Luxury Holiday Villas in Seychelles

The islands of the Seychelles are the stuff of dreams. Strewn like Indian Ocean pearls through the warm and azure waters some 700 miles north of Madagascar and 1,120 miles east of mainland Africa, they grace the covers of travel brochures the world over with visions of cloud-white sands and salt-washed granite boulders, all hemmed in by stooping coconut trees and dashes of resplendent coral reefs. The best way to experience the Seychelles paradise is with a luxury villa rental or your own private island escape.

Most of the luxury holiday villas in the region are found in what’s known as the Granitic Seychelles. It’s a group of 42 rocks that forms the northernmost edge of the country. They’re a tropical idyll from tip to toe – think inland mountains dressed in humid cloud forests rolling down to remote coves covered in pandanus leaf pines.

That’s the setting for some seriously secluded and exclusive properties, many offering private beaches of wispy sand, access to their very own runs of coral gardens, and swimming pools perched on the granite rocks above the sea. If you’re after a trip of rest and relaxation, romance and pampering, there are few places quite as fantastic as this.

The beaches are what pull most people in. The otherworldly Anse Source d’Argent leads the way. It’s one of the most photographed stretches of sand on the globe, with its sinewy rocks rising against the sky-blue seas on the south side of gorgeous La Digue island.

We’d need a whole book to run through all the other paradise coves of the Seychelles. From the gleaming banks of golden powder at Anse Lazio on Praslin Island to the wave-bashed arc of Beau Vallon and its buzzy rows of spice-scented Creole fish taverns down on Mahe island, there are oodles to get through!

There’s also plenty of room for exploration in Seychelles between sunbathing sessions and naps by the poolside. Hop on a charter yacht to sail the rocks of the Saint-Anne Marine National Park and meet sea turtles and surgeonfish. Pull on the hiking boots and hit the trails of the Vallee de Mai Nature Reserve, where butterflies flutter through the blooms of hibiscus and towering Coco de Mer palms dominate the canopy.

Tempted? We have a curated array of luxury villas in Seychelles that promise real class and style. They’re secluded and private; so private, in fact, that some even occupy their very own islands away from the crowds, with empty runs of alabaster sand on the doorstep. We’ve got romantic options for couples, right up to sprawling estates that can sleep more than 40 guests at once.