This travel guide is offered by your hotel
20 Rue Amiral Lacaze, 97433 Hell-Bourg
Tel: 02 62 47 80 98.
Guided tour price: €7. Free for children under 10. Duration: approx. 1h15.
Open daily: 9 am to 10:30 am/2 pm to 3:30pm (last admissions).
This beautiful 19th-century residence is nestled in the heart of the former spa town of Hell-Bourg, surrounded by an exuberant garden. Superbly restored, the Maison Folio is one of the village’s jewels. It is a fine example of the charming huts built by the great Creole families who came here from the heat of the coast.
The garden symbolizes “l’art de vivre à la créole”, with its guétali (a promontory from which to observe the surrounding area), its “3 Graces” fountain and its paths. A stroll here takes you on a journey of exotic scents, among perfumed, aromatic and medicinal plants. Tropical exuberance lends the vegetation the cluttered, natural look that makes “Creole gardens” so charming.