Kempinski Seychelles Resort

Location: Mahe

The 148-room Kempinski Seychelles Resort is an upmarket, family-friendly property on a white sand beach in Mahe’s exclusive BaieLazare area. Elegant and spacious rooms, each with balconies and luxe, modern bathrooms, are decorated in colonial style and equipped with minibars, flat-screen TVs, and electric kettles.

This hotel has an Olympic-length outdoor infinity pool and a spa with a wide range of treatments inspired by the hotel’s idyllic setting. Entertainment for kids includes a kids’ club, playground, children’s pool, free loaner bikes, and two tennis courts.

A variety of dining and drinking options throughout the resort offer breezy, open-air seating.There are three restaurants at the resort, including a buffet that serves nightly themed dinners and a fine dining restaurant, L’Indochine, that serves fresh seafood and a Pan-Asian menu in a relaxed but beautiful dining room with sublime views. A Spa by Resense offers massages, scrubs, wraps, and beauty treatments.

The Windsong Beach Restaurant serves sandwiches, snacks, and international dishes and seafood in a casual beachfront setting, and the bar provides cocktails. In the Planter’s Lounge and Bar, there is live music every evening. The Tidal Lounge, a library and game room, is furnished with comfortable couches, pool tables, a dart board, and other diversions.