VAL DES PRÉS AREA
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A domain that aims to highlight the multiple uses of the branches, leaves, fibers and nuts of the coconut tree in Cape Town.
Near the old "Lenstiti kreol" (the Creole Institute) and the Plaine Saint-André is another heritage domain, the Domaine du Val des Prés, which opens on the Maison du Coco (all in coconut), whose ambition is to highlight the multiple uses of the branches, leaves, fibers and nuts of the coconut palm. It is a pity that this House of Coconut is so often closed... A little further, surrounded by two frangipani trees... flamboyant in their bloom, the big colonial house, built around 1870, remains open to the visit (free of charge), but what a disappointment when you knew it after its restoration, undertaken about thirty years ago. Restituting well the atmosphere of the time of the colonies, with its old furniture and its parquet floors, this mansion seems only a shadow of what it was. Even if it is tired, it is still enthroned in the heart of a village of twelve small pavilions, built to present various facets of Seychelles craftsmanship on the same site. Of all these pavilions, Joel Banane's "Couleurs des Iles" is the oldest and one of the most attractive. In the others, various products of the local craft industry: pottery, silk painting, painted wooden fish, pareos and T-shirts... and, especially, model boats. Those of La Marine, signed by the employees of Jean-Louis Marchesseau, a Frenchman who made a name for himself with miniature replicas of ships of the Ancien Régime! Beware, the opening hours are very fluctuating.
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On y retrouve un groupe d'artisans vous proposant leurs créations : bibelots, magnet, art sur coco, peintures, huile et savons ... ainsi qu'un restaurent ou est servi un buffet créole !
Les prix sont très abordables et les personnes très accueillantes, je vous conseille cette endroit pour vos cadeaux souvenir car pas cher mais made in Mahé