Seychelles
You can be here in October for about €1,294, 3 days, 1 stop.
Why now
Prime time in October: 27°C days, sea 28°C.
The calm months between the two trade winds give the flattest seas for snorkelling and island hopping; the southeast trades bring seaweed to some east-facing beaches and rougher ferry crossings. Hotel rates track European school holidays more than the weather.
Best months here: June, October, November. Daytime highs, sea temperature and rainy days from three years of Open-Meteo reanalysis; a rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, which is the WMO threshold and not the same as "it drizzled". This page stands for a whole country, and its weather is measured at one point — -4.62°, 55.45°, near Victoria. Somewhere else in Seychelles the numbers will differ.
The place
The Seychelles are granite islands, not coral ones, which is why the beaches have those rounded boulders and the interiors are forested hills rather than flat sand. Mahé is a real place with a capital, buses and a Creole kitchen; La Digue is bicycles and ox-carts; Praslin sits between. It suits people who want to move around rather than sit in one resort.
What you can do
- 01Cycle La Digue to Anse Source d'Argent, then walk on to Grand Anse across the island.
- 02Walk the Vallée de Mai on Praslin, where the coco de mer palms grow.
- 03Hike the Morne Blanc trail on Mahé for the view over the west coast.
- 04Eat a Creole fish curry with breadfruit chips at a takeaway in Victoria.
- 05Snorkel off Anse Lazio or take a boat to Curieuse for the giant tortoises.
Where to stay · neighbourhoods
Split the trip across Mahé and Praslin or La Digue rather than staying in one place; self-catering guesthouses are the local norm and cost far less than the resorts.
Unusual things
- ◦The Sunday Creole lunch at a plantation house such as Jardin du Roi in the hills above Anse Royale.
- ◦Aride Island nature reserve, a seabird colony reached by a small boat from Praslin when the sea allows.
- ◦Victoria's Sir Selwyn Clarke market on a Saturday morning, when the fish and spice stalls are busiest.
Day trips
Flight options
Routes come from OpenFlights (historical) and a 2026 route reference compiled from public timetables. Durations are the published schedule where we have it, otherwise a block-time model fitted on measured nonstop flights. Verify schedules with the airline before booking.
Entry requirements · IT passport
Source: passport-index-data, March 2026 (coarse indicator), covering 258 of our 268 destinations for each of 199 passports. Always confirm with the destination's official site.
Airports
Distances are centre to airport derived · nonstop counts are our route reference for 2026, not every flight that exists.
Local transport
- Airport to city
- Taxi, 20 min, ~€25; ferries between islands
- Car needed?
- Recommended for most of what is worth seeing
- Getting around
- Mahé's buses are cheap and cover most of the island until early evening; a hire car is easier for the southwest. The Cat Cocos ferry links Mahé and Praslin in about an hour, and Air Seychelles hops in fifteen minutes.
- Clock
- 3 hours ahead of Dublin (Indian/Mahe) derived
- Daylight
- 12.2 hours of daylight in October · sunrise 05:58, sunset 18:10 derived
- Currency
- SCR
Good to know
Strong currents and rip tides make some beaches, notably Anse Intendance and Grand Anse on La Digue, dangerous for swimming in the southeast trade-wind months.
Alternatives at a similar price
Whole trip per person for 3 days from Dublin in October, then the flight time; estimates, like the total above.
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Washington DC
New York
New Orleans
Buenos Aires