Frommer's Review
This is the best all-around resort on Tahiti. Built in the 1960s as the Tahiti Beachcomber Travelodge, it was more recently named the Inter-Continental Tahiti Beachcomber Resort. Most folks here still call it "the Beachcomber," and many would like a return to its old, familiar name. It sits at Tataa Point on the island's northwest corner, from whence souls supposedly leaped to the ancient Polynesian homeland. Today planes leap into the air from the nearby airport at Faaa, although the jet noise seldom penetrates the rooms here. It has a range of accommodations, including smaller rooms dating from its original Travelodge incarnation, newer and more spacious "Panoramic" rooms, and overwater bungalows with unimpeded views of Moorea. Whatever the vintage, all units are now luxuriously appointed with the likes of canopy beds and marble bathrooms, and all have private patios or balconies with views of Moorea. The original overwater units are smaller than the newer models on the resort's south end, which have separate sitting areas and steps leading from their decks into the lagoon.
The resort doesn't have a natural beach, but bulkheads separate the sea from white imported sand. Or you can frolic in two pools -- one in a large complex sitting lagoonside before the main building or the other smaller pool with water cascading over its horizon (and apparently into the lagoon). The latter is adjacent to the romantic Le Lotus, one of the Tahiti's best restaurants. Features here include an all-night lobby bar and the best watersports center on Tahiti. I love to stay here between jaunts to the outer islands because I can clean my dirty clothes in the free washers and dryers, a real money-saver given the exorbitant cost of laundry services (buy your soap powder before the boutique closes at 7pm).
Facilities: 2 restaurants; 2 bars; 2 outdoor pools; tennis courts; health club; Jacuzzi; watersports equipment/rentals; concierge; activities desk; car-rental desk; 24-hr. business center with high-speed Internet access; salon; 24-hr. room service; massage; babysitting; laundry service; washers and dryers.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
