About this hotel
General information
Anantara Maia Seychelles Villas occupies a peninsula on Mahé’s west coast, its thirty villas spread between a hillside and a secluded white-sand beach. Around them lie some 12 hectares of tropical forest and gardens planted with roughly 300 exotic and endemic species, and the buildings sit low in the landscape, their interiors pairing rustic hammered copper with soft, tactile fabrics.
Privacy shapes everything here: each villa has its own infinity pool, and a dedicated villa host looks after guests from arrival to departure. Meals can be set up almost anywhere on the grounds, in the wine cellar or on a villa terrace. The resort is known for its wine list, its gardens and a spa of open-air pavilions, and it has its own helipad for flights across the archipelago.
Location
The resort sits in the bay of Anse Louis on the west coast of Mahé. Seychelles International Airport is about 35 minutes away by car, depending on traffic; the hotel arranges transfers for a fee.
Spa
Anantara Spa is set in three open-sided pavilions among endemic greenery and granite boulders, with a timber deck for yoga and singing-bowl sound sessions. Treatments draw on both Eastern and Western traditions and use local herbs, fruit, coconut and seaweed: a signature Vichy rain ritual, a banana-leaf wrap, Ayurvedic therapies, magnesium and seaweed baths, and rituals for couples. Massages can also be booked in the villa or outdoors around the resort.
Sports & leisure
Daily activities include kayaking, instructor-led stand-up paddle boarding on Anse Louis bay, house-reef snorkelling, open-air or in-villa yoga and qigong, and a gym. There is a covered, air-conditioned padel court with coaching on request, garden tours, and a marine discovery programme led by a marine biologist, with guided snorkels, snorkel lessons and reef-restoration demonstrations. The hotel also arranges helicopter flights over Mahé and day trips to Praslin and La Digue, boat outings, guided hikes, surf lessons, and PADI diving and courses with a dive centre five minutes away.
For children
Younger guests have an on-request activity programme: sandcastle contests, pizza and cookie cooking classes, coconut painting, garden games, treasure hunts, nature walks, mocktail making, stand-up paddling in the pool, a first introduction to snorkelling and children’s sessions of the marine discovery programme.
Restaurants & bars
The kitchen blends Creole flavours with Asian, Indian and Mediterranean influences, and dinner can be served almost anywhere, from the beach to the wine cellar.
- Tec-Tec Restaurant — beachfront à la carte dining with ocean views: Asian, Creole and Indian dishes, local recipes and reworked international classics
- "20" The Wine Cellar — intimate dinners in the cellar, Creole-Mediterranean cooking and a selection of rare wines
- Sunset Pool Bar — signature cocktails and light local bites by the pool at sunset
- Mookata — a grill on request, with Asian, Indian and Creole flavours
- Designer Dining — private dinners in a chosen spot on the grounds, with a menu planned together with the guests
- In Villa Dining — round-the-clock service in the villas
- Spice Spoons — a hands-on Creole cooking class that begins with a visit to the local market
- Gin Botanical Sundowner and Endemic Craft Rum Experience — sunset mixology classes at the bar and tastings of a local craft rum
Swimming
The resort fronts the secluded white-sand beach of Anse Louis, with a reef for snorkelling; the Premier Beach Pool Villas open straight onto it. There is a shared pool by the Sunset Pool Bar, and every villa has its own infinity pool.
Pets
Pets are not accommodated.
Rooms
Thirty villas of 250–310 m² sit on the hillside, on the tip of the peninsula or right by the beach, each with a private infinity pool, a sun deck and an outdoor bath. All sleep up to two adults and two children.
Each villa has a king bed, infinity pool, outdoor sunken bath, rain shower, oversized day bed, smart TV, JBL speakers, free Wi-Fi, full-size bath products and a dedicated villa host.
Ocean View Pool Villa
One of ten hillside villas with ocean views, an infinity pool, an outdoor sunken bath and an oversized day bed on the deck. King bed; sleeps two adults and two children.
Premier Ocean View Pool Villa
A villa set higher on the hillside for complete privacy, with unobstructed views across the island and sea, an infinity pool and a large bathtub for two. King bed; sleeps two adults and two children.
Peninsula Ocean View Pool Villa
One of three villas on the very edge of the peninsula, with open Indian Ocean views, an infinity pool and an outdoor bath facing the sunset. King bed; sleeps two adults and two children.
Premier Beach Pool Villa
A beachside villa with its own garden, direct access to the sand, an infinity pool, an outdoor bath and a walk-in rain shower. King bed; sleeps two adults and two children.
Photos are for illustrative purposes only. Actual room layout, furnishings, décor, views and amenities may differ from those shown and may vary between rooms of the same category. Hotel and room descriptions are based on information provided by the property and are believed to be accurate at the time of publication, but are not guaranteed. The hotel may renovate or change its rooms, facilities, restaurants and services at any time without notice. The final details of your stay are confirmed at the time of booking. See our Terms of Use.