Not just another place... another world!

Unique is an overused word. It has appeared in the pages of so many holiday brochures that it has lost any real meaning. That is unless you are describing Seychelles. When applied to our glistening islands unique’ magnificently and triumphantly reclaims its true meaning. Not just once but over and over again. The 115 pristine islands that sparkle in the middle of the Indian Ocean are one of the world’s greatest treasures. A place where natural purity and authenticity are perfectly cocooned from the pernicious infl uences of commercialism. A place where tranquillity and simplicity can be found and innocence rediscovered. A place like no other and another world entirely.Situated 900 km north of Madagascar and 1600 km off the eastern coast of Africa, the Seychelles consist of myriad little islands of uncommon beauty.

The Seychelles offer a view of the original grandeur of paradise: long fine sand beaches edged by coconut palms, rocky peaks of extravagant colors, vast stretches of deep green growth, a coral reef, emerald lagoons, luxurious forests at the base of granite mountains, and an unending sea.

The Seychelles were discovered by Vasco da Gama in 1502, but it was only a century later that an English expedition recorded the first description of one of the archipelago's islands. In the 18th century, ships of the East India Company crisscrossing the main maritime routes took possession of these yet uninhabited islands. In 1815 the Seychelles came under English control; a republic was proclaimed in 1976.