found as well as abundant coral. The pace of life is slow and relaxed, even on Mahe but particularly on the smaller islands. The Seychelles is also known for its racial harmony and their people are a mixture of African, European, Indian, Chinese and Arab. The beauty of the islands and the relaxed way of life have attracted artists over the years and today you are more than welcome to visit them at home and in their studios. A luxury holiday to the Seychelles offers you not just the archetypal idyll of palm-fringed beaches but also a relaxed and harmonious approach to life.
Highlights of the Seychelles
The famous coco de mer found in the Vallee de Mai on Praslin. Paintings by numerous local artists including Michael Adams and Christine Harter to be viewed and purchased. Local handicrafts include batik, pottery, clothes and boxes made from local wood. The amazing beaches of the islands including Anse Lazio on Praslin and Anse Source d`Argent on La Digue. Cousin Island off Praslin is home to several endangered species of birds and the black noddies. Walks on the islands. Toddy made from coconut palm. Local beers are called Seybrew and EKU. Creole dishes include a great range of fish from kingfish to grouper, carri coco (a meat or fish curry with coconut cream) and tec-tec soup.
Facts in brief
Capital VictoriaAirport Seychelles International Airport
Size The islands have a collective size of 175 sq. miles. The island of Mahé is 56 sq. miles.
Population 95,000