Hilton Hotel Tahiti

The Hilton Hotel Tahiti – built on the very land where Princess Pomare made her oceanfront home a century before and opened in 1960 as the first Tahitian resort whose design was inspired by Polynesian culture – is completing a $20 million renovation in 2006. Guests can now enjoy a new lobby, completely redesigned rooms, a white sand beach, high-tech meeting rooms and even poolside WiFi!

Just three miles from Faa’a International Airport and one mile from the capital city of Papeete, the Hilton Hotel Tahiti is a convenient base for exploring the island’s interior, visiting other islands in the archipelago or enjoying the capital’s cultural offerings like the Paul Gaugin, James Norman Hall and Pearl Museums or the island’s famous Marche’ or open market.

Each of the 190 rooms and 10 suites have been completely remodeled in 'Island Colonial' style, with mahogany & cane furnishings, coconut tree floors and marble bathrooms, making these the most opulent hotel accommodations on the island. While the hotel’s striking Shell Chandelier – hand made with over 8,000 mother of pearl shells from the precious Tahitian black pearl – remains as a familiar lobby centerpiece, an exciting array of enhancements now greet arriving guests.

The Hilton Hotel Tahiti has unveiled an entirely new, air-conditioned lobby, complete with hand-carved teak check-in desk, new concierge and tour desks and an entirely new shopping area.

A white sand beach was created along the hotel’s lagoon that is part of the Sea of Moon leading to nearby Moorea island.

The hotel is now also fully equipped with state-of-the-art facilities – including poolside and in-room WiFi, anti-jet lag therapies in Mandara Spa and a fitness room with a view, complete with a regular schedule of fitness classes – making the Hilton Hotel Tahiti ideal for business travelers, meeting attendees, vacationers and spa & fitness seekers. It provides an ideal gateway to the South Pacific and the array of other Hilton Tahiti options that await your arrival.

The largest air-conditioned Banquet Rooms in French Polynesia are now equipped with elaborate technology that includes: simultaneous translation, Wireless Internet, LCD Power Point projection capabilities and sound & light enhancements.

Rooms :

Situated on a natural, turquoise-blue lagoon, The Hilton Hotel Tahiti offers 190 guest rooms and 10 suites.
Each of the spacious 200 guest rooms and suites have been completely renovated (project finished April 2006) and now boast an 'Island Colonial' style - with mahogany & cane furnishings; coconut tree floors and marble bathrooms. All rooms offer delightful lagoon views, private terraces, air-conditioning, dual voltage 110/220, voice mail, personal safes and Hi Speed Internet access.

You can also choose between rooms overlooking the luxuriant gardens of the hotel or the Pacific Ocean with the island of Moorea rising in the near distance.

For families, Hilton Hotel Tahiti offers a number of adjoining rooms, some of which feature a convertible bed. Non-smoking rooms are also available, as well as some rooms especially equipped for the physically challenged.

Suites

Our gracious suites include a large bedroom, a spacious living room and a sweeping view over the lagoon that can be enjoyed on two separate balconies. Precious woods from the Pacific region are used in the decor, and the walls are adorned with original paintings by popular contemporary Polynesian artists.

Activities :

Should you care to stray from the pleasant diversions found just outside your door, the Hilton Hotel Tahiti offers the perfect base for getting to know the island with such activities as:

• a full-day circle island tour
• four-wheel drive safari
• shopping at the colorful market of Papeete
• shopping for beautiful Tahitian pearls
• shopping for souvenirs of your vacation
• visiting the Museum of Paul Gaugin or the Pearl Museum
• scuba diving around old shipwrecks
• surfing
• hiking
• horseback riding
• full or half-day fishing trips
• a Sunset cruise
• helicopter tours of the island
• an excursion to Tetiaroa Island – a private atoll owned by actor Marlon Brando
• and so much more ...

Of course, you'll find a number of delightful activities on the hotel grounds. Every day you will hear lively Polynesian music and in the evenings, make sure to visit 'Quinns Bar' named after an early explorer. This bar will take you back a few years to the real Polynesian authenticity and remains today a great meeting place for travelers and local Polynesians to get to know each other and share in a tropical libation. Each Friday night an authentic Polynesian show lights up the evening.

Restaurants & Bars :

From innovative preparations of fresh seafood, to casual alfresco dining under the stars, we invite you to savor the sensations of Chef Andre Smaniotto in our unique restaurants and lounges.
The Moevai
"The Moevai" is the main restaurant of Hilton Hotel Tahiti. Built over the resort's lagoon, its name, quite appropriately, means, “Quiet Water” and the menu specializes in fresh seafood.

The decor creatively celebrates the island environment as does its menu, with both island and international cuisine offered. On Fridays the restaurant is the fitting backdrop for the hotel’s weekly Polynesian show. Live music can be enjoyed nightly and guests are invited to dance to the island rhythms.
Hours of Operation:

• 6:00am to 10:30am for Breakfast
• 12:00pm to 2:00pm for Lunch
• 6:30pm to 10:00pm for Dinner

Heepuemui
Located close to the horizon swimming-pool and lagoon, the hotel’s open air terrace restaurant, “Heepuemui” or “to sit under a cloudless sky, serves lunch, light meals and cocktails from 11 a.m. through the early evening.
Hours of Operation:

- 11:00am to 9:00pm

Quinn's Bar
Named after an early explorer, Quinn’s Bar takes you back to yesterday. Live music and fresh tropical drinks or your favorite cocktail are served. On weekends Quinn’s is also the place to dance to live music.
Hours of Operation:

• 10:00am to 11:00pm Sunday to Thursday
• 1:00pm to 12:00am Friday and Saturday

If you can't pull yourself from the tranquility of your room with a view, a full room service menu is available 24 hours a day.

Spa & Romance :

From the colors of the sunset to the scent of exotic Tiare, the Hilton Hotel Tahiti offers sensual delights at every turn. It is the perfect place to rejuvenate your spirit and refresh your soul.

Mandara Spa

The name Mandara comes from an ancient Sanskrit legend about the gods' quest to find the elixir of immortality and eternal youth. Mandara Spa, originating in Bali, has embraced this legend and continues to provide the ultimate spa experience. The new Mandara Spa at the Hilton Hotel Tahiti embraces healing traditions of the islands to create treatments using local ingredients like coconut milk, ginger, fragrant Tiare flowers and aromatic vanilla beans. Treatments may be enjoyed at the spa – including the popular couple’s massage – or in the privacy of your own bungalow.

Some of the combinations provided :

• foot bath with fresh seawater and beautiful island flowers
• vanilla body wash
• exotic body scrub with coconut, carrot or cucumber
• aromatic baths
• facial treatment using honey, lime, papaya, coconut milk and flower essences
• relaxing massage therapies
• palm pressures and stretching
• reflexology focusing on head and feet
• body wrap using natural linen infused with natural products

The Mandara Spa Tahiti will has also opened a fully-equipped fitness center offering aerobic lessons, hammam and sauna. Arrange a tour of all their facilities with the highly experienced staff during your next visit.

Maite Derouet Beauty Salon

Hilton Hotel Tahiti is home to one of the island’s top hairdressing salons. Haircuts, henna treatments, professional color by Oreal, manicures and pedicures are all offered at the salon. Ask about pre & post sun and swimming hair care.

What could be more romantic than exchanging vows on the Islands of Love? This Garden of Eden, caressed by trade winds rustling the palms to the rhythm of the crashing waves, is worlds away from the hustle & bustle of busy cities and everyday lives.

Weddings at Hilton Hotel Tahiti

What could be more romantic than exchanging vows on the Islands of Love? This Garden of Eden, caressed by trade winds rustling the palms to the rhythm of the crashing waves, is worlds away from the hustle & bustle of busy cities and everyday lives …

Let Hilton’s Tahiti recreate a true island wedding – or vow renewal -- for you and your beloved, following the traditions of a marital ceremony in an authentic Polynesian Village. Imagine…

As the couple arrives at the Tiki Village aboard their own outrigger canoe, local musicians and villagers dressed for the festive occasion line the beach to welcome them ashore. The bride is then taken to a grass hut (or ‘fare’) to be prepared for the ceremony – much the same as island royalty would be. She is massaged with monoï (floral infused coconut oil) and dressed like a Tahitian princess. Meanwhile, the groom is taken by canoe to a small beach where he is tattooed (with harmless, removable ink) and dressed like a Tahitian Chief.

The couple is then reunited in front of the Marae (Tahitian stone temple) overlooking the lagoon so the High Priest can take them inside for the ceremony. The Priest performs the ceremony in Tahitian while an interpreter translates the ancient incantations as women of the village perform their very moving traditional chants.

After having received the High Priest’s blessing and Tahitian names for both themselves and their future children, the couple – who have been sumptuously covered in perfumed flower leis and garlands -- proceed to the Royal Chair to be carried through the village by four noble warriors.

They then receive their traditional Marriage Certificate written on tapa (bark of the breadfruit tree) as a sign of their eternal vows. Champagne is served while young women of the village offer a dance show in their honor. The couple is invited to join the maidens in their dance before embarking on the Royal Canoe in a romantic processional accompanied by the sounds of ukulele and guitar.

The newlyweds then board a richly appointed Royal Floating “Fare” (house) to contemplate the sun setting on their new union while vividly colored fish swim by. If they wish, they can be served a meal brought to them by canoe and then spend their wedding night on their own floating house, with breakfast in bed to again be delivered by Tahiti’s very own kind of “ room” service.

** Please note, couples can choose to be married in their own wedding attire or rent a more traditional white gown from the village.

** Polynesian village weddings can be enjoyed at both the Hilton Hotel Tahiti and the Moorea Lagoon Resort & Spa (the Tiki Village described above is on Moorea)…

** Videographers and photographers are also available to record these precious moments.

Romantic Gifts
How vast a memory has love! (Alexander Pope)

Romantically challenged? Does every Valentine’s Day, anniversary or special occasion leave you scratching your head, trying to figure out an ideal way to “sweep that special someone off their feet?” On the islands of Tahiti, love is in the air…but our hotels can enhance that love with special surprises – exotic flowers delivered to your room, perhaps her favorite Champagne....a Pineapple Chocolate Box, or even a Polynesian Massage for two… Let us make your visit with your loved one a life long memory.

Honeymoon Gifts:
Hilton honeymoon guests will be automatically upgraded, according to availability, and they will also receive a complimentary basket of exotic fruits upon arrival with a minimum of a 3-night stay.