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Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino
Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino
Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino is a 3-star hotel conveniently located only 9.7km (6mi) from the centre of Mahe Island. Local places of interest include Beau Vallon Beach and Sainte Anne Beach. The resort is located on the beachfront overlooking to the breathtaking Indian Oceans.
Guest rooms
There are 232 air-conditioned rooms at Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino. Guests of the hotel can make use of the following room facilities: coffee/tea maker, in-room safe, direct-dial phone, balcony and CD player. Additional amenities in the rooms include minibar. Beds: Extra towels and bedding items can also be found in the rooms. Bathroom amenities include hair dryer and makeup/shaving mirror. Entertainment: Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay Resort & Casino features in-room facilities such as premium television channel(s) and satellite television service and housekeeping services are provided.
Standard Room
All standard rooms are air-conditioned and have private showers, hairdryer, coffee and tea making facilities, mini bar, IDD facilities, TV with local reception and CNN, plus in-house video and music include ten non smoking rooms. Rooms are located in the main building on the first and second floors. There is no lift in the hotel.
Superior Room
All superior rooms are air-conditioned and have private baths and separate shower cubicles, hair dryers, mini bar, personal safe, coffee & tea making facilities, TV with local reception, CNN, in-house video and music include two non smoking rooms. All rooms are located on the ground floor of the main building with a sitting area.
Deluxe Room
All deluxe rooms (Chalets) spread out in 8 buildings with air-conditioned and have private baths, private balcony, hair dryers, mini- bar, personal safe, tea & coffee making facilities, TV with local reception, CNN, in-house video and music .
Garden Suite
Garden Suite is air-conditioned and has private bath and separate shower cubicle, hair dryer, mini bar, personal safe, coffee & tea making facilities, TV with local reception, CNN, in-house video and a living room located on the ground floor of the main building.
Junior Suite (Chalet)
Their Junior Suite (Chalet) comprises of 1 large bedroom with kitchenette are air-conditioned and have private bath, balcony, hair dryer, mini bar, personal safe, tea & coffee making facilities, TV with local reception, CNN, in-house video and music.
Royal Suite (Chalet)
Their Royal Suite (Chalet) comprises of two large bedrooms with Jacuzzi, living room, modern kitchenette and are air-conditioned and have private baths, private balcony, hair dryers, mini bar, personal safe, tea & coffee making facilities, TV with local reception, CNN, in-house video and music.
Hotel Facilities
Hotel Facilities include restaurants, currency exchange, gift shop, hair salon, picnic area, tennis court(s). spa services, spa tub and laundry service. Facilities for meetings, conferences and seminars are available. The Hibiscus Room can accommodate for up to 40 persons in theatre style.
The Silhoutte Bar plays live music and the other bar is in the casino area. Sand Station Beach Bar serves in the beach area.
Twice a day, a free shuttle bus to the capital of Victoria is offered to hotel guests.
Le Canton Chinese restaurant offers Cantonese cuisine with a wide selection of ala carte menu. La Canton is open daily for lunch and dinner from 12h00 to 14h00 and 19h00 to 22h00 respectively. For Italian fare is served at the rustic and breezy open air restaurant, Pizzeria which serves pizzas, pastas, salads and snacks. Pizzeria is open daily for lunch and dinner from 12h-00 to 14h00 and 19h00 to 22h00 respectively.The Parrot Restaurant serves American buffet breakfast and theme buffet dinner or the Teppanyaki corner for traditional Japanese grill. The Parrot Restaurant is open daily for buffet breakfast and dinner from 07h00 to 10h00 and 19h00 to 22h00 respectively. Tandoori Restaurant serves Indian cuisine. Indian restaurent is open daily for lunch and dinner from 12h00 to 15h00 and 19h00 to 22h00 respectively.
Casino
The in-house gaming tables operates daily from 8:00 pm till 3:00 am. Slot machines are functional from 12noon till 03:00. American Roulette Blackjack, Caribbean Poker and slots are available. There are 55 slot machines and 16 gaming tables plus there are private rooms for high-betting game tables. All games are played in Seychelles Rupees (SCR) and American Dollar (USD). The minimum on gaming tables are two and five US dollars on Black Jack and Roulette respectively. There is a bar serving snacks, special drinks and unique cocktails in the casino floor.
Beau Vallon Beach
This beach is one of the largest and widest beaches in Seychelles. The beach lends itself extremely well to watersports in a way that the smaller, secluded coves found elsewhere in the country do not. Here, visitors can surf and water-ski on the waves, and it is precisely this level of activity that caused a small town to spring up around the beach. This is a convenient spot as everything you need can be found within walking distance of the beach. Despite this bustling atmosphere, the beach itself is not particularly crowded, even during high season. On clear days, it is possible to see all the way across the ocean to the Seychelles’ third-largest island, Silhouette.
Seychelles Rock Formations
Rock Formations
Ros Sodyer (Cauldron Rock)
This rock formation is about 27 feet deep and 54 feet wide. Ros Sodyer is now a national monument. It is located in Takamaka, on the southern part of Mahe. It has a large pool at the edge of the granite slope which links the craggy coastline of Takamaka to the Intendance beach. The pool is 6 to 8 metres deep and about 5 to 6 meters wide. Its water is crystal clear and there are some fish and crabs in it. The pool fills up when the tide rises. During low tide, you can swim in it or even jump into it from the rocks above. When the tide spills over the cliff, it is not safe to swim as the waves can pull you back into the sea over the cliffs.. You can reach the pool via a 30 minutes nature trail hike from Anse Takamaka Beach at the Chez Batista Villas Parking where you will also find giant tortoises kept in a confinement.
There are sign boards that will guide you through the property. There is a steel ladder to climb over and up granite rocks. This is not safe for everyone.
Miray Demon (Devil’s Wall)
The Devil’s Wall has left researchers puzzled over its amazing formation. Miray Demon consists of several separate pieces of rock of different sizes and shapes arranged to rest on top of one another to make a crude wall., which have more or less remained in place like interlocking pieces of a gigantic jigsaw puzzle. It was declared a national monument in 2006.
Ros Leskalye (Rock Steps)
This granite formation is located on Mahe, close to Port Launay. At first look this formation looks man made. Because of it some people argue that the old Phoenicians more than 3000 years ago carved it in stone as a landmark or for religious reasons. But in reality, this rock formation is the result of volcanic activity and it appears as steps in a dyke. On the surface of the granite rocks there are compressed minerals in different colours embedded in the granite. These minerals evolved after heated molten rocks rose from the interior of the earth to the surface and then cooled down. These soft minerals, which look like randomly formed stairs, are embedded in the granite and have been washed out by erosion.
Ros Koson (Pig Rock)
The geological formation is called Ros Koson because it resembles a crouching pig in profile. One can distinctively make out the sunken eyes, the cartilaginous snout over the mouth baring the teeth. Of course with so much granite around, it is neither uncommon nor unusual to come across boulders or shapes of some recognisable representation. Ros Koson was declared a national monument in 2006.
Anse L’union Granite Boulder
Anse L’Union Boulder, a massive stone monument of granite covering over one acre of land, on the west coast of La Digue, the third-most populated island. This rock is made out of crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica, and it is believed that the boulder was laid beneath the earth before it was pushed upright a million years ago. The giant monument stands at the site of a Natural Park inhabited by tortoises.
Ros Torti (Tortoise Rock)
You come across this stupefying rock formation when you go up the main road outside the international airport. The rock is enclosed by a roundabout coupled with water features. You will also come across this landmark if you are travelling by road to Pointe Larue, a southeastern district in Seychelles.
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