On Baie Lazare in southern Mahé, Kempinski Seychelles Resort sits between a calm lagoon, granite hills and a sweep of beach facing the Indian Ocean. Plantation-style buildings are set among tropical gardens, with rooms and suites opening to terraces or balconies looking towards the lagoon, hills or sea. The resort brings together a beach, pool, spa, restaurants, bars and event spaces, with water sports and island excursions close at hand. Interiors keep to a relaxed tropical palette, while the surrounding landscape provides the real drama: green hillside, pale sand, still lagoon water and the wide blue curve of the bay.