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Hotel: Beautifully situated in walking distance to town (15min) and beach (10min), very beautiful garden and pool, birds, nature. We had a room directly at the parking space, which we feared would be noisy; but which wasn´t. We were disturbed neither by the parking cars nor by the national road behind the parking space. There isn´t too much traffic at all.||Room: Very spacy, nicely furnished, comfortable bed, well equipped kitchenette, quite clean. One single minus: Several cockroaches (5-6 within three weeks) dropped from the air condition into the room. But we suppose one can´t really avoid them totally on a tropical island.||Staff: Very friendly, always smiling, always helpful||Food: We can´t tell, as we booked without meals||St. Gilles: Ideal for us: Fantastic beach for snorkeling, nice little stores (Chez Loulou have the best Samoussas we ever tasted; The Balinese offers a delicious choice of meals to take away for small money (5-7€) around noon. Possibility to book outdoor activities of all kind (riding, canyoning, fishing, helicopter flights, turtle watching....). Not too much nightlife, but some quite nice bars.||La Reunion: Paradise for hikers, lovers of nature, lovers of breathtaking landscapes BUT: You should not mind getting up before sunrise.The clouds will cover all the fantastic panoramas by noon at the very latest. And you shouldn´t come there for a beach holiday. You can´t swim in the ocean. Either there is the risk of sharks or there are corals everywhere, so you can´t swim more than a few meters before hitting your hands and feet. On the other hand you can see all kinds of fish living in the corals which we enjoyed much more than swimming itself.||||Conclusion: Great holidays, great place, great people! We will definitely come again. Thank you very much for all!