Frédérique Couteyen, hostess

La Villa Blanche, Frédérique Courteyen

Réunion Island National Park

For me, being a Esprit National Park beneficiary was both an obvious choice and a necessity!

Villa Blanche is an authentic holiday home, located in the heart of the village of Hell-Bourg in the Cirque de Salazie, within easy reach of many of the hiking trails in the Parc National de La Réunion.

For me, the village of Hell-Bourg is truly a village that still has all the characteristics of a Creole village of yesteryear. So we're both in the present and in the past, and it's a truly authentic place to discover La Réunion in its present and past versions.
Hell-Bourg is a listed village where we've preserved the original habitat. Villa Blanche is 100 years old, and is truly authentic. A house of "change of air", a house where you forget everything, build the present and live the carpe diem.
We tried to keep everything that could be kept and changed only what we could no longer keep. You come here exclusively. You rent the house with friends. You rent the house with loved ones, and it can accommodate up to 7 people.
Villa Blanche is right in the heart of the National Park, and all the trails are directly accessible on foot from the house. Just turn the key and off you go.
For me,being a beneficiary of Esprit Parc National was both an obvious choice and a necessity. We participate in the enrichment of the territory and also because I'm lucky enough to work in the garden with forest birds. For me, it's really something essential, and if we don't do something about it, it's lost. And just as I put my heart and soul into renovating the house, I want this garden, which is the setting for the house, to become an authentic Creole garden, full of life.