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 have been built here for the Population and even one - connected with bridges - new artificial islands like, Eden Island, on which condominiums have been built that foreigners can also purchase, provided that, in addition to Praslin, the island of Evewhich is used as a commercial zone, and Perseverancewhich represent affordable housing alternatives for the Seychellois(e). Of the 73,000 inhabitants of Mahé, one 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 ... so roughly: 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.

Of greater tourist importance, however, is La Digue, the fourth largest island (pronounced: la-DIEG, named after an explorer ship), which lies close to Praslin. So many "typical" Seychelles photos, films and commercials were taken on it that you know its unique granite formations even if you have never heard the island's name.

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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