InterContinental Tahiti Resort & Spa
Faa'a, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Location
Facing Moorea, by the airport
The resort spreads across around 30 acres facing Moorea, two to three kilometres — about five minutes — from Faa'a International Airport and 10 to 15 minutes from downtown Papeete: the natural arrival and departure base for island connections.
Transfer
By road
About five minutes from Faa'a International Airport, making it an easy first or last night.
Villas
246 rooms & bungalows
Garden, lagoon and panoramic ocean-and-Moorea-view rooms, plus around two dozen overwater bungalows set around a private motu facing Moorea.
Best For
Who it suits
Travellers wanting an easy gateway night, families drawn to the shallow pool and lagoonarium, and couples taking an overwater bungalow facing Moorea.
Board Basis
Room only
A room-only base, with dining across the resort restaurants and bars.
About the Resort
The gateway to French Polynesia
The largest luxury resort on Tahiti faces Moorea across the lagoon, five minutes from the airport — the natural first or last night of a trip through the islands. Swimming and snorkelling are from two freshwater infinity pools and a natural lagoonarium, where house-grown coral gardens shelter sea turtles and hundreds of fish. Le Lotus dines over the water and is widely rated the island's finest table, Te Tiare stages Polynesian and Marquesan dinner shows, and the terraces catch Tahiti's best Moorea sunsets.
Accommodation
Rooms & bungalows
Garden, lagoon and panoramic Moorea-view rooms, plus overwater bungalows around a private motu.
Entry
Garden View Room
Sleeps two to three, king or two queens. A balcony or terrace over the tropical gardens, with garden views.
Balcony
Premium
Premium Ocean & Moorea View Room
Sleeps two to three, king or two queens. A panoramic Moorea and Pacific outlook from a spacious terrace, with ocean views.
Moorea view
Overwater
Overwater Bungalow
Sleeps two plus a child, king with a sofa bed. Around 37 square metres with a glass-bottom table, a split-level terrace and a sundeck, set around a private motu, with lagoon views.
Glass-bottom table
Horizon
Overwater Bungalow, Moorea View
Sleeps two plus a child, king with a sofa bed. At the end of the pontoon for an unobstructed Moorea sunset — just two of them.
Moorea sunsetTwo only
Signature
Overwater Suite
Sleeps two to three, king. A separate living room, a glass-bottom table and a split-level terrace, with lagoon views.
Separate living room
Food & Drink
Dining
Overwater fine dining, a dinner-show restaurant and lagoon bars.
Signature
Le Lotus
Overwater French fine dining, widely rated the island's best (closed for a few weeks in Jan/Feb).
Main
Te Tiare
All-day international dining with Polynesian and Marquesan dinner shows.
Bars
Tiki Bar & swim-up bar
Live music and a swim-up bar at the sand-bottom Le Lotus pool.
Wellbeing
Deep Nature Spa
A spa by Algotherm with a fitness centre.
Algotherm treatments
Marine-based treatments at Deep Nature Spa.
Two infinity pools
A family pool over the lagoonarium and an adults sand-bottom pool with a swim-up bar.
The lagoonarium
Snorkel coral gardens with turtles and fish.
Activities & Experiences
Signature Experiences
The gateway to the islands.
Snorkel the lagoonarium
A natural coral garden with turtles and fish.
Polynesian dinner shows
Twice-weekly Polynesian and Marquesan performances.
Moorea sunsets
The island's best, from the terraces.
Sunset catamaran
Lagoon sails and a dive centre on-site.
Papeete & the market
A shuttle to Le Marché and the roulottes food trucks.
Getting There
Location & Transfers
By road
About 5 minutes from the airport
Two to three kilometres from Faa'a International Airport.
To Papeete
10–15 minutes to town
A short drive into downtown Papeete.
Guest Reviews
What Our Clients Say
★★★★★
“The most extraordinary place I have ever stayed. Nothing prepares you for the depth of the silence, the beauty of the reef, or the sheer generosity of the experience.”
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★★★★★
“We’ve stayed here three times now. The house reef has no equal. The stargazing was, genuinely, one of the most moving experiences of my adult life.”
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★★★★★
“I had stayed at Four Seasons, One&Only and Velaa before visiting InterContinental Tahiti Resort & Spa. They are all magnificent. But this is different in a way that is hard to articulate.”
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Good to Know
Good to know
Board basis
- Room-only.
Pools & lagoonarium
- Swimming and snorkelling are from two freshwater infinity pools and a natural lagoonarium.
Le Lotus
- The signature restaurant closes for a few weeks in January/February.
Getting there
- About five minutes from Faa'a International Airport.
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