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Six Senses Zil Pasyon
Félicité Island, Seychelles · Six Senses · Grand Luxury
Six Senses Zil Pasyon occupies the entire private island of Félicité — 263 hectares east of La Digue — where Studio RHE architects Tom Foster and Richard Hywel Evans built 30 villas directly into the island's ancient granite boulder formations, operating under a founding brief of 'we will have succeeded if nothing can be seen from outside the island.' Before construction began in 2005, invasive vegetation was cleared island-wide and replanted with indigenous species, some of which had become locally extinct. Awarded Michelin Two Keys in 2025.
- 30 rooms
- Opened 2016
- Neighborhood: Victoria mailing
- Rooms from 1,880 sq ft (175 m²)
- Architect: Studio RHE (Tom Foster, Richard Hywel Evans)
About Six Senses Zil Pasyon
- Studio RHE's founding design brief for the resort was 'we will have succeeded if nothing can be seen from outside the island' — a rare instruction to make luxury architecture deliberately invisible, leading to villas clad in locally quarried granite that mirror the island's own rock formations.
- The spa's five treatment villas were built among giant granite boulders without moving a single rock; one features a glass frontage inserted between two boulders, and the elevated saltwater pool sits at the ocean's edge above the existing seawall, which was rebuilt and disguised as the main pool's boundary.
- Before the first villa was constructed, the entire island was ecologically restored: invasive plant species were cleared from all selected sites and replaced with indigenous species, some of which had already become extinct on Félicité.
- The resort occupies only one-third of Félicité Island's 263 hectares; the remainder is left as wild habitat, giving the property the unusually high ratio of protected wilderness to built resort area in the Seychelles private-island category.
- Thirty pool villas built into Felicite's ancient granite boulder field so that nothing of the resort can be seen from outside the island.
History
Six Senses Zil Pasyon opened in 2016 on the private island of Félicité in the Seychelles, designed to blend seamlessly with the island's granite boulders and natural terrain following a concept initiated in 2005. Construction incorporated ecological management by clearing invasive vegetation and replanting indigenous species. The resort reached final completion in 2017 with no major renovations noted.
The setting
Located on the private island of Félicité in the Seychelles archipelago, east of La Digue, surrounded by granite boulders and coral-fringed beaches. Accessible by speedboat or helicopter from Mahé International Airport.
Restaurants and bars
- Island Café — Café
- Ocean Kitchen — Restaurant · Seafood
- Omakase with Island Flair — Restaurant · Japanese
- Fresh Fish Grill — Restaurant · Seafood
Amenities
- Six Senses Spa (5 villas, Terres d’Afrique treatments, saltwater pool, yoga pavilion)
- private infinity pools in villas
- beaches
- elevated pool
- organic garden
- kids club
- outdoor cinema
- GEM butler service
- Sauna
- Fitness center
- Water sports
- Wine cellar
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
- World Travel Awards: Seychelles' Leading Luxury Resort (2023)
- AHEAD MEA Landscaping & Outdoor Spaces (2017)
- Forbes Verified Luxury
- multiple World's Leading Resort Design wins
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