Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Family Friendly Guesthouse/Papeete

Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Tahiti & French Polynesia

Hi....we (2 adults, 1 preschooler, 1 baby) will be in Papeete for a few days enroute elsewhere. Can anyone make a recommendation for a family-friendly, mid-range guesthouse in Papeete? Thanks!

Brian

Except between two flights Papeete is not really a cool place to stay, it's a very busy city

Easy to reach from Papeete by ferries is Moorea island (30min) where the atmosphere is totaly different, with many tropical guesthouses all around and stunning landscapes

Despite this to stay one or two nights in Papeete the best place I know is Pension Damyr (you'll find them on the web), a friendly guesthouse in Faaa quite close to airport with free transfers provided at any time
It's in urbanized environnement far away from Pacific islands postcards but "less worse" than elsewhere around, surrounded by a tropical garden
Compared to others it's cheap, around 8000 XPF for a double room with breakfast

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