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Update: Le Nautique Luxury Beachfront Apartments

Hello readers. It’s been a quite while since we last posted a construction update on our blog (so sorry to keep you waiting) but as you can imagine we have been super busy working between two tropical islands and two luxury waterfront resorts. It has certainly been a busy 18[…]

Creole Culture: La Fête La Digue

This weekend will see a wave of visitors swarm to the tiny Seychelles island of La Digue for “La Fête La Digue” – a weekend of partying and celebration culminating with an island-wide Catholic procession celebrating the “Feast of the Assumption of Mary” on Tuesday 15th August.     The[…]

Creole Recipes: Breadfruit

Exploring the Seychelles Islands you are bound to come across many soaring trees teaming with large, green, round, lumpy looking fruits – but what are they? This is “Breadfruit”.     Breadfruit has lumpy green flesh and a potato-like texture which can be served as part of a main meal[…]

Le Nautique Seychelles: Our Seychellois History

This week we wanted to share with you the rich history of our beloved La Digue beachfront hotel site and the infamous local family figures that came before it.     Let us start with our much loved father and grandfather, Karl St Ange who, together with his darling wife[…]

Le Nautique La Digue: Construction Update 8

  It’s been a good 8 weeks since we last posted a “La Digue Construction Update” so thought it was about time we shared with you all the exciting news on site. We are certainly on the home straight, with most of the main structural elements now complete and moving into the finishing stages.  […]

All About Seychelles

  Unhurried. Unspoiled. A hidden treasure. Just a few degrees south of the Equator lies a hidden treasure in the Ocean… like scattered jewels… garden islands hidden away from all but the most discerning visitor… a visitor looking for warm turquoise blue waters lapping gently onto soft white sandy beaches… but[…]

Seychelles National Botanical Gardens

The past two weeks we have been enjoying the ultimate #staycation, playing tourist as we show our good friend Sophie around our beautiful island nation. Last week was spent island hopping between Praslin and La Digue, seeing all of the tourist hotspots such as the Vallee de Mai, L’Union Estate and[…]

Local Food: Bazar Labrin Market

As part of our travel, food and lifestyle blog, the team at Le Nautique aim to highlight the island’s favourite local food haunts and restaurants (generally giving us food-fanatics the chance to eat our way around the Seychelles). This weeks focus is on the fun and colourful local food market, “Bazar Labrin”,[…]

Le Nautique La Digue: Construction Update 7

Welcome back to our blog and the latest “Le Nautique La Digue” construction update. I know we say it all the time, but WOW has building work come on in leaps and bounds in the six weeks since our last site update. All three roofs are now on, covered and topped with[…]

Packing for a Sunny Island Holiday

Last week we blogged about the various ways to reach the Seychelles and also how to best travel internally around our stunning jewel islands. This week we wanted to share with you our packing recommendations for an easy, stress-free tropical island holiday.     When it comes to the tropics, a[…]