NEW PARTNERS JOIN ILE DE LA REUNION TOURISM
(Posted 07th February 2014)
The Reunion Tourism Office central reservation department has yesterday welcomed new service providers to their extensive list of existing partners, affirming that tourism remains a growth sector on this French Indian Ocean island.
New are the Villa Oté, a colonial style guest house situated in the Entre-Deux. Three bedrooms open onto a living library where a reading area and a coffee corner is available to visitors. Vacationers can enjoy breakfast served outside on the terrace at the floor or in the exotic garden of the house. Villa Oté also offers a table d’hôte evening meal which gives guests the opportunity to enjoy a tasty and creative cuisine, home cooking style. Oté The Villa has an infinity pool and a spa, offering a Hikers relaxing excursion parties on the many trails in the village.
Also new is the Domaine de Café Grille, located in Saint-Pierre which offers guided tours of the botanical garde. This is taking visitors back in time to trace the history of the great culture that has made La Réunion. At the heart of a garden of four acres, visitors will discover shrubs rich in colors that bloom extends throughout the year. Flowering vines, bamboo and palms, walkers will appreciate the biodiversity which can be found here. For those peckish or outright hungry, the Domaine de Café Grille offers tasty local dishes and of course coffee and croissants.
Reunion, one of France’s regions in the Indian Ocean – Mayotte is the other one – has over the past years made determined efforts to move its tourism industry away from the past nearly total reliance of the French domestic market, from where home airline Air Austral connects 12 times a week from Charles De Gaulle in Paris to the island’s main airport Roland Garros in the capital St. Denis. Agreements with South Africa for a Visa Waiver Programme have born fruits and seen visitor numbers from there increase in leaps and bounds and a similar deal is in the making now for China and reportedly some other countries too.
Reunion’s attractions, from the sandy beaches to the rugged interior and active volcano Piton de la Fournaise, can be accessed via www.reunion.fr and the various links to service providers found there.
