Where to stay on Réunion: west, south or the highlands?
La RéunionConsejos prácticos7 min
The island crosses in a day. What decides a stay is the side you unpack on: the west lagoon, the wild south coast, or the cool highlands.
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A villa with a pool on Réunion: what the budget covers
Consejos prácticos7 min
Thirty-three villas in the catalogue, from 234 to 747 € a night. What the low end already buys, and what the high end adds.
Staying in Saint-Gilles, Boucan Canot or La Saline
Consejos prácticos6 min
Eleven places along a few kilometres of coast. Five districts, one lagoon, and differences that matter when you choose.
Staying in a cirque: Salazie or Cilaos?
Consejos prácticos6 min
Two cirques reached by road, three catalogue listings, and one simple question: which to choose when you want to sleep in the highlands.
A villa for 12 to 16 guests on Réunion
Consejos prácticos6 min
Seven catalogue listings sleep twelve guests or more, up to sixteen. Where they are, what they cost, and what to check before booking for a group.
Villa, apartment or guesthouse: how to choose
Consejos prácticos6 min
Forty-two places, four kinds of lodging, and a spread from 52 to 747 € a night. What each one really implies.
Renting a car on Réunion: is it essential?
Consejos prácticos6 min
The distances the catalogue listings publish, from the airport to each commune, answer better than a general opinion.
What to do on Réunion in 7 days: the itinerary
Itinerarios7 min
A loop from the airport, two days in the west, down to the south and back up through the highlands. Seven days, two changes of suitcase.
Le Tampon and the Plaine des Cafres, base for the volcano
Itinerarios6 min
Four places, a commune backed onto the volcano, and a road climbing from Bourg-Murat to the Plaine des Cafres. Sleeping here shifts the whole plan towards the morning.
L'Étang-Salé: black sand, forest and pond
Itinerarios6 min
Four places in the commune, a black sand beach, a state forest and the étang du Gol. The south-west without the Saint-Gilles crowds.
The east coast: Saint-André, Bras-Panon and vanilla
Itinerarios6 min
Three places on the windward coast, among cane, vanilla and the mouth of the Salazie cirque. A coast most trips drive through without stopping.
Mafate: hiking and sleeping in the roadless cirque
Itinerarios7 min
No road goes down into Mafate. You walk in from Salazie, Cilaos or the Maïdo, and sleep in a mountain hut. What it asks of you, concretely.
Saint-Denis on Réunion: start at the Barachois
Consejos prácticos6 min
The capital reads from its seafront: the Barachois cannons open onto the island's north, the Jardin de l'État onto the interior, the shopping streets onto the rest. One day, on foot.
Lychees, mangoes, pineapples: the fruit calendar
Temporadas6 min
What is picked and when, on an island that produces all year. A landmark for the markets, and a reason to pick your season.
Saint-Paul: the former capital and its market
Itinerarios6 min
The island's second commune and its former capital, Saint-Paul holds together along its seafront. The Friday and Saturday market, the listed marine cemetery, then the pond a few kilometres on.
Hiking the highlands from June to September
Temporadas6 min
The austral winter brings the driest days of the year. What it changes at altitude, and where to walk during that window.
Saint-Gilles-les-Bains: four beaches and a lagoon
Itinerarios6 min
The west-coast resort sits on a lagoon sheltered by the reef. Anse des Raisinsiers, Grand'Anse, l'Hermitage and the Roches Noires, in that order.
Saint-Leu: the humpback whale season
Temporadas6 min
From June to October, humpbacks move into the warm water of the south-west. Where to watch them from shore, and what the season changes about a stay.
When to go: austral winter, heat and the cyclone season
Temporadas7 min
Two seasons, two transition months, and a cyclone window from January to March. What each one changes on the west coast, and the month worth not underestimating.
The three cirques: Mafate, Cilaos and Salazie
Itinerarios7 min
Listed as world heritage, the three cirques sit in a trefoil. One is reached on foot, the other two by road. What separates them, and the real time they take.
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