Seychelles Islands

The main island of the Seychelles is Mahé with an area of 154 km² - almost exactly one third of the total land area of all islands. Mahé has grown by several square kilometres in recent years through land reclamation on the east coast. New settlements for the population have been built here and even a new artificial island, Eden Island, connected by bridges, on which condominiums have been built that can be purchased by foreigners. Of Mahé's 73,000 inhabitants, a third live in the capital Victoria or its suburbs.

The second largest island is Praslin. The name is pronounced in French: with a nasal at the end, while the "s" is silent ... for example: pra-LENG. This island is mainly famous as the home of the coco de mer or Seychelles coconut.
The third largest island, Silhouette, is less important for the average tourist. You can visit it, but there is only one hotel here, and the very largest part of the island is a nature reserve, part of which consists of an almost impenetrable jungle.

La Digue, the fourth largest island (pronounced: la-DIEG, named after a ship of discovery), which is close to Praslin, is of greater importance for tourism. So many "typical" Seychelles photos, film and advertising shots were taken on it that one knows its unique granite formations even if one has never heard the island name before.

On all other islands (with the exception of the small island Cerf off the coast of Mahé) there is at most one accommodation, so that the hotel guests are mostly among themselves - some hotel islands are only shared with a handful of other holidaymakers and the staff.

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