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Manava Suite Resort

Tahiti, French Polynesia

Multi-tasking Manava Suite Resort hotel in Tahiti works for both pleasure or bleisure travellers, with contemporary Polynesian rooms, a spa, swim-up bar and lagoon-side pool, all within easy reach of capital Pape'ete. Tour black-sand beaches and surf spots by day, then wrap up with sunset cocktails overlooking sister isle Moorea at night.

Need to know

• Rooms 121, including 66 suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $238.99 (XPF22,230), excluding tax at 10 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional service charge of 4% per room per night on check-out and an additional local city tax of XPF150.00 per person per night on check-out.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (XPF22,230) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include breakfast.
• Facilities Spa, boutique, gym, excursion desk, ice-machine, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen satellite TV, DVD player, minibar, desk, kitchenette. All feature a bath and shower; above entry-level Guest Rooms you'll also get a terrace.
• Poolside With a sexy outdoor infinity pool cheek-by-jowl with the milky-blue lagoon, Manava has stylish swimming sorted. Chill out on a lounger, perch at the tune-toting swim-up bar or pop to the pontoon to large it up in the lagoon. Water-jets pour from the curvy stone wall fringing the pool for a faux-waterfall feel.
• Check-out 11am; check-in, 2pm. Late check-outs in low season, subject to availability, cost 50 per cent of the room tariff before 6pm; after 6pm, you'll need to pay for an extra night.
• Children Kids up to age 14 can dine on children's menu meals gratis, and can stay in your room for free on a converted sofa-bed (or bag an extra rollaway bed for a fee). More...
• Also Pets are not permitted.

Food and drink at Manava Suite Resort

• Hotel restaurant

  Clean-lined Vaitohi Restaurant draws in-the-know locals with its smart take on Polynesian cuisine laced with French influences. Sporting floor-to-ceiling windows and an airy terrace, this sophisticated space sits to the right of the ground-floor lobby. Order tasty treats such as mahi-mahi with vanilla sauce, duck breast with honey-glazed vegetables or tuna sashimi with coconut milk. Gallic gastronomy rules the desserts, too; all hail the crème brûlée.

• Dress code So Frenchy, so chic – this is French Polynesia's capital so work it in the main restaurant, but take a sartorial chill pill down at the pool bar.
• Top table We're partial to the terrace at Vaitohi for breezy grazing.
• Last orders Vaitohi sees action from 6.30pm until midnight; Punavai Lounge Bar pours drinks until 1am; the pool bar wraps up at 7pm.
• Room service 24-hour room service is yours to command, with minibars stocked with beer, soft drinks, water and nuts.
• Hotel bar

  With a space-age ovoid white bar, zingy red stools and curvy grey banquettes, Punavai Lounge Bar is a sassy spot for a tipple. Set beside Vaitohi restaurant, its suck-you-in seating spills out into the lobby. When it comes to wow-factor, though, you've got to hand it to the alfresco Taapuna Pool Bar, where you can sip a Polynesian-inspired Mai Tai (which means 'good' in local lingo) while dangling your feet in the water and saluting the sunset. Cool tunes are spun and its swim-up side means you don't even have to exit the pool to dive into a drink.

Manava Suite Resort West coast of Tahiti (PK 10.7), , BP 2851 Punavai, 98703 Punaauia, French Polynesia, Tahiti