The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort

My husband and I just returned from staying 3 nights at the Intercontinental Thalasso, 5 nights at the St. Regis, and 1 at the Four Seasons. We enjoyed them all, but we feel the St. Regis offers the best experience overall. What is different? 1. We stayed in a beachside villa with our own pool. There was a lot of space and we enjoyed trying to sneak up on the land crabs that live outside. We got our own piece of beach! Bring floaties for the water whether you have an OWB or land villa with a pool. 2. We liked the variety of restaurants here. We were especially impressed with Far Niente (Italian). Olivia was the nicest server, from France. We looked forward to seeing her. 3. The butler service was a nice touch and the butler who oriented us the first day was great. But to be honest, it felt a little choppy because he was there 3 days of 5 but only in afternoons, and we saw other people on different days. Some days a butler brought coffee and others it seemed like a different type of service person brought it. So it got a little confusing when it came to tipping. But anytime we needed anything, we knew we could pick up the phone and someone would take care of things. And the morning coffee delivery is wonderful. 4. The lagoonarium is a must see, Moana is so big! You can pick up fins and a snorkel at the pool and keep it in your room for your stay. I would suggest bringing reef shoes. Often easier than flippers. We also did one of the paid experiences with a marine biologist where we helped to identify baby fish that they caught to put in the nursery and later release into the lagoonarium. 5. The pastry chef here is amazing! Of all 3 places we visited, pastries here were the best and especially the flaky crispy layers of the chocolate croissant. We looked forward to the juice of the day. Also be sure to try the raw fish and coconut. This was our favorite Buffett overall. 6. On the day we arrived, we joined the wine tasting. It was led by a master sommelier, and there are not many of those in the world. Be sure to attend a champagne sabering for a cool thing to see and a glass of champagne. 7. I appreciated that they acknowledged my Titanium status upon check in as well. This is a great place to spend points for “book 4 get 1 free.” There was a cash up charge for our room but it was a huge savings when you consider the listed rate is about $3400 /nt and we got it for $750 including taxes.

I have been to Bora Bora 13 times but had not been back to the St Regis for a number of years. I forgot what I was missing! The service and food is unmatched at other properties (I will report back after I experience the Westin in September). Everyone remembers you by name, and having a personal concierge is a nice touch. If having varied dining and a large room is important, this is your property. Don’t miss the shark and ray tour and scuba dive if you can. All of this can be arranged by Pacific for Less. I use them every time I travel to French Polynesia because they handle all of the details! This last trip my international flight was delayed 12 hours. One call to Claudia and Cathi and all of the domestic details were adjusted. Invaluable.

We had an amazing stay here with our 3 kids (7/9/12). The service was unbelievable, the OWV were huge and comfortable, I can’t say enough great things about this place. We had a mate flight out of Bora Bora and they have us a beach villa to use for the afternoon after we checked out. Every little thing was perfect.

Our stay was absolutely incredible. I have traveled to many tropical islands and locations and they all pale in comparison to Bora Bora. The St. Regis resort is nothing but spectacular and feels almost surreal to be on the same planet! From the thoughtful staff (shout out to our butler Julian who was phenomenal), to the breath taking views, and even the Lagoonarium which was the most phenomenal snorkel experience I have ever had. I cannot recommend this stay enough. Thankfully Claudia at Pacific4Less was able to clue us in on this once in a lifetime stay and made sure our trip was nothing less than perfect. If you are looking for a trip of a lifetime, be sure to reach out to Pacific4Less, you wont be disappointed.

The St Regis on Bora Bora was STUPENDOUS in very way. It was one of the most beautiful and special places I’ve ever been. You are greeted at the airport by the hotel staff and taken by boat through the beautiful blue waters of Bora Bora to the resort. The overwater villas are extremely spacious, immaculate and absolutely gorgeous with care taken to provide stunning views and privacy at the same time. Each villa has their own deck complete with lounge chairs, a little table and chairs for enjoying a cup of coffee or room service meal and a fresh water shower on your dock. The bed and pillows were heavenly. Each villa is provided with bicycles to use during your stay. The resort has a tennis court (one of 2 courts on the island I believe)- grass court, well-maintained and of course overlooking the lagoon. The resort has free rackets to use. They also have a gorgeous very large Lagoonarium where you can do all the snorkeling you want without having to book a special excursion- all in calm and crystal clear waters with amazing coral and fish species. We also scheduled a 2 hr session with Lucie (marine biologist from Sea Narea) who was delightful and educated us about coral. Then she took us into the Lagoonarioum where we planted our newly cut coral in the garden coral nursery with a tag (so we can get updates)…how cool is that?! The very handsome ‘beach staff’ attended to your every need - from inflating your floatie to offering ice water to opening a fresh coconut for you - all with extremely friendly smiles and gracious Polynesian hospitality. They were utterly delightful. Hiro was our concierge and created a complete itinerary for our stay that had every detail. He was extremely knowledgeable and patient and went above and beyond in every way to help us (even sharing some insights about how to navigate our next island on our tour). Thank you Hiro! The food at all the restaurants was amazing from breakfast to dinner with incredible service and personal attention. Finally our stay was crowned by our butler Oceane who was gracious, kind and utterly delightful. She came up with daily ways to help and surprise us and very significantly enhanced our stay. From start to finish every single detail of the St Regis Bora Bora was pure excellence at the very highest levels. There are different wonderful places - but nothing could surpass this. Every single person cared that your stay was perfect and did their best to contribute to that goal. I even managed to leave my sweater on the main island at a restaurant one night and multiple people offered to pick it up on their own time. Needless to say I got my sweater back! This was the trip of a lifetime and I’ll return to the St Regis on Bora Bora. I’m so grateful to every single person. Thank you for what you do and who you are.