Le Four à Pain

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Simplicity, character and a great welcome make Le Four à Pain special. Rooms, in two adorable Creole-style cottages, are light and fresh with contemporary decor, and have their own entrance. You're in a superb setting, with fine mature trees that shade a wonderfully quiet tropical garden. The coup de grâce is the lovely pool – pure bliss after a bout of sightseeing.

Don't miss out on the luscious dinners (€30) on certain evenings; you'll be guaranteed to sample palm-heart salad – the owner is a major producer in the south. It's off the main road.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • Plaine des Sables

    Plaine des Sables

    10.28 MILES

    You've reached the end of the world! The Plaine des Sables is a wide windswept plain, made of ashes. With its lunar landscape, it could form a perfect…

  • La Fenêtre

    La Fenêtre

    22.74 MILES

    It would be a sin to visit Les Makes and not take the forest road that leads to this viewpoint, another 10km further uphill. The view over the entire…

  • Le Grand Brûlé Platform

    Le Grand Brûlé Platform

    7.33 MILES

    In April 2007, in one of the most violent eruptions ever recorded, an impressive lava flow was formed, about 2km north of Pointe du Tremblet. The road was…

  • Pas de Bellecombe

    Pas de Bellecombe

    10.18 MILES

    From the viewpoint at Pas de Bellecombe (2311m), the 'entrance' to the volcanic area, you'll be rewarded with mesmerising views of the volcano and its…

  • Cité du Volcan

    Cité du Volcan

    15.04 MILES

    Everything you need to know about Piton de la Fournaise and volcanoes in general should become clear at the excellent Cité du Volcan. You can expect state…

  • Temple of Colosse

    Temple of Colosse

    29.89 MILES

    Temple of Colosse is, by far, the most striking Tamil temple in Réunion. With its brightly painted decor, it's very photogenic. Since it's not open to the…

  • Cascade de la Grande Ravine

    Cascade de la Grande Ravine

    6.79 MILES

    A narrow road follows the wide stony bed of the Rivière Langevin and leads to Cascade de la Grande Ravine, a majestic waterfall that drops into a broad…

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1. Puits des Anglais

0.35 MILES

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2. Le Jardin des Parfums et des Épices

1.03 MILES

Inland between Le Baril and St-Philippe, don't miss the 3-hectare garden, Le Jardin des Parfums et des Épices. It contains over 1500 species in a natural…

3. Cap Méchant

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Cap Méchant is one of the eeriest landscapes in the south, with huge lava fields, windswept black cliffs, rows of vacoa trees and the mandatory picnic…

4. Sentier Botanique de Mare Longue

1.34 MILES

This pristine forest has an end-of-the-world feeling that will appeal to those in search of hush. From the car park you can tackle one of the three…

5. Fishing Harbour

2.59 MILES

With its handful of colourful fishing boats, the teensy fishing harbour is worth a peek.

6. Puits Arabe

5.27 MILES

Leaving St-Philippe to the east, you'll first come across Puits Arabe (Wells of the Arabs), a hole that has been excavated in the basaltic rock. It's a…

7. Pointe de la Table

5.83 MILES

In 1986 the lava unusually flowed south of Le Grand Brûlé to reach the sea at Pointe de la Table, a headland that lies a few hundred metres north of Puits…

8. Cascade de la Grande Ravine

6.79 MILES

A narrow road follows the wide stony bed of the Rivière Langevin and leads to Cascade de la Grande Ravine, a majestic waterfall that drops into a broad…