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Hotel Review: Hilton Northolme Resort & Spa - Best Hotel in the Seychelles

See why the Hilton Northolme Resort & Spa is the best place to stay in the Seychelles

The Seychelles is a very magical and beautiful place. We’ve traveled the world and have been to many islands and tropical paradises, but this island is special! As soon as we checked-in at the Hilton Northolme Resort & Spa - Seychelles, we were ready for luxury relaxation. We were in need of some R&R after our African Safaris!

Pool Villas

If you’re literally flying halfway around the world, you might as well stay in style. We stayed in Room 305 which was a Pool Villa, meaning we had our own private pool off of our room.

Pool Villa

Pro-tip: if you request the 400s Pool Villas, you can shoot golf balls off your deck into the water. Don’t worry, the balls are made of fish food and feed the fish!

You can also order room service (and dranks) and have it delivered to your pool! We basically tried to figure out a way to never leave our room.

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Hilton Northolme Resort - Guest Room

Since we were in a villa the room was quite large! The bed had mosquito netting and every day housekeeping would make a different animal out of towels on the bed. 

Room highlights - Coffee maker included a nice Nespresso machine or a kettle for tea. There was a huge walk-in closet with tons of cubby holes and a safe to store all of our things. The living room had a large tv and a couch with a chaise lounge, perfect for relaxing at the end of a day in the sun. Did I mention there was a pool outside our room?


Hilton Northolme Resort - Bathroom

The bathroom was gorgeous! A large tub with jacuzzi jets sat in the middle of the room with a shower on the side. The shower had the option of rain or handheld. 

The tub had a view looking outside over the pool. The doors provided easy access after getting in the pool. So one tip, the hot water didn’t quite fill the tub, it cooled off at some point. That said, do not turn on the jets unless the water is well above the spouts. Otherwise, water sprays EVERYWHERE. Again, just a tip, not like it happened to me.

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Hilton Northolme Resort - Pool in the Pool Villa

The pool attached to the villa has spectacular views and is very private. The water wasn’t heated but still warm enough to sit in for a long time. I won’t get in a cold pool and I could get in this one just fine. 

There is a board with rules that had been washed away so I broke rules instantly since it was hard to read and didn’t see them until afterwards. Oops! Don’t forget to pack your floatie!

There were 3 places to sit on the patio, in the shade on the couch, at the table, or on the chairs in the water. Our favorite was sitting in the water of course. Pro tip.. bring your towels out and unlock the door to the bathroom so you don’t drip all over the place like I did! 


Hilton Northolme Resort

Spa

Our room came with a complimentary 15 min back and neck massage and we had to try it out! The tea they served afterward was really good.

Spa

Fitness Center

There was a nice gym overlooking the water and a hammock. I may have only spent time in the hammock, not the gym. 

Infinity Pool at the Hilton Northolme

Since we had our own pool we admired the lovely infinity pool and then ran back to our villa infinity pool.

Infinity Pool


Restaurants and Bars

There were a few places to eat on the property. There was a fine dining restaurant, called Les Coutiers, but we just ate at the Ocean View Bar where they had amazing drinks like the Cannonball.

Cannonball drink - rum drink that won an award!

There was an awesome band that played reggae tunes like Bieber’s Despisito and Wrecking Ball as instrumentals. They also served Seybrew on tap which wasn’t bad for a local brew.

Josh had the red snapper and I had a chicken wrap with fries. Josh makes fun of me when I need American food at some point on our trips!

Ocean View Bar - Properly named!

Hilltop

For breakfast, we’d venture to Hilltop, which was at the top of the hill. It’s not a huge hill. Anyway, they had a fantastic breakfast spread with everything you could imagine as well as an egg station to get whatever you were feeling that day. I loved the eggs benedict and the mimosa bar!

Breakfast of champions


They even had all sorts of fun rentals including paddle boards, kayaks, snorkel gear, etc. I liked this swing personally.


You have to treat yourself every once and a while, so next time you’re looking for that island vacation, you must stay at the Hilton Northolme Resort & Spa!

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See why we needed some R&R in the Seychelles after our trip to Africa!

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