La Réunion emerges as the perfect destination for solo travelers seeking authenticity and freedom. The Exsel Hotels Group accompanies your solitary adventure with eight unique establishments that offer the independence you seek while ensuring comfort and safety. From Saint-Denis to Saint-Pierre, discover an intense island where every solo traveler finds their rhythm, discoveries, and moments of contemplation facing the Indian Ocean.
Why Travel Solo to La Réunion?
Traveling alone to La Réunion is a transformative experience that allows you to reconnect with yourself while discovering an exceptional blended culture. This approach to travel offers total freedom to explore the island at your own pace and according to your desires.
The Advantages of Solo Travel in La Réunion
La Réunion offers a safe and welcoming environment for solo travelers. This French island in the Indian Ocean ensures European safety standards while providing a complete change of scenery. Short distances allow for multiple discoveries in a short time, while the diversity of landscapes—volcanoes, lagoons, cirques, and tropical forests—satisfies all types of solo travelers.
The Philosophy of Modern Solo Travel
Modern solo travel prioritizes the quality of experiences over quantity. This mindful approach to travel enables deeper immersion in the local culture and fosters authentic encounters. In La Réunion, this philosophy finds an ideal playground thanks to the island’s cultural richness and legendary Creole hospitality.
The Exsel Hotels Group: Your Solo Travel Partner
The Exsel Hotels Group understands the specific needs of solo travelers and tailors its services to create personalized experiences. Each establishment offers a different approach to solo travel, from urban business hotels to natural retreats facing the ocean.
A Personalized Approach to Solo Stays
The Exsel Group’s teams build a special relationship with each solo traveler to customize the stay according to individual expectations. This attentive approach transforms accommodation into a true personalized exploration hub, enriched with local tips and insider recommendations.
Safety and Autonomy Guaranteed
Safety is an absolute priority for solo travelers. The Exsel Group ensures high safety standards across all its establishments, allowing solo travelers to fully enjoy their stay with complete peace of mind. This tranquility frees up the creative energy needed for exploration and discovery.
Solo Destinations Tailored to Your Desires
Each region of La Réunion offers unique experiences for solo travelers. The hotels of the Exsel Group are strategically located to cater to all solo traveler profiles, from digital nomads to solo hikers.
Saint-Denis: Creole Urban Hub for the Connected Solo Traveler
Réunion’s capital welcomes urban solo travelers in two complementary establishments. This region is perfect for travelers combining cultural discovery with professional commitments.
Exsel Créolia: Excellence for Nomadic Professionals
The Exsel Créolia Hotel stands out as the benchmark for professional solo travelers in La Réunion. This 4-star establishment, located near Roland Garros Airport, perfectly blends the demands of nomadic work with the comfort of an exceptional stay. Its 109 comfortable rooms provide the space and tranquility needed for the connected solo traveler.
The 500 m² infinity pool overlooking the Indian Ocean transforms breaks into privileged moments of contemplation. The La Varangue bar and Le Kaloupilé restaurant offer reimagined Creole cuisine suited for solo travelers seeking culinary excellence. For professionals, the customizable seminar solutions enable the organization of business events tailored to specific needs.
Exsel Austral: Accessible Urban Authenticity
The Exsel Austral Hotel, ideally located in downtown Saint-Denis, 300 meters from the sea, offers a perfect base for exploring the Creole capital. Its 50 rooms of various categories cater to solo travelers’ budgets, including two rooms accessible for people with reduced mobility. This central location facilitates access to tourist sites, authentic restaurants, and administrative offices.
The West Coast: Seaside Paradise for the Free Spirit
Saint-Gilles-les-Bains unveils its treasures to solo travelers seeking seaside relaxation and water activities. This region combines paradise beaches with a laid-back atmosphere, ideal for complete disconnection.
Exsel Alamanda: Tropical Haven for the Solo Traveler
Located at 46 Rue Général de Gaulle in Saint-Gilles-les-Bains, the Exsel Alamanda Hotel creates the perfect cozy ambiance for seaside solo travelers. Just steps from Hermitage Beach, this establishment offers the freedom to alternate between lounging under filao trees and water activities in the protected lagoon. Its heated pool during the austral winter ensures year-round aquatic comfort.
Exsel Ermitage: Refinement and Accessibility
The Exsel Ermitage Hotel, located at 28 Rue Général de Gaulle, combines refinement and accessibility in a 3-star setting. Its 37 rooms allow you to “do everything together or explore independently in complete tranquility,” a perfect philosophy for the solo traveler. The immediate proximity to the beach and shopping area offers total autonomy for water activities—pedal boats, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding—and shopping moments.
Exsel Floralys: Authentic Tropical Immersion
The Exsel Floralys Hotel offers a unique experience with its 48 rooms spread across single-story bungalows nestled in a tropical park. This setup allows solo travelers to enjoy complete privacy while benefiting from hotel services. Each air-conditioned room features a private bathroom with an Italian shower and satellite TV.
Roseaux des Sables Residence: Maximum Autonomy
Adjacent to the Floralys Hotel, the Exsel Roseaux des Sables Residence offers maximum autonomy for long-stay solo travelers. This residence hotel provides studios, chalets, bungalows, and apartments in a serene environment. Access to the Floralys Hotel’s facilities plus the residence’s private pool creates a perfect ecosystem for independence.
The South: Wild Authenticity for the Solo Adventurer
The south of La Réunion reveals its preserved landscapes to solo travelers seeking authenticity and a connection with nature. This region offers unique experiences off the beaten path.
Exsel Victoria: Oceanfront Refuge
In Grand-Bois, the Exsel Victoria Hotel overlooks the Indian Ocean from a steep cliff, creating a magical setting for solitary meditation. Its 31 rooms, delicately integrated into the preserved environment, offer “the ideal place to reconnect with nature and yourself.” Just 10 minutes from Saint-Pierre and at the gateway to the Wild South, this establishment blends isolation with accessibility.
Le Terre-Sainte: Creative Lifestyle in Saint-Pierre
In the heart of the fishermen and street artists’ district, the Le Terre-Sainte Hotel embodies the perfect lifestyle vibe for creative solo travelers. This establishment, at the crossroads of tradition and modernity, offers living spaces where “generations and cultures mingle through events and artists’ exhibitions.” This ambiance fosters encounters and authentic cultural discoveries.
Activities and Discoveries for the Solo Traveler
La Réunion offers a variety of activities perfectly suited for solo travelers. Each region reveals its unique features based on the profiles and desires of solo travelers seeking authentic experiences.
Independent Cultural Exploration
Solo travelers can freely explore Réunion’s cultural heritage through local markets, museums, and historical sites. The island’s cultural richness is discovered at a personal pace, allowing deeper exploration of topics that captivate each traveler. The Exsel hotels’ teams share insider tips to optimize these cultural discoveries.
Solo Water Activities
Réunion’s lagoon provides a safe playground for solo water activities. Kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, and snorkeling can be enjoyed safely in the crystal-clear waters protected by the coral reef. This aquatic autonomy allows solo travelers to create their own rhythm of marine exploration.
Hiking and Nature Discoveries
Réunion’s hiking trails cater to all levels of solo hikers, from coastal walks to volcanic ascents. The cirques of Mafate, Salazie, and Cilaos offer unique trekking experiences, while the Piton de la Fournaise reveals its lunar landscapes to solo adventurers. Hotel teams provide guidance on itineraries based on each solo traveler’s experience and desires.
Services Tailored for Solo Travel
The Exsel Group develops services specifically designed to meet the needs of solo travelers. This personalized approach transforms accommodation into true support for the personal adventure.
Local Tips and Recommendations
The Exsel Group’s local teams share their intimate knowledge of the island to enrich each solo traveler’s experience. These insider tips allow the discovery of hidden places, authentic restaurants, and unique experiences inaccessible to conventional tourist circuits.
Flexibility and Adaptability
Flexibility is a key element of successful solo travel. Exsel hotels adapt to spontaneous schedule changes and impromptu desires that define the spirit of solo travel. This organizational flexibility fosters the creativity and spontaneity essential to personal adventures.
Nomadic Workspaces
For connected solo travelers, tailored workspaces allow maintaining professional activity while enjoying Réunion’s exceptional setting. High-speed Wi-Fi, quiet spaces, and an inspiring atmosphere create ideal conditions for tropical digital nomadism.
Solo Gastronomy: Flavors in Freedom
Culinary discovery is a key aspect of solo travel in La Réunion. The Exsel Group’s restaurants welcome solo travelers with the same care as groups, creating an authentic and convivial gastronomic experience.
Creole Cuisine for Curious Palates
Creole cuisine unfolds perfectly for adventurous solo travelers eager to discover new flavors. The La Marmite restaurants offer traditional Creole cuisine, while Le Kaloupilé reimagines classics with creativity. This culinary diversity allows solo travelers to gradually explore the island’s gastronomic richness.
Convivial Ambiance and Warm Welcome
Creole hospitality transforms solo meals into moments of authentic sharing with the passionate restaurant teams. This human warmth, characteristic of La Réunion, enriches the culinary experience and creates lasting memories for solo travelers.
Planning Your Solo Réunion Adventure
Organizing a solo trip to La Réunion requires a balanced approach between planning and spontaneity. The Exsel Group supports this preparation to optimize every aspect of the individual journey.
Choosing Your Base According to Your Desires
Each Exsel Group establishment caters to a specific solo traveler profile. Analyzing your priorities—work, relaxation, adventure, culture—guides the choice toward the hotel that will maximize your satisfaction. This initial personalization sets the stage for the entire stay’s success.
Book Your Solo Escape
Your solo Réunion adventure awaits in the Exsel Group’s eight establishments. Each hotel offers a unique approach to solo travel, tailored to every solo traveler’s desires and budget. From the business excellence of Exsel Créolia to the tropical immersion of Floralys, discover the intense island at your own pace and according to your passions.
Book your solo stay now and prepare for a transformative experience in the heart of the Indian Ocean.Reserve your adventure and let the Creole soul of La Réunion guide you to an unforgettable solo escape.
