The House of Coco — Attraction in Saint-Paul

What an amazing experience we had! YOU NEED TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE. We passed 2 hours with Jimmy F. explaining us how to open a coconut, how to grate it, how to make oil-milk-flour-sugar from it and its leaves. All the story around this juicy fruit was incredibly interesting and the tasting experience in the process was keeping our attention high. The location was like a little paradise, very well organised and the staff was very gentle and friendly. There are toilets and open sinks where you can go and refresh yourself. There is a small restaurant. Interesting during that day there was a birthday party and a baptism party, so nice to be able to celebrate in such idyllic place! There are 2 boutiques too, unfortunately they were closed when we finished the tour. There is also a botanical garden, some animals to see with your kids. Parking available and...

This was a hidden little gem of a spot. My favourite spot was the section of the garden where we could smell all the plants. I had never seen a cinnamon tree or a clove tree or an all spice tree. I was in heaven smelling these plants. Such a unique experience! We had coconut ice cream and these deep friend coconut balls that were super tasty. The gift shop had a lot of adorable coconut souvenirs and sweets. Well worth going to just to see the flora. We missed the workshop sadly as there was only one on that day but apparently it would have been great to see. The birds were cute. The roosters kept having to tell us that they were roosters the whole time we were there. There were quite a few chickens and peacocks a couple of pheasants...

GREAT FUN! Our guide was Michael, the Pirate. What a character!! Spoke goodish English. Made the presentation interesting and informative. The men all took turns peeling a coco and everyone pitched in to weave fishes out of the leaves, with limited success and loads of input from Michael. When it came to the water/milk extraction part, he was not shy in sharing the fruits of our labour with us. Combined with rum it turned into0 quite a party! The gardens are beautiful, sitting with a coconut drink at the cafe while haning with the resident golden retrievers and browsing through the curio shop all added to it being a great and relaxing afternoon. Don't miss this one and remember to ask...