Raiatea Hotels from $68

The hotel is located on a key, in front of the island of Tahaa, lagoon in between. The facilities are very good for a hotel of bungalows over the water . The view is wonderful , the rooms are spacious and very well maintained. If you want to rest in a paradise, this is the place to go, a beautiful sea and good attention. Highly recommended.

I knew I was staying at a lower price range pension and got exactly what I paid for. I stayed 3 nights - 2 would have been sufficient. One day scuba (I'll review this later) one day driving around the island looking at all the sights one day killing time in town. The bungalow had no AC and only a regular fan. This was NOT enough to to combat the heat and it was too hot to sleep well. The kitchen was outside, adjacent to to the room. There were a lot of different kitchen utensils there, but some essentials were missing (dish towel, sugar, spices, etc). The dogs were nice and spent a good time keeping me company on the patio. The rooster made sure I knew when it was 4:30 - 5 AM. This is not a place for hanging out all day or sunbathing. Make sure you have plenty of mosquito repellent! With that all said, the owner/manager is a gem! He went to get the pizza I ordered the first night dinner and he let me use the pension's car to get to a store to buy water and other essentials. He also organized getting an affordable rental car (I felt trapped without transportation at this place). The scuba dives were pre-arranged and I experienced one of the best dives in my live. It felt like swimming in an aquarium stocked with blacktip sharks, grey sharks, mantas, turtles and the complement of other underwater creatures.