We stayed with 4 adults and 3 children (12,14,16) for 10 days in the Castello Beach Villa on Praslin. We booked through SeyVillas. As always, everything worked perfectly here. However, the SeyVillas website speaks of a fine pudgy beach. On the part of Anse Kerlan where the hotel and the villa are located, there is only an approx. 40 meter long section of beach which is basically permanently flooded by the water. Here the description is completely wrong. The villa itself is very large and super spacious. In total there are 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The large area on which the villa stands provides a lot of privacy and you have your own pool. The facility is no longer new and worn but clean. Unfortunately, the ambience doesn't match the many things that don't work there at all. The villa belongs to the Castello Beach Hotel. You take your breakfast and all other meals in the restaurant. And when it comes to service, there are big minus points. The service there is, with the exception of Denise, just below ground. There was NEVER a day when everything was fine. It started on the first day with the air conditioning in one of the bedrooms. It didn't work. And the hotel didn't manage to fix it by the end of the vacation. The breakfast is just bad. Fruit that was stale. In addition there was a maximum of 2 types of sausage (partially rancid) and one type of cheese. It often happened that you had to wait up to 30 minutes until it was refilled if something was sold out. Every day something was missing at the table. Sometimes it was spoons. Sometimes napkins. Plates on other days. Due to the size of our group, we always had the same table. It is therefore incomprehensible that these basics are not mastered. Everything has to be on the table 7 times. Coffee orders sometimes take 30 minutes. Unfortunately experienced it myself 3 times. Listless service staff, except for the Denise already mentioned above, give you the feeling that you are a burden. Even two conversations with the front desk brought no improvement. Our pool was not usable for 2 days because the staff didn't manage to clean it and it turned green. Only after addressing different people 5 times was action taken. The wifi is free. But one disaster. If it were just slow but stable, it would still be fine. But it can happen more often that you are logged out. The new registration then sometimes takes hours. I've been to the Seychelles for the 5th time and have had everything from a simple apartment to a 5* hotel, but unfortunately this is the worst in terms of breakfast and, above all, service. Unfortunately, this hotel cannot be recommended at all. Translation (DE): GoogleTranslate

So compared to our other accommodations, we were not convinced of the price / performance ratio (to 2). The villa is beautifully spacious, well furnished and wonderfully located, but a bit old. The pool and beach are great for refreshing and relaxing. A beautiful place. Our shortcoming: our room got wet on a rainy night (2 others on the 1st floor even more). My suitcase was on the floor in a corner and it was dripping in there and some clothes were wet. We reported this and it was cleaned immediately and the roof was covered, but I know service where you might get a little more than 1 beer for such circumstances (hanging clothes to dry and craftsmen jumping around .....). The pool looked the same that morning and wasn't cleaned until late afternoon. After we told the front desk it was said in a rather cheeky tone that this was done and new leaves fell in, but it was the same dragonfly and bottle label from tomorrow in it ..... In the microwave was mold, the freezer smelled of fish and there was really a lot of gecko shit on the kitchenette. The dinner in the hotel was tight for 44 €. Twice I was hungry again at night (as a woman) We really liked the villa and the stay and we felt comfortable. We also know how to work comfortably here and are actually not fussy. Only at the price should there be something more that we can see. Translation (DE): GoogleTranslate