Shandrani Beachcomber Resort & Spa

“Yksi parhaista hotelleista, joissa olemme olleet !”

Todella ystävällinen henkilökunta. Pitkät hotellin omat rannat, monta hyvää ravintolaa. Aamiaisella sai vaihdella ravintolaa, joka oli 2 viikon aikana kiva. Vastaanotto oli melkein juhlallinen - shamppanjalasi, henkilökunta täytti tulokaavakkeet puolestasi jne. Päivällä ei voinut vastustaa lettuja,… lisää

Todella ystävällinen henkilökunta. Pitkät hotellin omat rannat, monta hyvää ravintolaa. Aamiaisella sai vaihdella ravintolaa, joka oli 2 viikon aikana kiva. Vastaanotto oli melkein juhlallinen - shamppanjalasi, henkilökunta täytti tulokaavakkeet puolestasi jne. Päivällä ei voinut vastustaa lettuja, joita tultiin paistamaan altaan lähelle. Suosittelen ehdottomasti.

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“Amazing holiday”

It is our second time staying in the Shandrani resort. I can’t recommend it enough. This time we came with our daughter, husband and family including two young teenagers. There was so much to keep them occupied with all the water sports being included. All of them water skied every day as well as m… lisää

It is our second time staying in the Shandrani resort. I can’t recommend it enough. This time we came with our daughter, husband and family including two young teenagers. There was so much to keep them occupied with all the water sports being included. All of them water skied every day as well as my husband who is 72 and always there waiting to be the first one in line. It was very well organised. The staff were excellent with our grandson who had never skied before. The accommodation was a large spacious room on the ground floor over looking the gardens and amazing scenery and kept clean and the room fridge stocked up daily. Our daughter’s family had a two bedroom accommodation although one room had twin beds it was adequate for their needs. The grounds are well looked after and beautiful. We felt very safe walking around after dark as there are cameras and security guards patrolling the beach. The restaurants served excellent food of different nationalities. I recommend as soon as you arrive from the airport to pre book the restaurants for the whole stay as we could only eat at three waiter service restaurants three times out of seven days we were there. You don’t need to book the buffet restaurant, which suited our grandchildren, but my husband and I like to sit and be waited on. Again the food was very good with fresh dishes cooked at different stations. One day we booked a speed boat (Diamond Cruise) for four hours from one of the vendors on the beach. Jake the driver was very knowledgable and gave us a fabulous time which we will remember for a long time. We took a picnic lunch from the hotel with us and it was more food and drink than we needed. You will read about Shandrani being near the airport, we knew about aeroplanes before hand and yes, you do have planes taking off but they are not too many in the morning and then the same in the evening. It didn’t disrupt our holiday at all. We are all taking about going back next year.

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“Beautiful hotel for a relaxing stay by the ocean...we would love to return”

We booked our second week at the Shandrani as we were looking for an up-scale hotel in the south of the island. The hotel is on quite a large complex with the lagoon on one side and the Indian Ocean on the other. We were on the AI (Serenity) package in a deluxe room(368). The room was excellent and… lisää

We booked our second week at the Shandrani as we were looking for an up-scale hotel in the south of the island. The hotel is on quite a large complex with the lagoon on one side and the Indian Ocean on the other. We were on the AI (Serenity) package in a deluxe room(368). The room was excellent and very spacious, complete with a large bathroom, separate WC and separate dressing room. Wonderful bed and good quality furnishings. Excellent wifi. We were on the 3rd floor with a balcony overlooking the palms and the lagoon. The room was nice and quiet as requested (including the aircon!) The central complex and pool with most of the restaurants and bar is a few hundred meters walk but you can call a buggy if you need to. The Serenity package covers access to all restaurants except the Boucanier, which you could book with a supplement. We enjoyed the main buffet (Le Port) the Italian (Ponte Vecchio), the Thai (Teak Elephant) and the international (Sirius). We never made it to the Asian (Ephemerid) as it was closed all the time we were there....shame. All restaurants apart from the buffet required a reservation at least one day in advance. This was a hassle as there is only one desk in the lobby with a single staff member on duty. Queues were inevitable. Food in all the restaurants was very tasty and high quality. All staff we met were really helpful and friendly, but they could do with more in the Blue bay bar and also in the Sirius bar ( at least at the busy time of the evening). The beaches are lovely with the lagoon perfect for families and swimming. The ocean side was spectacular but not really safe for swimming (there are signs everywhere warning of rip currents). Plenty of sun loungers, and we never had to worry about finding one. We could not get a late check out on our day of departure, but the hotel do have a nice "departure lounge" with showers and lockers and changing area. Given the comprehensive nature of the Serenity package, I wouldn't pay the extra for the Serenity Plus. Areas for improvement: The location is quite remote and the only way to get anywhere is to hire a car or take a taxi. There is no courtesy bus from the airport, which, given its only 5 minutes drive would be a real plus. Especially as the taxi fare is a big rip off at 1000Rps /20euro one way. (900rps fixed from hotel to airport). Seems to be a bit of price rigging between the hotel and taxis. The 15 min drive to Maheburg was priced at around 40euro, which was the price we paid for a 1h10m trip from the airport to Trou aux biches.... The rooms do not have any USB charging points which is becoming essential these days. Remember your chargers and adapter plugs. We took breakfast in the Ponte Vecchio, which was always excellent, however, even with two chefs on the egg station there is almost always a queue. Some work needed here to improve the process...perhaps a large plancher to cook multiple eggs/omelettes at a time?? Overall we had really lovely time and would hope to return.

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“Honeymoon”

Vietimme 5 päivää Shandranissa. Hotellia varatessamme meille vihjattiin, että lentokenttä on lähellä ja että se saattaa aiheuttaa hieman melua. Todellisuus oli kuitenkin se, että lentokenttä sijaitsi noin 2 km päässä (lahden toisella puolella) ja aiheutti toki enemmänkin melua. Koneet nousivat suor… lisää

Vietimme 5 päivää Shandranissa. Hotellia varatessamme meille vihjattiin, että lentokenttä on lähellä ja että se saattaa aiheuttaa hieman melua. Todellisuus oli kuitenkin se, että lentokenttä sijaitsi noin 2 km päässä (lahden toisella puolella) ja aiheutti toki enemmänkin melua. Koneet nousivat suoraan hotellia kohti ja sen yli. Pahimmillaan lentomelu oli juuri aamiaisaikaan ja illallisemme aikaan. Hotellialue ei nyt ollut niin luksusta, kuin olisimme Honeymooniltamme odottaneet. Alkuviikosta lapsiperheet kansoittivat hotellin ja pe-la paikalle tuli suuri joukko aikuisia nuoria. Olisikohan ollut jonkin yrityksen porukkaa. He valtasivat mukavan ravintola Siriuksen perjantaina sekä lounaaksi että illalliseksi. Innostuimme pelaamaan hotellin alueella golfia. 9 reikäinen kenttä oli kiva! Käytimme myös kuntosalia, joka oli oikein hyvä. Huone oli tilava ja ilmastointi toimi moitteettomasti. Honeymoonerit oli upeasti huomioitu mm. pienillä lahjoilla sekä kynttiläillallisella. Ihanaa :-)!

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