Hotel Club Cote D’or

Travel Date: November 30, 2021

Unfortunately we have to agree with previous negative comments. The only good thing about this place is the absolutely stunning location on the most beautiful beach and I think they think this is enough. Be aware tho that there is huge sandfly problem on the beach. Also totally geared for...

Unfortunately we have to agree with previous negative comments. The only good thing about this place is the absolutely stunning location on the most beautiful beach and I think they think this is enough. Be aware tho that there is huge sandfly problem on the beach. Also totally geared for Italian market... Now it was not so busy and with covid restrictions there was no entertainment but we were glad as otherwise being not Italian would have made it worse. We paid quite a bit - 800 eur for 3 nights wiht breakfast and were very disappointed. Below is why. We booked sea view and were not made aware that there are front and back rows of the bungalows - to charge extra and sell ours as Seaview is just cheeky-picture attached Bed and mattress were awful - like sleeping in the floor or piece of wood so hard and painful we had 3 sleepless nights Also mini fridge was so noisy we had to unplug it Breakfast was poor choice and quality and included the most disgusting filter coffee-espresso etc cost extra and were awful too. Omlette etc to order were bad as well. Waiters were super demotivated and not friendly... So was the chef making Omlette WiFi connection was bad Old uncomfy plastic chairs on beach dirty from birds poo Late check out we asked to have 3more hours for the room...13.00 instead of 10.00 and although room was not booked on the day we left they would have charged for it 1 small bottle of water included free of charge for 2 pax and 3 nights Everything is dated and old so the price for quality is absolutely not justified. We definitely feel like we have been ripped off. Shame as this is a once in a lifetime trip.

Travel Date: January 31, 2020

The welcome was very warm and staff were super attentive to us. They allowed us to check in earlier and stay later at no cost. We enjoyed the Italian merenda with lemongrass tea. Additionally there were crepes and waffles at breakfast. The part of the beach is there best and...

The welcome was very warm and staff were super attentive to us. They allowed us to check in earlier and stay later at no cost. We enjoyed the Italian merenda with lemongrass tea. Additionally there were crepes and waffles at breakfast. The part of the beach is there best and the hotel provides you all kind of beach accessories and games. A fantastic stay that is worth every penny and I would recommend to anyone!

Travel Date: November 30, 2019

We stayed 5 nights at Cote d‘Or Lodge and were very disappointed. The only pros are the (Seychelloise) staff and the beautiful location of the Lodge. But that‘s it. If you are not italian or like loud places, even at nighttime, you rather overthink your booking plans. The main aspects...

We stayed 5 nights at Cote d‘Or Lodge and were very disappointed. The only pros are the (Seychelloise) staff and the beautiful location of the Lodge. But that‘s it. If you are not italian or like loud places, even at nighttime, you rather overthink your booking plans. The main aspects are said in the (bad) rates before. There is nothing to add. And we really don‘t understand the enthusiastic/positive comments.

Travel Date: January 31, 2019

We were really excited for our first visit to the Seychelles and had high expectations for our stay here. The location is fantastic. A nearly private beach, property set back in a lush setting. The staff was friendly and welcoming. They seemed to work well together. We enjoyed our interactions...

We were really excited for our first visit to the Seychelles and had high expectations for our stay here. The location is fantastic. A nearly private beach, property set back in a lush setting. The staff was friendly and welcoming. They seemed to work well together. We enjoyed our interactions with them. The issues were: The property is dated. The physical structure is fine. Fresh bedding and window treatments would make a massive difference. Ant problem, lights not working. The team was working on the property but they seem to lack the resources needed to update the property. Food was not good. The kitchen was open limited hours. What was offered wasn’t at all interesting, good nor did it make us feel like we were visiting this beautiful island in the middle of the Ocean. There aren’t many other food options nearby so eating became a challenge. This is a club for Italian tourists. While we were warmly welcomed by the staff they spent nearly all of their time socialising with the Italian guests. It felt uncomfortable after a couple days. The best part of the visit was the beach and the lovely dogs that live on property. We had high hopes but were disappointed. We won’t be back.

Travel Date: March 31, 2017

If you want to really feel in the Seychelles, dont go there. Even though the location is very nice, we left we had arrived in a cheap trap. The hotel is basically is a very cheap version of a Club Med with staff wanting to control your every move and...

If you want to really feel in the Seychelles, dont go there. Even though the location is very nice, we left we had arrived in a cheap trap. The hotel is basically is a very cheap version of a Club Med with staff wanting to control your every move and organise your day. In the evenings just after dinner, a sales rep takes over and you are obliged to assist to a marketing pitch, being shouted at you with loud music. I felt i was in a mall. No quiet in your room either, since he is screaming through a loud microphone. The place is made for italians all inclusive packages, even the music is all italian. The food is below standard and simply awful. Impossible to get a decent drink. And breakfast was depressing. They even managed to have really bad fruit on a tropical island. WIFI which was supposed to be for free costs - get that- 40 euros per week they say. Its a complete and total rip off. Overheard the staff/hostesses give completely wrong information to the guests. Think its a way of making sure everything goes through them. We had initially booked 3 nights hoping to extend , but we ran away and finally started feeling in the Seychelles. Just dont go there

Travel Date: September 30, 2016

We spent here 4 nights during our honeymoon. *Plus* The village is located on the beach of Anse Volbert, probably one of the best locations in Praslin. Other beaches, like Anse Lazio, may be ranked higher, but they are smaller and almost disappear during the high tide. *To be aware...

We spent here 4 nights during our honeymoon. *Plus* The village is located on the beach of Anse Volbert, probably one of the best locations in Praslin. Other beaches, like Anse Lazio, may be ranked higher, but they are smaller and almost disappear during the high tide. *To be aware of* This is an Italian holiday village, hence almost all the guests are Italian who have paid a meal-inclusive formula and visit the rest of the island only through the tours proposed by the same village. Some recreational activities (karaoke and similar) are organized during the evenings but they assume participants understand Italian. The staff is made by some locals as well as Italian people, who do not necessarily speak well English. Please note we are Italian too. *Minus* We wrote a couple of emails to the travel agency managing the village before our arrival, but they never answered. Our booking was erroneously registered as the breakfast were not included. The issue appeared to be fixed when we exhibited hotels.com confirmation email, but kept showing out multiple times during our stay with the local staff asking us to pay for it. The efficient Martina had to intervene a couple of times. The day before our departure, we received a letter asking to put our luggage out of the room 15 minutes before the expected departure time, hence we concluded that someone would have come to help us as it has happened at our arrival. On our departure, we uselessly waited for someone to come and we did by ourselves (beware luggage wheels do not help because of the gravel on the paths). We arrived at the reception and none of the three persons there helped us with the luggage. They did not even show interest to greet us (we moved to greet them). We felt like we were unwelcome guests! Bungalows' decoration was quite cheap. The bed is covered by a dusty mosquito net.

Travel Date: February 29, 2016

Completely Italian, even down to instructions in bedroom re fire precautions, telephone etc. Out of 30-40 clients we were the only non-Italians. Large square tables were laid for 7- 8 so one sat anywhere. The Italians sat in family/friends groups and we sat by ourselves and no one sat with...

Completely Italian, even down to instructions in bedroom re fire precautions, telephone etc. Out of 30-40 clients we were the only non-Italians. Large square tables were laid for 7- 8 so one sat anywhere. The Italians sat in family/friends groups and we sat by ourselves and no one sat with us. Fine by us but no one even said ‘bon giorno’ or whatever. We were ignored – not a problem but a shame as I quite like Italians. Limited briefing on arrival - eg no indication of complementary coffee/cakes at teatime, no indication of buffet for supper (there was a menu on the bar which we thought was for dinner, but applied to something else). Nothing to indicate any facilities eg beach boules and archery targets and tortoises in the grounds but no one told us about these. No help re transport elsewhere; the briefing girl was barely articulate – maybe happier in Italian. I hope so. The manager made absolutely no effort in our direction. He only spoke to us if we spoke to him first. I don’t expect, or like, some over-fawning attitude of managers but in most hotels around the world, someone says, ‘did you have a good journey’, or ‘is your room OK’, or ‘good weather is set to last’. This large 6ft 3 man eased around in sloppy lightweight clothes speaking and eating, with the Italians. He never once came to our table to see if we were happy. The dining-room was overlit and basic; more like a canteen. The tables were sparsely laid and a candle would have been nice at dinner time. Food was basic, badly presented and laid out. Fish, however, was good and cooked on the spot. The pasta had to be good. We never had lunch. We thought we would be able to go out to the local village for the occasional supper but it was an expensive taxi ride away and impossible to walk to along 2 kms of unlit road at night or beach at high tide. (Taxis, incidentally, rival their London Black Cab brethren for cost. For example, fare from airport to Cote D’Or is 400 Rupees = £20 = €30 roughly). Buses stop at 6.30pm and will not take luggage. Our room (21) was next door to the bar and lounge area. This made it easy to carry drink from the bar to our room but terrible for the nightly ‘cabaret’. This started at about 10pm and finished at about 11pm. It consisted of three Italians doing highly amplified sound knock about or comedy turns, interspersed with boom-boom music. The chairs and sofas were moved every night in serried ranks for this cabaret. We never attended as it was incomprehensible Italian and, anyway, could hear it from our room. We asked to change rooms but were told the place was full. Clearly, given the number of people relative to the number of centrally-placed safety deposit boxes, this was blatantly untrue. The Italian staff were totally non-communicative but the Seychellois and Indian barmen/waiters were charming. Maybe they relished people they could speak to in English rather than struggling in Italian. The beach was thick with seaweed & rubbish blown in from the sea due to the weather. This dispersed in the storms on 15/16 Feb. Clearly no fault of the hotel but people expecting the most beautiful beach in the Seychelles should be aware this can happen. Our room was fine but one of the basins had an enormous crack which, in better run hotels, would have been replaced. The scruffy second hand coat hangers didn’t match (no big deal but most hotels either have ones which you cannot nick or at least matching ones). No mini bar but a fridge in which the bottled water was never replaced after day one. The furniture in the ‘lounge’ was the cheapest on the market (I’ve seen it in IKEA) and the wicker-work topped tables impossible to put glasses in safety. There was no table where one could perhaps play cards or a board game, and none in the bedroom. There were some rough-hewn tree tables on the beach but never used. No one, apart from us, it seemed, used the bar. I was told that the Italians didn’t like drinking! Pity, as it would have been nice to speak to someone over a glass. There is a daily €10, or weekly €40 wifi charge. In this day and age, it is unnecessarily miserly for a hotel to charge for this service which costs them nothing. In any case, the wiffy was a bit iffy. There was no ‘style’ or ambience. Everything smacked of tiredness and had a sort of run down atmosphere. Inexpensive improvements could be made, which would have given life and soul to the place. Shame. Don’t go unless you are Italian.

Travel Date: November 30, 2015

We stayed at this place for 2 nights on 8th and 9th of Nov, 2015. We selected this place as we were told that the beaches on other areas were covered with weed and only this area beach was clean and beautiful. Well, the beach was pristine and clean with...

We stayed at this place for 2 nights on 8th and 9th of Nov, 2015. We selected this place as we were told that the beaches on other areas were covered with weed and only this area beach was clean and beautiful. Well, the beach was pristine and clean with out any weeds. When we told the taxi driver at the airport to take us to this hotel, he looked at us amusingly, and told, that hotel was for Italians! We were not aware of this qualification required to book this hotel. Anyway, we reached the hotel and the receptionist spoke good English. The General Manager, a tall Italian came and assured us that their hotel was not a true International hotel, yet he would take care of us! We booked a cottage and that was not exactly facing the sea. We asked whether they could provide one facing sea. That receptionist told us that she would speak with GM and then, we might have to pay additional charges! The hotel was hardly occupied! Perhaps, some 15- 20 visitors! So, we decided to stay at the cottage which had a partial view of the sea! The cottage was very huge with a big King bed and another side bed and was well fitted and furnished! The bath area the bath was big and lavish! We had set menus for dinner and we found very little choices in vegetarian. But, the food was delicious! All the servers and waiters were from Kerala, India. So, next day, we asked GM whether he would arrange some special Indian or Creole Veg meals. He told us that their kitchen was designed to make only Italian food! and they could not accommodate any special requests! The garden has some big sized turtles and definitely moving in and out of hotel was difficult and expensive as mostly, one required taxis as the local bus system was not all that good! You can stay here for that pristine beach and lush gardens. But most welcome if you are Italian! .

Travel Date: September 30, 2015

We stumbled on this hotel when looking online on hotels.com and looking at aeriel images of the coast of praslin island, seychelles. The beach looked beautiful from the air and it IS AMAZING. In addition, the Cote d'or club has delightful cottages that face the ocean and a laid back...

We stumbled on this hotel when looking online on hotels.com and looking at aeriel images of the coast of praslin island, seychelles. The beach looked beautiful from the air and it IS AMAZING. In addition, the Cote d'or club has delightful cottages that face the ocean and a laid back feel that I truly loved. The one catch is that all guests are mostly Italian, and the language most used is Italian. This was no problem for me though and English worked fine. I had a car to get around the island but for those wishing to just enjoy this place, it was absolutely wonderful location-wise. probably the best beach i saw in the seychelles and one of the best in teh world. they have kayaks for use that you can just take out and the staff are super super nice. There are other hotels along this beach that are more english speaking oriented but I had a wonderful time here.

Travel Date: August 31, 2012

Me an my wife spent one week in this resort, the location is probably the best you can find in Praslin and maybe in all Seychelles (apart from exclusive small island resorts). More than 2 km of solitary beach with great sand and marvelous water. The rooms are in front...

Me an my wife spent one week in this resort, the location is probably the best you can find in Praslin and maybe in all Seychelles (apart from exclusive small island resorts). More than 2 km of solitary beach with great sand and marvelous water. The rooms are in front of the sea and you can hear the sound of the waves during the night. Unfortunately, the service is not at the same level of the location, rooms should be renovated and the food is below average (self-service and poor offer) considering the price you pay. Anyway, looking around, the other nearby resorts are almost on the same level, so it's a nice solution for enjoying the sea and some relaxing days. Be careful to sandflies (even if we haven't any problems with them during our stay, some people have been bitten) and remind that is an Italian resort and all the guests are Italian.