Travel to Mahe

With its international airport, Mahe constitues a crossing point for travelers going to the Seychelles. This mountainous island, 16 miles long and 5 miles wide, is the largest in the archipelago. It is also the most populated with a total of 60,000 inhabitants, of which 9 residents of the Seychelles out of 10. Although Mahe is also the most urbanised of all the islands, it offers no less wild and breathtaking landscape like for example at the nature reserve of Port Launey, central trainforest or the sublime Anse Intendance .
Tourism remains essentially located in Beau Vallon, in the north-west, where successive hotels and guest-houses offer a stay. The rest of the facilities mushroom gradually over the whole coastline of the island offering, for many, relative privacy. Thanks to the animation of Victoria, its tiny capital, with its places for night life like its casinos and nightclubs or its many art galleries, Mahe will seduce all those who seek other pleasures than those of the beach. Victoria is a pleasant city where it is good to relax. The visit to the market, one of the main tourist attractions, will particularly delight you on Saturday morning, the day of real turmoil. The neighbouring streets will allow you to find some souvenirs of your stay in the archipelago.
Mahe is also equipped with numerous art galleries. The most popular is the one of the internationally renowned painter Michael Adams, whose brightly coloured paintings are worth their weight of rupee. With a little luck, you can discover the artist at work in his studio, hidden in a large vegetation near the Anse aux Blue Hens.
In Anse aux Pins, go to the crafts village. At the centre, you willl find a beautiful manor, completely made from wood, remarkably restored. It contains many everyday objects from the colonial era. All around, small Creole huts offer a comprehensive overview of the crafts' world on the Seychelles: baskets, hats, paintings on wood, pearl objects, coral and shells. Nearby, the factory of model boats will let you admire the thoroughness of the local crafts. Keeping the indelible trace of British colonialism, The Tea Tavern, near Morne Blanc, and its "Factory" also offers an interesting approach of culture and tea packaging in the Seychelles. The wild paths on the island, rarely frequented, are also conductive to escapades, walking or hiking.
In the direction of Mont Fleuri, the botanical garden, established in 1901, is well worth a look. This oasis of greenery welcomes, over an area of 15 acres, some 200 tropical species including the famous "sea coconuts". Those who wish to can prolong the botanical lesson in the Jardin du Roi (Garden of the King), in Anse Royale, amid scents of girofliers, cinnamon, muscadiers, cocoa ...
Lovers of paradise lagoons will visit the Ste Anne Marine National Park whose seabed is discoverable with a simple mask or from a glass-bottomed boat.
But in order to make the most of your holiday resorts in the Seychelles, you will better choose your place of residence according to the seasons. Algae invade the beaches of the coast as monsoons come. To deal with the problem, many hoteliers do not hesitate to clean up their beach or establish free shuttles to move their customers to protected coasts. Due to their geographical location, the Seychelles are, however, safe from hurricanes.