lolongan
4. august 2024
I travel extensively since almost 30 years, and seldomly come back to the same hotel twice. This is one of the rare exception to that, because I’ve really enjoyed 4S Seychelles the first time I visited it in 2015. This time, although the stay is still quite nice, there is something missing … For my second stay at 4S Seychelles, I choose a hilltop ocean view villa and the view over the bay Petite Anse is really stunning. The villa is well equipped, well maintained, I do not see that it’s getting older after 10 years. The 3 restaurants are quite OK, serving good food. Breakfast is great, even better than 10 years before, as far as I can remember. Spa is also fine. There is some complacency in the aquatic activities. When I was there, the 2 pedal boats were both broken and there are no snorkeling masks with corrected lens (when I was at 4S Landaa Giraavaru, they do have them, so it misled me in thinking it is the case also at 4S Seychelles). Beach service is still also not so present (same as the last time). But what is really missing to me is this so particular feeling that last time 4S Seychelles succeeded to convey in making me feel at home and cared for. This time the staff is still nice but definitely more impersonal. I felt like I am a mundane guest at a Hyatt or Marriott, not a 4S guest. May be because 4S Seychelles has grown too big, too “industrial” and has lost its soul ? One more thing, I do miss my “old friend”, a cute katiti which used to visit the spa terrace :-(
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