InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa
Overwater villas on Motu Piti Aau, in the first resort in the world cooled by deep-sea water.
InterContinental · Bora Bora · Bora Bora & French Polynesia
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because the villas stand over the water on Motu Piti Aau, in the first resort in the world cooled by deep-sea water, with the Deep Ocean Spa, Le Corail and its French cellar and the Brando Suites at the end of the pontoons, Mount Otemanu across the lagoon — and the house is listed at exactly the tier it holds.
- On Motu Piti Aau in the Bora Bora lagoon; an InterContinental house of Pacific Beachcomber.
- Overwater villas; deep-sea-water cooling; the Deep Ocean Spa; Le Corail; the Brando Suites.
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star 2026 for the hotel; holds four-star standing.
The neighborhood
Bora Bora
The lagoon under Mount Otemanu, with the overwater villas over the coral and the mountain at every window. Around it lie the motus, each with its own resort reached by boat.
- The lagoon and Mount Otemanu, at the door.
- Vaitape, twenty minutes by boat.
- Bora Bora Airport, twenty minutes by the resort launch.
“Overwater villas on Motu Piti Aau, in the first resort in the world cooled by deep-sea water.”
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