B.P 380595
Punaauia, 97718 Nightly Rates(221.37 - 402.02)4 Star
Property Description
Le Meridien Tahiti, situated on the beachfront in the Punaauia region, offers 138 lagoon view bedrooms and Suites with stunning views of the ocean and 12 overwater bungalows, designed with an emphasis on natural materials and refreshing local colours. The hotel features two restaurants providing a wide selection of gourmet Polynesian and international cuisine. It is also equipped with meeting rooms, facilities for business travellers and a wide variety of sporting and recreational facilities.
Amenities
Babysitting/Child Services
Bar/Lounge
Beach
Business Center
Coffee Maker in Room
24 Hour Front Desk
Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
Hairdryers Available
Mini Bar
Modem Lines in Room
Modem Lines in Room
Pool
Parking
Restaurant
Room Service
Safe Deposit Box
Tennis
Television with Cable
Laundry/Valet Services
Room Information
Lagoon View Rooms
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Look directly over the blue lagoon of Tahiti. All rooms combine vivid primary colours, Polynesian furnishings and an emphasis on natural materials and local designs, Air conditioning, direct dial phone, safes, cable television, minibars and coffee makers. The lagoon view room is available with either a Queen Size bed or two single beds. The room is very spacious approximately 47.6 square metres. All the rooms have a terrace, ideal place to read or take in the sunset. The bathroom features all amenities plus a separate bathtub and walk in shower. It is possible to add an extra bed for third adult or a child.
Bungalows
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Stretching into the lagoon itself, 12 Polynesian-style bungalows perch right over the water. The bungalows have a spacious deck for whiling away the hours over the lagoon. The over-water bungalow are very spacious with approximately 56 square metres and a separate dressing area. It is impossible to add an extra bed but a convertible sofa can be used for a third person or a child.
Junior Suites
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Look directly over the blue lagoon of Tahiti. They combine vivid primary colours, Polynesian furnishings and an emphasis on natural; materials and local designs, Air conditioning, direct dial phones, safe, Cable television, minibar and coffee makers. Junior Suites are available with Queen-size bed and very spacious, approximately 83.6 square metres including a huge terrace, ideal place to read or take in the sunset. The Bathroom features all amenities plus a separate bathtub and walk in shower. It is possible to add an extra bed for a third adult or child.
Senior Suites
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Look directly over the blue lagoon of Tahiti. They combine vivid primary colours, Polynesian furnishings and emphasis on natural materials and local designs, air conditioning, direct dial phones, safe, cable television, minibar and coffee maker. Senior Suites are available with Queen-size bed. The senior Suite is very spacious, approximately 131 square metres including a huge terrace, ideal place to read or take in the sunset. The senior Suite offers a separate living area and bedroom. The bathroom features all amenities plus a separate bathtub and walk in shower. It is possible to add an extra bed for third adult or child.
Presidential Suite
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Located on the top of the hotel, the Presidential Suite looks directly over the blue lagoon of Tahiti. This Suite combines Polynesian furnishings and an emphasis on natural materials and local designs, air conditioning, direct dial phone, safe, cable television, minibar and coffee maker. Presidential Suites are available with a Queen-size bed. The Presidential Suite is very spacious approximately 179 square metres including a huge terrace. The Presidential Suite offers a separate living area and bedroom. The bathroom features all amenities plus a separate bathtub and walk in shower. It is possible to add an extra bed for a third person or child.
Miscellaneous Information
French Francs is the native currency.
Check in time is 1300
Check out time is 1100
Time Zone is Minus 10 Hours
Opened in 1997
138 rooms.
0 suites.
6 floors.
Directions
Tahiti is the largest of the 118 islands and atolls that comprise French Polynesia. The mountainous interior of the island is ideal for hiking and discovering the surprising wealth of unique flora. The coasts alternate with beaches of white or black sand, shaded by coconut palms. The west coast is protected by the coral reef and inside its protective barrier the tropical lagoon offers its charms to divers, while the east coast is open to the ocean and is the paradise of surfers.
Primary airport - Tahiti faa'a International Airport. Distance from property - 10 km. Average one-way taxi fare - XPF 3500.
Guarantee Policy
Credit card number required to guarantee arrival
Cancellation Policy
Rooms can be cancelled up to 72 hours before arrival without charge
Restaurant Information
Restaurants and Bars
There are two restaurants and one bar at the hotel.
Golf, water skiing, jet skiing, sailing, deep sea fishing.
Island Tour
Included in a tour of the island is a visit to the Paul Gauguin Museum, the Botanical Gardens, the natural caves at Maraa as well as the Museum of Tahiti. It is also possible to take a four wheel drive excursion along the coast and then inland to discover picturesque landscapes, bamboo forests, archaeological sites, waterfalls and springs, and Lake Vaihiria. Le Meridien Tahiti is the only hotel in Tahiti to offer all the amenities of a real resort in a cultural environment, with a variety of sporting and recreational facilities.
Related French Polynesia Content
The first Europeans to arrive on the island groups were 16th-century Spanish and Portuguese explorers. The British, notably Captain Cook and later Captain Bligh (of ‘HMS Bounty’ notoriety), and then the French, took control of the islands in the 18th century. Tahiti, the largest island in French Polynesia, dominated by Mount Orohena at 2236m (7337ft) and Mount Aorai at 2068m (6786ft), and characterized by its spectacular tropical scenery, banana groves, plantations and flowers, was made a French protectorate in 1842 and a colony in 1880. The other islands were annexed by the turn of
the century.
This status quo remained until 1957, when Polynesia was made an Overseas Territory. A revised constitution, introduced in 1977, ceded greater autonomy. For the next 20 years, the islands’ politics were dominated by the French nuclear testing program.
By the time the program ended in 1996, 150 separate explosions had been detonated, mainly on the atoll of Mururoa. In general, the French government was able to rely on the firm backing of most of French public opinion and an often ambivalent attitude on the part of the inhabitants of French Polynesia, who were well aware of the considerable benefits of the test program to the otherwise threadbare local economy. The tests had begun in 1966, but it was not until the 1980s that opposition to them began to assume significant proportions, following the terrorist attack by French special forces on the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior.
By the time of the final series of tests in 1995/6, Tahiti had become the focus of opposition from throughout the South Pacific, and several riots occurred. Although the protesters failed to stop the tests, their campaign had an important political effect by linking the anti-nuclear movement and the burgeoning pro-independence movement which had so far been largely unrepresented in any political forum, despite the support of a large proportion (possibly the majority) of the population. The politics of the territory had been dominated for the previous decade by the center-right Tahoeraa Huiratira (TH) party, led by Gaston Flosse, allied to the French Gaullist Rassemblement pour la République (RPR), which backed French rule and nuclear testing.
However, in recent years, changes have been afoot: Tahiti and Her Islands gained Overseas Country status in 2004, and pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru was elected by the territory's assembly in March 2005. It only remains to be seen whether these changes result in imminent and full independence.
What hasn't changed is the ambience on Tahiti and Her Islands, which exudes a laid-back tranquility, as romantic sunsets send giant curls of turquoise breaking over the islands' reefs. Remote and pristine, Tahiti and Her Islands is really a place where nature dominates.
Geography French Polynesia comprises 120 islands divided into five archipelagos: the Society Archipelago, Tuamotu Archipelago, Marquesas Islands, Austral Islands and Mangreva Islands. The Windward and Leeward Islands, collectively called the Society Archipelago, are mountainous with coastal plains. Tahiti, the largest of the Windward group, is dominated by Mount Orohena at 2236m (7337ft) and Mount Aorai at 2068m (6786ft). Moorea lies next to Tahiti, a picturesque volcanic island with white sand beaches. The Leeward Islands to the west are generally lower in altitude. The largest islands are Raiatea and Bora Bora. Tuamotu Archipelago comprises 80 coral atolls, located 298km (185 miles) east of Tahiti. The Marquesas Islands lie 1497km (930 miles) northeast of Tahiti and are made up of two clusters of volcanic islands divided into a southern and northern group. The grass-covered Austral Islands south of Tahiti are scattered in a chain from east to west over a distance of 499km (310 miles).
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