Crown Beach Hotel

A bit far from Victoria, which meant renting a car, taxi or public transportation. The public bus was an experience every traveller should do at least once. It is efficient but a wild ride! Taxi’s expensive. The staff at crown beach did their very best at suggesting tours and those which allowed hotel pick up. The restaurant was good but expensive. We would actually return as it was quiet ,on the beach and staff impeccable especially John!

The overall impression of this small boutique hotel has been ruined by a dreadful internet service. The Seychelles as a whole has poor internet, but the 3G does work reasonably well, and WIFI elsewhere on the island is useable. However, here at the Crown Beach Villa it is off more often than on and the speeds when on, are woefully slow. If internet is not important to you, then you should be very pleased with the hotel location, nestled in a tropical private corner of the bay, right on the beach. Great sunrises. A small pool and various sun loungers are also available. The food is good and the breakfast includes fruit, toast and cooked food. The staff are helpful and will arrange car hire ( approx 40 euros per day) or taxis. A small supermarket and cafe are just across the road, as is the bus stop, for the bus that goes into Victoria via the airport. Recommend you buy a 4G SIM card on arrival at the airport. The food/drinks inside the hotel are a little expensive.

A Super Hotel Everything about Crown Beach Hotel was great! We got in very early in the morning and were immediately given our room. The biggest attraction of this hotel is its super efficient and most friendly staff! The hotelʼs GM, Alice, is one of a kind, who always went out of her way to assist us. Special mention must also be made of Anifa and Romney at the front desk and Tapas in the restaurant. There were many others who were also very helpful to us. The front desk helped us to rent a car, make arrangements for an excursion, getting taxis to and from the airport and always gave us super advice on where to go, things to do and where to eat!!! They were able to get us good rates on taxis and the car rental. We would strongly advice everyone to rent a car when visiting Seychelles - taxis are expensive, public transport ok but not the best and driving around is so very easy. The hotel has its own secluded beachfront and we went for swims at the sea by the hotel every day. The breakfast at the hotel is quite adequate and the food served at other times ok. There are many nice restaurants in the area to go to, for which having a car is almost a must! We highly recommend a full day excursion to Preslin and La Digue islands. Also there are some fabulous beaches in Mahé, Beau Vallon and Port Launay being the best. We highly recommend Crown Beach Hotel to everyone, a small, homely and classy hotel!!!