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Anse Petite Police & Police Bay
From the village of Quatre Bornes, a road leads to Police Bay, a splendid, blissfully isolated spot at the southern tip of the island. Sadly, the currents are too dangerous for swimming, but the beaches are great places to watch the surf (bring a picnic).
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Anse Intendance
A top-end resort lines the northern portion of this high-profile beach. The southern end is almost deserted and offers good swimming and snorkelling. From the police station at Quatre Bornes, take the 1.7km concrete road that leads down to Anse Intendance.
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Anse Volbert
This long, gently arching beach is the most popular strand on the island. Its great for safe swimming and sunbathing, and its also good for watersports. There are plenty of facilities, including restaurants and hotels. A small islet – Chauve-Souris – that you can swim to for snorke
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Anse Marie
At the islands southern tip, Anse Marie-Louise is a pretty spot. There are no facilities and no parking lot; just pull over at the side of the road and voilà – youre at the beach. Continuing along the coastal road to the west, youll find numerous coves and other beaches, including
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Takamaka Bay
On this popular tour you learn the colourful story behind the islands main distillery and about the rum-making procedure. The one-hour tour runs at 11.30am and 1.30pm and concludes with a tasting and an opportunity to purchase bottles of rum at factory prices. It also features a w
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Botanical Gardens
For respite, the manicured botanical gardens, full of streams and birdsong, are about 10 minutes walk south of the centre. Star attractions are the coco de mer palms lining the main alley. Theres also a spice grove, a pen of giant tortoises, a patch of rainforest complete with frui
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Anse La Blague
Head to Anse La Blague on the east coast if youre after a secluded picnic spot. Very few tourists make it to this isolated beach, which feels like the worlds end. It has no facilities, other than shady takamaka trees to hang your towel on. You might come across a few fishermen with
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Grand Anse
On the southeast coast, Grand Anse is a stunning beach to sun yourself on, and it sees fewer visitors because of the effort required to get there (though you can easily walk or cycle the 4km or so from La Passe). One caveat: swimming may be dangerous because of the strong offshore
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Petite Anse
North of Grand Anse, the wonderfully dramatic crescent of Petite Anse is accessible on foot only. Strong riptides make it dangerous for swimming but the peace you find sitting here under a coconut palm may be as good as it gets on La Digue.
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LUnion Estate & Copra Factory
At one time, the main industry on La Digue was coconut farming, centred on LUnion Estate coconut plantation south of La Passe. These days LUnion Estate is run as an informal theme park, with demonstrations of extracting oil from copra (dried coconut flesh). Also in the grounds are
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Le Jardin du Roi
Located 2km up in the hills above Anse Royale, this lush spice garden owes its existence to Pierre Poivre, the French spice entrepreneur. There is a self-guided walk around the 35-hectare orchard-crossed-with-forest. The planters house contains a one-room museum and theres a pleasa
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Anse Cocos
From Petite Anse, you can also take your beach towel further north to the equally scenic Anse Cocos, which is reached by a rather vague track at the north end of Petite Anse. The bay here is dazzling to behold – a salt-white strip of sand lapped by turquoise waters. Backed by casua
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Market
No trip to Victoria would be complete without a wander through the covered market. Its very small by African standards, but its a bustling, colourful place nonetheless. Alongside fresh fruit and vegetables, stalls sell souvenirs such as local spices and herbs, as well as the usual
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La Passe
A visit to tiny La Passe almost feels like stepping back in time, so perfectly does it capture the image of a sleepy tropical port. Virtually no cars clog the streets. Men and women talk shop on the jetty while waiting for the ferry to arrive. Children ride bicycles on the tree-lin
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Anse Lazio
Anse Lazio, on the northwest tip of the island, is picture-postcard everywhere you look. Here, the long, broad pale-sand beach has lapis lazuli waters on one side and a thick fringe of palm and takamaka trees on the other, and its framed by a series of granite boulders at each extr
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Veuve Reserve
La Digue is the last refuge of the black paradise flycatcher, which locals call the veuve (widow). This small forest reserve has been set aside to protect its natural habitat. At the time of writing there were 20 pairs within the reserve. The male has long black tail feathers. The
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Anse Source dArgent
Most new arrivals head straight for the beach at Anse Source dArgent, and we dont blame them. This is the tropical paradise weve all been daydreaming about all winter: a dazzling white-sand beach backed by naturally sculpted granite boulders that would have made Henry Moore proud.A
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Vallée de Mai
Praslins World Heritage–listed Vallée de Mai is one of only two places in the world where you can see the rare coco de mer palms growing in their natural state (the other being nearby Curieuse Island) – not to mention more than 50 other indigenous plants and trees. If the entry pri
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Doing business & staying in touch while in Seychelles
Seychelles: Doing business & staying in touch
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Seychelles Weather, Climate and Geography
Seychelles Weather, climate and geography
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