Red Palm Villas

The villas are modern and recently built, and guests describe them as clean, well maintained and fully equipped. One guest wrote that the apartment had everything you need. The view carries a lot of the appeal. Several people mention a gorgeous outlook straight from the room, over the bay below. Guests also use words like peaceful and quiet, and one couple who stayed six nights were sad to leave.

Alysen is the name that comes up most. Guests praise her communication before arrival and right through the stay. One traveller singled out an early check-in and a late check-out, arranged without fuss. Another called her the highlight of the whole trip, communicative, helpful and friendly. The care shows in the property too. One guest described a place designed with love and detail. This is self-catering, so meals are down to the guest, and the villas are fully equipped for cooking in.

Baie Lazare sits on the quieter southwest side of Mahé, with Anse Soleil and Petite Anse among the nearest beaches. The setting is hillside and green, and the reward is the view and the calm. It rests on new, well-kept villas, a real bay view and a host who answers quickly and bends the rules a little when she can. For a quiet, self-catering base on the southwest coast, guests have very little to complain about.

Red Palm Villas sits above Baie Lazare on the southwest corner of Mahé. Anse Soleil and Petite Anse are the closest beaches, small and sheltered, reached down narrow coast roads. Baie Lazare village has a few shops and the church landmark nearby. The villas stand on a hillside, so the view is the trade for the climb, and a hire car makes the stay far easier. Victoria and the airport are roughly an hour up the coast by road. Buses do run along the main road below, but for the beaches and for reaching the villas themselves, driving yourself is the practical choice. Plan for winding hill roads on the final stretch.