In the south of Mahé, the main island of the Seychelles, Mango House recently opened where the family property of Italian photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri used to be: a dream location, with its feet in the sand, along the coast of Anse Aux Poules Bleues. Its 41 rooms, suites and villas, each with views of the Indian Ocean, are scattered in the middle of a garden planted with fruit trees. Priority is given to plants and products from the island at the Anpe spa (“peace” in Creole), as well as in the various restaurants. Parents and children enjoy a wide range of activities with a strong local flavour: hiking in the rainforest, traditional rock fishing, painting on canvas…

Céline Baussay