Seychelles OVERVIEW
Yes, the glossy brochure pitch about the islands that goes ‘idyllic', ‘holiday Eden' and ‘a heavenly piece of paradise on Earth' is true. The newlyweds that flock Seychelles do it for a good reason and that is, to be precise, the Bounty-commercial-like captivating settings. What can you wish for on your honeymoon if not quaint romantic coves wrapped with palms swaying to the gentle swoosh and ribbons of white sand lapped by turquoise expanse of water. Mushy as it is, the scenario, the scenery and the cast go in perfect unison here.
Not only the head-over-heels-in-love cram these 115 islands off the coast of East Africa. The extraordinary French - British colonial history and long decades of isolation from the major European powers let the Seychelles not only develop their own traditions and culture but, more importantly, grow luxuriant tropical forests and unique fauna. Naturalists and birdwatchers also have the time of their life here admiring the famed Praslin coco-de-mer, the enormous coconut supposedly endowed with aphrodisiac quality, and the world's rarest birds like the Seychelles bulbul, fruit pigeon and the black parrot or diving into the multicolored underwater world and exploring it next to the giant tortoise living in its natural habitat. Nature has definitely not been mean with her gifts when it comes to natural beauty here and you don't need a very observant tourist to see it clearly. Whichever direction you choose, be it Mahé, the most developed of the islands and home to the country's capital, La Digue, brimming with charm and tranquility or Praslin, with its virgin forests and its World Heritage Vallée de Mai - you won't be disappointed. And by the way, the Seychelles magic holiday potion in which the French ‘joie de vivre' is mixed with British dignity and spiced up with a bit of pirate tales, tastes best relished at a very languid pace.
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