Choosing your type of accommodation
This website’s search engine is a portal to all of Reunion Island’s tourist accommodation. To make things clearer, various logos can appear for certain establishments, in reference to:
- National Labels: Gîtes de France and Clévacances (Key-in-hand)
- Local Labels : Réunion Qualité Tourisme (RQT), the Gay Friendly Charter, Villages Créoles
Réunion Qualité Tourisme
Reunionese tourism has its own quality charter, called ‘Réunion Qualité Tourisme’. This label has managed to attract over a hundred members since 1996, from the largest hotels right down to trekking guides. The criteria for joining are strict: a quality organization and service, competent staff, hygiene and comfort, environmentally-friendly and excellent customer care…
Any professionals accepted into the Réunion Qualité Tourisme charter are the responsibility of the Reunion Island Tourist Board and are subject to regular checks and audits.
Réunion Qualité Tourisme encourages the holiday experts to continually provide you with an outstanding level of service!
A land of tolerance and multiplicity
Reunion is also keen to affirm its commitment to discrimination against homosexuals.
A large number of tourist companies have already signed Reunion’s Gay Friendly Charter, which states:
“In light of the multiple origins of Reunion’s society, its ethnic multiplicity, its cultural diversity, which naturally promote tolerance, open-mindedness and reciprocal personal enrichment…
In light of the fact that, despite the progress made, homophobia is still a reality and that concrete measures need to be taken to improve the possibilities for integration and personal fulfillment for the LGBT community (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals)…
In light of the professionalism, service and quality provided which naturally require an awareness of the specific expectations of our LGBT clientele, we, the Reunion Island Tourist Board and our various partners hereby wish to:
- reaffirm our commitment to the principles of non-discrimination
- specifically affirm our refusal to discriminate towards people of the LGBT community”
Villages Créoles
Villages Créoles® is a label made up of 16 different villages and 129 tourism companies united with a common promise: Responsible Tourism and a Respect of Man and his Environment.
According to Villages Créoles®, coming to Reunion is all about adopting a different attitude to conventional tourism – this means opting for originality while at the same time learning about the traditions, values, authenticity and the real Creole culture enriched by the island’s ethnic multiplicity.
Over an evening, a short stay or a circuit, you’ll be carried away into the heart of the Creole way of life.
Down by the coast:
- SAINT-LEU : Fishing Village
- SAINTE-ROSE : Between the Volcano and the Sea
Local arts and crafts:
- BOURG-MURAT : Life at the gates to the Volcano
- PETITE-ILE : The Delights of Handicrafts
- PLAINE DES GREGUES : A Land of Spices
- SAINT-PHILIPPE : Artwork using Volcanic Rocks
Stunning viewpoints:
- LE PLATE : The ‘Hubert de Lisle’ Belvedere road
- LES MAKES : Starry starry night
Creole Houses:
- ENTRE-DEUX : Gardens and Creole Houses
- HELL-BOURG : Traditional Houses and Waterfalls
Up in the mountains:
- CILAOS : Mountain Air and Water
- GRAND-ILET : The starting point for many footpaths
- MAIDO-PETITE FRANCE : The scent of geranium…
The great outdoors:
- GRAND-COUDE : A natural treasure trove
- TEVELAVE : At the foot of the forest
- PLAINE DES PALMISTES : At the heart of the Pitons
Villages Créoles®, an alternative way to holiday in Reunion!
download the Villages Créoles® 5th edition guide (pdf file compressed in zip format / 4,8 Mo)
