Travel guide Seychelles

From the superb and vast wooden heritage house to the small and modest kaz kreol in corrugated iron, these houses of character are still a little present. A major element of Creole identity, they deserve to be the subject of a national restoration campaign. Before the irreparable outrage of the years..

The coco de mer is nicknamed cocofesse for its very suggestive appearance. The only sanctuary of this coconut is the famous May Valley in Praslin. On about twenty hectares, the only coconut grove of sea on the planet gathers male trees with a curious phallic appendage, and females which thus give birth to this sacred coconut.

The vast majority of holidaymakers staying in the Seychelles are couples. From the plane, full of couples in love, you will feel the specificity of the destination. Some families also sometimes get lost on these paradisiacal islands. Very few travellers venture solo to the Seychelles.

Fish and rice are the two staple foods. Bourgeois, jobs, parrots, tuna and others are part of every meal, especially through curries, a national dish mixing pieces of meat, fish (or shellfish) with a spicy sauce. Tropical fruits are used for desserts that are often caloric and tasty.

In this marvellous melting pot of origins, the French, the first colonizers, left their mark on the patronymic. From Simone Bibi to Florence Dodo and from Janet Venus to Josephine Cupid, via Maurice Brioche, Méricide Moustache, Marie Jupiter, Léon Désir, Marie Jolicœur and Wilson Rapide, what a charming patronymic bouquet.

To delight everyone, Seychelles waters are full of fish. The amateurs of deep-sea fishing have here an appointment with tuna, bonito, marlin and other swordfish. Fly fishing and longline fishing are also practiced. These activities are organized by the hotels or by excursionists.

The only downside! Seychelles remains complicated for small budgets, even if the important development of guesthouses makes overnight stays more accessible. But this high cost also contributes to limit the number of people entering the country, and therefore to its preservation.

The "modern music" has certainly imposed itself in the Seychelles too, but sega remains the Seychellois dance par excellence. This dance with a lively rhythm leads couples into a lascivious face-to-face, very sensual and all the more suggestive as the partners do not touch each other.

An institution! SeyBrew is the national beer. Launched in 1972, this pleasant 4.9-degree lager is one of the "staples" even for the most modest families. Seychelles Breweries is one of the most successful companies in the country. A business that foams!

What a delicious bouquet of names! Inherited from the French settlers, toponymy provides information on the specificity of a place, such as at Anse Cachée, Pointe Crocos or the Pig Pond. The names of the islands are also a delight: from Cousin to Petite Sœur, from île Cachée to île Ronde or île Plate, via île Souris.

Treasure islands! Gold diggers are still hard at work on these legendary islands, where some pirate treasures have yet to be discovered. Whether real or dreamt of, these treasures continue to feed the imagination of Seychellois. Was it by chance that Polanski came here to shoot various scenes in his film Pirates ?

The Seychelles by the sea! The idea is all the more appealing as hotels are expensive and the islands of the Mahé group lend themselves marvellously to a discovery with all sails deployed, with superb anchorages, little distance between islands and a delicious sea from October to May.