Must see hotels in The Marquesas

This well-run and friendly pension has four shiny-clean bungalows perched scenically on a lush hillside, each enjoying wraparound views of Tahauku Bay…

Basking in familial warmth, this pension at the far end of Omoa has an air of Little House on the Prairie. Lionel, who is from Normandy and who is a mine…

Hee Tai Inn has the eight tidiest rooms in town, all in a plain but comfortable motel-like building at the back of a garden teeming with endemic plants…

This pension has five very ramshackle but spacious bungalows on a little knoll in Hokatu, with sweeping views of Hokatu Bay and Motu Hane. Try to book the…

These four clean and brightly coloured bungalows on stilts are perched on the side of a flowery hill. There are beautiful views over the valley from the…

All eight rooms are clean, well organised (air-con, a small balcony, private facilities, hot shower, daily cleaning) and utilitarian. Rooms 1 and 2 have…

Tania, your chirpy host, does a superb job of keeping her place shipshape. Location-wise, this pension plays in the same league as nearby Temetiu Village,…

Peacefully reposed over sloping grounds above the marina, this pension features eight rooms in a two-storey motel-style building. They’re plain and not…

Here's a family-run place that embraces you like a big, warm Marquesan hug. Rooms are simple and not very private, but they are clean, tiled and have hot…

An obvious choice for thrifty travellers. In theory, the seven bungalows with bathroom (cold water) and kitchenette, next to the mairie (town hall), are…

Nuku Hiva’s only upmarket option, the Keikahanui occupies a wonderfully peaceful domain at the tip of Colette Bay. Digs are in Polynesian-style bungalows…

The only option outside Atuona looks tired, but it’s a convenient port of call in the Puamau area. Two bare but acceptable double rooms with shared…

Small and friendly like a pension, yet offering more independence, this classic South Pacific–feeling place is across the road from the waterfront and a…

Set in a secluded clearing surrounded by a lush coconut grove, this relaxed place has four comfortable bungalows with wooden floors, firm beds, hot water…

A secluded property on a mound overlooking Tahauku Bay, with Mt Temetiu as a backdrop, the 14 well-designed bungalows sit in a blooming tropical garden…

In the centre of Hakahau, this pension offers two simple rooms with shared bathroom (hot-water showers) in a house and two beautifully finished bungalows…

At the far end of the village, this is a mixed bag. The three rooms with shared bathroom in the owners’ house have nothing to excite the senses (and might…

Absolutely no frills here, but you’ll be bowled over by the faaabulous setting, a coconut’s throw from the seashore. It features two rooms with shared…

Reliable, friendly and fabulously situated on a hillside with swooning views of Hakahau Bay, Pukuéé offers two rooms in a wooden house surrounded by…

This place, just behind Te Pua Hinako, has very simple bungalows with no direct bay views. The beds are thin, which is a drag if you have a bad back. But…