Les Dunes d'Ifaty Location: Les Dunes d’Ifaty The hotel: The hotel is built in traditional style with local materials. Dry stones from the region adorn the building walls and the frame is made up of Katrafay round wood and other essences from the southern part of Madagascar. The entire roofing is composed of a double layer of vondry (a traditional Malagasy fibre) with metal sheeting inserted in the middle to ensure waterproofing. The room and terrace floors, as well as that of the main building, are made up of large massive Anakaraka wood slats. All the windows are similarly made up of massive Anakaraka wood. The interior walls are smoothly finished with warm and bright colours. The hotel’s local architecture and style carefully pay tribute and respect to ecology and comfort principles. Two generators of 44 and 110 kVA output respectively are operational around the clock and ensure a constant power supply. Water is drawn from a 20 meter deep underground well by an immersion pump. The main building is designed following a wide-open-style structure, the roofing being supported by large pillars, with a seven metre high tree in the centre. The building accommodates the reception desk, the baggage-handling area, the bar with a library corner, the restaurant, a covered terrace and mixed toilets. An outdoor patio serves as an extension to the restaurant. The reception desks, as well as the bar, are cast in regional dry stone and topped with massive wood. The bar is designed in modern contemporary style, with rattan sofas, fabrics and rosewood furniture, along with traditional Malagasy carvings and curios. The restaurant is furnished as well in rosewood. The restaurants and bars: The main restaurant can accommodate 80 guests. It is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and offers an international as well as local fresh sea-food based cuisine. Our Chef and his team of cooks, trained by a renowned French Chef, will delight your taste buds.The main bar, which is open daily from 10.00 to 14.30 and from 18.00 to 23.00, invites you to discover its cocktails and to embark on a trip of exotic flavours and delightful sensations of comfort, and happiness of being in this remote cosy corner of the south. The Filao Bar Plage can accommodate 30 guests and is open from 10.00 to 18.00. Located right on the beach and built in local architectural style with an entirely pebbled floor, the bar offers snacks and a wide range of refreshing drinks all day long.
The rooms Sea-view villas The sea-view villas consist of 19 structures of 70 square metres and can each accommodate between two to four guests. Each villa comprises two ventilated rooms with bay windows made up in massive Anakaraka wood, of which one main bedroom with a 180 x 200 double bed fitted with a mosquito net, two bedside tables with double shelf and a TV set showing 6 satellite channels. The corridor is fitted with an open-shelved dressing, a stylish massive wood wardrobe, an individual safe and a full length rosewood mirror. The 8 square metre large bathroom is fitted with a fully-tiled glass-separated shower area, a large counter top in massive wood around a modern hand basin and a large rosewood mirror - a typical Malagasy style design with generous luminosity. Each villa faces the sea and has a 30 square metre large patio fitted with log chairs and endowed with a magnificent view of the lagoon. The villas are classified in three categories: - 7 Comfort Villas: The second room is lounge-style furnished, with two creole style lounge chairs, a coffee table and a sofa bed (without mosquito net). This type of villa can accordingly accommodate only two guests.- 6 Business Villas: The second room is office-style furnished, with a desk, a creole style chair and a single bed (as an extra). This type of villa can accordingly accommodate three persons.- 6 Family Villas: The second room is furnished with two single beds (as an extra), a double-shelved bedside table and a creole style armchair. This type of villa can accordingly accommodate four guests.Nestled in a garden which is typical of this dry and arid southern region, are eleven additional bungalows of 70 square metres, each comprising a Superior Room and a Standard Room, and which are separately rented.Superior Rooms A 45 square metre large bedroom, fitted with a double bed with mosquito net and two bedside tables, an open wardrobe and shelving area, a creole style armchair and a luggage rack. The bathroom is fitted with a spacious fully tiled glass-separated shower area, a large counter top in massive wood, a stylish modern hand basin and a large rosewood mirror. The Superior Room also boasts a large glass panel and a patio furnished with two massive wooden armchairs. Standard Rooms A 26 square metre large bedroom, fitted with a double bed with mosquito net, two bedside tables and a creole style armchair, an open wardrobe and shelving area and a small bathroom with shower. Activities and excursions: A large swimming pool, overlooking the Mozambique Channel, is the perfect place to indulge in pleasant aquatic activity. One can alternatively relax and bask under the shade of the beach parasols. A convivial lounge is also available for those who prefer to spend time having fun, in family or in couple, playing board games or reading books and magazines. Inland and aquatic activities within or in the vicinity of
the hotel are proposed in order to satisfy your spirit of adventure and
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