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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Seychelles (Travel Guide eBook)
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Seychelles (Travel Guide eBook)
    Berlitz Pocket Guide Seychelles (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Berlitz Pocket Guide Seychelles (Travel Guide eBook)

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    About this ebook

    This guide explores the Seychelles, a group of 115 islands which lie 1600km off the east coast of Africa. Focusing on the main island of Mahe, home to the international airport and the capital, Victoria, and its satellites Praslin and La Digue this guide also features Silhouette Island, Bird Island and Denis Island. Berlitz Pocket Guide Seychelles is a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that the country has to offer.

    Inside Seychelles Pocket Guide: Where To Go details all the key sights in the country, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text.

    Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip.

    A Perfect Tour provides an itinerary of the country.

    What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from chartering a boat around the islands and scuba diving, to walking in national parks, catching a folk performance or working your way around stylish bars.

    Essential information on the islands' culture, including a brief history.

    Eating Out covers the island's best cuisine.

    Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants.

    A-Z of all the practical information you'll need.

    About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateFeb 1, 2017
    ISBN9781785730214
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      Berlitz Pocket Guide Seychelles (Travel Guide eBook) - Berlitz

      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Seychelles, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Seychelles, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Seychelles are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Seychelles. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Berlitz Pocket Guides

      The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides.

      Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs.

      Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.

      © 2017 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Seychelles’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day in Seychelles

      Introduction

      Geography and Climate

      Flora and Fauna

      People and Language

      Tourism and Economy

      The Price of Exclusivity

      A Brief History

      British-French Rivalry

      Vanilla and Coconuts

      World Wars to Independence

      Independence and the Modern Era

      Historical Landmarks

      Where To Go

      Mahé

      Victoria

      The Botanical Gardens

      Beau Vallon

      The East Coast

      The West Coast

      Morne Seychellois National Park

      Islands to Visit From Mahé

      Praslin

      The Coast

      La Digue

      La Passe to L’Union Estate

      Grand Anse

      La Passe to Anse Fourmis

      Islands near Praslin and La Digue

      Aride

      Cousin

      Curieuse and St Pierre

      The Sisters, Ile Cocos and Marianne

      Silhouette Island

      Private Islands

      Coral Islands with Accommodation

      Bird Island

      Denis Island

      Alphonse and St Francois Atoll

      Desroches

      Robinson Crusoe Islands

      The Amirantes

      Aldabra and the Southern Atolls

      What To Do

      Sports and Outdoor Pursuits

      Watersports

      Diving

      Glass-bottom Boat

      Walking

      Golf

      Cruising

      Scenic Flights

      Fishing

      Birdwatching

      Horse Riding

      Shopping

      Nightlife

      Children’s Seychelles

      Calendar of Events

      Eating Out

      Fish and Seafood

      Meat

      Hot Stuff

      Vegetables

      Desserts

      What to Drink

      Restaurants

      MAHÉ

      Victoria

      North Mahé

      South Mahé

      Praslin

      La Digue

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation

      Airport

      B

      Bicycle Hire

      Budgeting for Your Trip

      C

      Camping

      Car Hire

      Climate

      Clothing

      Crime and Safety

      Customs and Entry Requirements

      D

      Driving

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies/Consulates/High Commissions

      Emergencies

      G

      Gay and Lesbian Travellers

      Getting There

      Guided Walks

      H

      Health and Medical Care

      Holidays

      L

      Language

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening Times

      P

      Police

      Post Office

      Public Transport

      R

      Religion

      T

      Telephone

      Time Zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist Information

      W

      Websites and Internet Cafes

      Weights and Measures

      Y

      Youth Hostels

      Recommended Hotels

      Mahé

      Praslin

      La Digue

      Other Islands

      Seychelles’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      iStock

      Diving

      Discover the wonders of the deep at numerous dive sites around the islands. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      Shutterstock

      Hiking

      The cool mountains of Morne Seychellois National Park are great for walks. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

      AWL Images

      Cycle around La Digue

      One great way to explore laid-back La Digue is by bicycle. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      Getty Images

      Perfect beaches

      Anse Source D’Argent on La Digue has often been voted ‘the best beach in the world’. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      SuperStock

      Exotic Flora

      Pitcher plants are among the islands’ diverse botanic delights. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      Shutterstock

      Vallée de Mai

      This forest on Praslin is a must for coco de mer, walking trails and wildlife. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Getty Images

      Bird island

      Simple comforts are offered on this idyllic island. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      Getty Images

      Victoria

      Visit the capital for a taste of urban life and an insight into local history and culture. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      iStock

      Sailing

      The Seychelles was made for sailing – hire a boat or hop on a chartered tour to see the best of the islands. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      Denis Island Resort

      Hawksbill Turtles

      See these great creatures on Cousin from October to April. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day in Seychelles

      9am

      Morning Market

      In the morning visit the Sir Selwyn-Clarke Market, also known as Victoria Market, where stalls are piled high with freshly caught fish, neat pyramids of exotic fruits and seasonal vegetables. You’ll also find trays of mixed spices, neatly rolled quills of fresh cinnamon, packets of turmeric and colourful jars filled with chillies.

      10.30am

      Central Victoria

      Victoria is easy to explore. Begin your tour at the Clock Tower. Built in 1903 as a memorial to Queen Victoria and to commemorate the establishment of the Seychelles as a Crown Colony in its own right, the Clock Tower lies at a central crossroads in the centre of town. East of the Clock Tower is the Natural History Museum where you can see endemic birds, reef life, tortoises, geology and the skulls of estuarine crocodiles that once inhabited the mangrove swamps along Mahé’s coast and terrorised the colonists.

      12.30pm

      Lunch and Art

      Take a break at George Camille Art Gallery (Kaz Zanana) at Revolution Avenue where you can have a light lunch followed by the best chocolate cake and cappuccino you’ll come across in the Seychelles. Afterwards, pop into the mini art gallery featuring works of local artist, George Camille.

      1.30pm

      Local Crafts

      Codevar Craft Centre at Camion Hall in Albert Street is one of the best places to pick up gifts and souvenirs. In the arcade Kreol Or there is a wide range of jewellery made out of green snail shell, tiger cowrie, coconut shell and gold, and crafts made from local woods, coconut shell, coconut wood and polished palm seed.

      3pm

      Natural Attractions

      Visit the Botanical Gardens at the foot of Mount Fleuri. Look out for the elephant apple plants, which bear edible fruit such as huge apples that smell of rubber. A number of Aldabra giant tortoises are kept here in a large pen shaded by a coco de mer palm. There are attractive ponds with water lilies and darting dragonflies. The path leading from the ponds takes you past a mighty banyan tree and several drumstick trees that shed remarkable, long, thin fruit.

      5pm

      Historic Roots

      On the outskirts of Victoria is Bel Air cemetery, Seychelles’ oldest cemetery. Settlers and their slaves are buried here from the earliest times. The more splendid tombs bear the names of illustrious Seychelles families. Tombstones lie strewn haphazardly, there are no signposts and no guide, but it is an atmospheric place, nonetheless.

      7pm

      Dinner

      Move on for dinner at Marie-Antoinette at Serret Road, off the road to Beau Vallon, at the foot of Signal Hill above Victoria. The restaurant is apparently unchanged since the 1970s and is located in a beautiful, wood-and-iron colonial Seychellois mansion. They serve a set Creole menu of the day regularly featuring grilled fish and aubergine fritters, chicken curry, fish stew and rice and salad. The dessert menu is less imaginative, but by then you’ll most likely be full anyway.

      Introduction

      There are many tropical paradise islands, but

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