Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

On Google Hotels, read on 1 October 2026 for 2 adults, the cheapest night in the following 12 months was $1,809 (7 January 2027) and the dearest $8,622 (19 May 2027). Other nights: $4,956 on 11 October and $2,545 on 19 October 2026, $6,028 on 11 November and $2,243 on 30 November, $5,214 on 31 December, $2,670 on 24 June 2027.

Monthly medians run from about $1,811 in January 2027 to $3,562 in October 2026; in summer (June to August 2027) they sit around $3,100. The cheapest months, January to March 2027, coincide with the works on the main pool and beach.

The calendar shows the cheapest category available that night and does not say whether taxes and service are included: an offer for a 2-bedroom villa from 5 to 8 October cost about $6,516 a night, against $3,562–5,050 on the calendar. The resort invoices in Pacific francs (XPF); breakfast and the airport boat are included, the flight from Papeete is not.

According to the resort, every rate includes the return boat transfer from Bora Bora airport and breakfast at Tere Nui; the resort fee charged on every reservation covers non-motorised water sports, by the booking engine read on 11 October 2026. The flight from Papeete to Bora Bora is never included. Google’s description says breakfast costs extra: that is wrong, and the same listing shows it as free among the amenities.

On taxes the official site says the rate “may or may not include” resort fees, service and taxes; its booking engine, read on 11 October 2026, applies a resort fee of 10% and a service charge of 5% of the room rate to all reservations and shows both inside the price, with taxes calculated at checkout. The only published schedule is in the terms for groups of 10 rooms or more (events): 5% VAT, regional taxes of 3.5% and 1.4%, a 5.65% service charge, a 10.99% resort fee and a city tax of XPF 200 a person a night, under-12s exempt. One travel adviser writes that the resort fee is already in the rates; Tripadvisor shows prices before tax.

There is no standing all-inclusive: breakfast is in the rate, for 2 guests per bungalow or 4 per 2-bedroom villa (Bed and Breakfast). Meals come with the offers: the Inclusive Plunge Pool Escape covers breakfast, lunch at Fare Hoa and a 3-course dinner, drinks excluded, for at least 2 nights; Beachfront Bliss in the villas gives every meal and soft drinks on its offer page, while the accommodations page lists daily breakfast for villas: have the plan confirmed in writing; Extended Stays add dinner from 10 nights, lunch and dinner from 20. One travel seller quotes 50% off the meal plan for children from 5 to 12.

You land at Faa’a, in Papeete, French Polynesia’s only international airport, and take a domestic flight to Bora Bora: 45 minutes according to the resort, 50 according to Air Tahiti, with about 68 flights a week (FlightConnections). At the airport on Motu Mute the resort’s staff meet you and the boat takes 15 minutes. The domestic flight is booked separately and never included; depending on the timings, you may need a night on Tahiti. There are also helicopter flights from Tahiti.

Yes, according to the resort: the boat is shared for the bungalows and private for the villas, which add a VIP welcome on Tahiti for up to 4 guests (villa). Google, Booking.com and Expedia list it as free. A third-party guide, in May 2026, described it instead as a paid service of about XPF 13,000 a person unless a package covers it (Wander in Paradise); the official pages read on 1 October 2026 say it is included with every stay.

On the resort’s shuttle: it leaves at noon and returns from Vaitape at 3:30pm, Monday to Saturday all year, 30 minutes each way, XPF 4,000 a person, children included. It must be booked, and cancelling needs 24 hours’ notice. There is none on Sundays. The resort’s Location page still speaks of 2 sailings a day and 25 minutes, as reviews from 2018 and 2022 did; the page you book today shows one.

No. The 4 standard categories (Beach-View, Lagoon-View, Mountain-View and Premier Mountain-View) have a deck with loungers and no pool. The 6 specialty categories have a plunge pool: the resort counts 27 suites with a 3.4 × 2.4 metre freshwater infinity pool, temperature-controlled. The villas are on land, with private infinity pools of 4 × 14 or 5 × 18 metres.

Among the bungalows, the Mountain-View and the Premier Mountain-View (which faces it head-on), the Mountain-View with plunge pool, the Otemanu with plunge pool and the 2-bedroom Poerava; the 2-bedroom Herenui promises the lagoon. Among the villas, the One-Bedroom, Two-Bedroom Premier, Three-Bedroom Premier and Five-Bedroom name it (accommodation). Beach-View and Lagoon-View face the beach and the lagoon.

A Four Seasons resort, opened in September 2008 and the group’s only one in French Polynesia, on a private motu reached only by boat or helicopter. It has 115 places to stay, 108 bungalows and 7 villas, all suites by the resort’s account, in 16 categories (press fact sheet). A renovation of the whole resort was completed in 2020. It holds 2 MICHELIN Keys, renewed on 22 September 2026, and Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best 2026.

We found no official star classification: Google shows 0 stars and Expedia prints “1.401298464324817E-45 stars”, a glitch in its system.

Tere Nui serves breakfast from 7am to 10:30am; Arii Moana, Mediterranean, dinner from 5:30pm to 9:30pm; Fare Hoa, on the beach, is open from noon to 8:30pm, its bar from 10am; Vaimiti, over the water, cooks Asian from 5pm to 9:30pm, bar until 10:30pm; Oro’a is the evening of Polynesian dance and fire with a set menu, Tuesdays and Fridays from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. In-room dining runs at any hour (dining).

Of the menus online, read on 11 October 2026, only Oro’a’s set evening prints a price: XPF 17,900 per adult and XPF 8,950 per child. Canoe breakfast starts at XPF 32,000, a private beach dinner at XPF 94,900, one on a motu at XPF 197,800. In March 2024 a guest wrote of over $100 for lunch for 2 and over $200 for dinner; the press fact sheet still lists an Italian restaurant, Bella Vita, which the dining page no longer has. Holiday dinners are reserved for resort guests.

Te Mahana Spa sits at the lagoon’s edge: walkways above the pandanus lead to 7 treatment rooms, 2 of them open-air pavilions, and to Fare Miti, the overwater suite for couples; the press fact sheet counts them differently, 7 indoor rooms plus 2 pavilions plus the suite. After a treatment there is a sauna, a steam room, 2 outdoor whirlpools and a vitality pool among the plants (spa).

Monoi massages of 50 to 80 minutes cost XPF 25,500 to 35,000, about €214 to €293 at the fixed rate of XPF 119.33 to the euro; the 120-minute rituals XPF 59,500 (Taurumi) and XPF 62,600 (Golden Sun, with 24-carat gold oil); 80-minute myBlend facials XPF 37,000 (massages, rituals). The products include monoi oil and black-pearl powder.

Treatments are paid for. The site does not say whether the sauna, steam room and whirlpools can be used without a treatment; one guest, in October 2025, wrote that they are free. The spa facilities open at 9am, treatments run from 10am to 6pm, and are booked by phone (spa).

No day pass is published on the resort’s site. 2 Google reviews from March 2026 describe a day pass with the coral garden, the spa, paddleboards and lunch; a third-party guide reported in July 2026 an access pass at XPF 15,000 a person, boat, meals and spa extra, paused until 4 September 2026 (Off to Bora Bora). No source says whether it has resumed. Christmas and New Year dinners are for resort guests only.

There is one main infinity pool, outdoors, with thatched cabanas (amenities); at the spa, a vitality pool and 2 whirlpools. No source publishes the main pool’s size, depth, hours or heating. The plunge pools of the 27 specialty suites are temperature-controlled, and the lagoon stays between 27 and 29 °C all year (Tahiti Tourisme).

The main pool closes from 4 January to 24 February 2027 for works; meanwhile there is the Villa Beach Club pool.

From 4 January to 24 February 2027, according to Expedia and Our Pacific, the main pool, main beach, Fare Hoa and Tere Nui close, with works from 8am to 5pm; the Villa Beach Club, the other beaches and the other restaurants stay open, with a €100 credit per room per night and free date changes within 12 months. The resort’s booking engine, read on 11 October 2026, gives the dates, the closures and the €100 credit; the working hours and the free date change come from third parties.

Booking.com also flags beach works from 6 to 22 December, without a year, beside an old COVID-19 notice. An unofficial guide, BoraBora.guide, has the pool reopening in November 2026: no other source confirms it, and the same sentence appears for another resort.

It is open all year, and no seasonal closure is published. The dry season runs from May to October; November to April is the wet and cyclone season, with the heaviest showers from December to February (Tahiti Tourisme, Tahiti Travel Services). The sea stays between 27 and 29 °C. On Google Hotels nights are cheapest from January to March 2027 (from $1,791) and dearest from June to August (from $2,651).

Yes. Children up to 17 stay free in their parents’ room, space permitting; a third adult pays a nightly fee. The Tamarii Club takes children from 5 to 12, with a playroom, video games, a playground and a shallow splash pad; under-5s eat free and children’s menus cover ages 6 to 12 (families). Introductory dives start at 8, in high season.

The kids’ club runs at weekends and on holidays, fully supervised, according to the family page, read on 15 October 2026; Booking.com charges children as adults from 12 and has no extra beds, and MICHELIN asks for guests from 13 to be booked as adults. Cots are free on request.

Yes, with a symbolic ceremony at the resort; for a legal marriage the couple must attend the Council House of Bora Bora on the day (weddings). The 2025 guide listed 3 packages at XPF 480,000, 660,000 and 910,000, plus XPF 350,000 for the legal wedding and XPF 100,000 to set up on the Sunset Motu (2025 guide). The Aherenoa chapel holds at most 10 people, couple included; the main beach, 800 m², takes up to 230 guests for a banquet or reception (venues). Today’s package pages show no prices.

Dinners in 4 restaurants with live performances, a gala under the stars, fireworks over the lagoon, and a children’s dinner and party; all reserved for resort guests (New Year). The programme and prices for 31 December 2026 are not published: the page still refers to 2025. According to Booking.com, the New Year’s Eve dinner is compulsory, not in the rate, and priced by restaurant; the official site does not say so.

On the site, for selected dates to 31 August 2028: Bed and Breakfast; advance purchase at up to 25% off; the fourth night free on stays of 4 nights or more; a credit of €250 in the bungalows or €500 in the plunge-pool suites and villas; the Inclusive Plunge Pool Escape with every meal; Ashore Afloat, a free Beach-View bungalow with a 2- or 3-bedroom villa for at least 5 nights (6 January to 15 March and 15 September to 15 December); Extended Stays from 10 nights; Beachfront Bliss in the villas; and the Pacific Voyager package with Four Seasons Oahu, in Hawaii. One travel seller quotes advance-purchase discounts of 10% or 30%.

The spa opens at 9am and closes at 6pm, with treatments from 10am; the open-air gym is open daily from 6am to 9pm, with one free group yoga class a week (fitness). Expedia and Google describe it as open 24 hours: it is not.

Beyond the rooms, restaurants and spa: artificial-grass tennis courts lit for night play (tennis), volleyball and badminton, free kayaks, paddleboards and snorkelling gear, a dive centre run by Diveasy, the marine-biology programme, 3 shops, a resort doctor, free premium Wi-Fi and a 24-hour business centre (amenities). Drones are banned: the resort lies close to the airport’s flight path.

Premium Wi-Fi is free throughout; Expedia puts it above 25 Mbps in the rooms. The currency is the Pacific franc (XPF), fixed at about 119.33 to the euro; the resort invoices in XPF and takes American Express, Visa, MasterCard, JCB and China UnionPay (resort). Booking.com lists cash as the only method: that is wrong. Tipping is not customary in French Polynesia and is not expected (Tahiti.com).

No: the motu is reached only by boat or helicopter, and Google and MICHELIN confirm there is no parking. To tour the main island, the concierge helps hire a car in Vaitape, where the shuttle lands.

No. Booking.com and Expedia say pets are not allowed, except service animals, and MICHELIN notes that quarantine in French Polynesia lasts 90 days. The Google listing shows them as allowed and free: that is wrong.

No: there is no golf course on Bora Bora. French Polynesia’s 2 courses are on Tahiti and Moorea (Tahiti Tourisme), and the resort offers no golf package.

The room pages list non-slip bath mats, a wheelchair on request, a shower wheelchair, removable grab bars, a bath chair, an access ramp for the beach villas and accessible public toilets (Four Seasons). Which bungalows are accessible is shown by a filter on the site that we could not read.

On Motu Tehotu (BP 547, 98730 Bora Bora), a private islet on the outer reef, which Google files under the Anau district. The airport is 15 minutes away by boat, 5.8 km as the crow flies; Vaitape, the main village, 25 to 30 minutes (Four Seasons). With no cars or roads, the quiet is the lagoon’s: in the Google reviews atmosphere gathers 21 positive mentions out of 22. The resort is large: from the furthest bungalows reception and the restaurants are about 20 minutes on foot, and the buggy is best called 15 minutes ahead.

On 1 October 2026: 4.7 out of 5 on Google from 916 reviews, 4.8 out of 5 on Tripadvisor from 4,137 (fourth of 13 hotels in Bora Bora), 9.2 out of 10 on Booking.com from 125, 9.8 out of 10 on Expedia from 577. Guests praise the service, the nature and the setting for couples. Value scores 7.8 out of 10 on Booking.com and 4.3 out of 5 on Tripadvisor. Those who left content write that it costs a fortune and is worth it. Lunch and dinner are paid for on top, and the distances within the resort are covered on foot or by buggy: in 4 reviews between May 2025 and July 2026 guests describe waiting up to half an hour for one.