Zil Pasyon: a honeymoon paradise in the Seychelles with a spa to match

On approach, Félicité looks just like your standard tropical island — all lush coco palms and dramatic granite boulders, neatly framed by the vast Indian Ocean.

But this small mass of land in the Seychelles archipelago — just 652 acres — is now also home to Six Senses’ latest outpost, Zil Pasyon, a honeymooner’s paradise.

My new husband and I had arrived on the island by boat (although there is the option of charting a chopper if you are feeling particularly flush) after a 10-day wedding extravaganza and were desperate to decompress. Luckily, we were in the right place.

Take the gorgeous private villas, carved expertly into the island’s granite rockface, which felt more spacious than your average London flat.

Under the expert eye of London-based architectural practice, Studio RHE, the cool Asian-inspired wooden interiors are offset by enormous four- poster beds swathed in mosquito nets, floor-to-ceiling wraparound windows and your own private in-room wine cellar, stocked with the best international varieties (and a bottle or two of the punchy local Takamaka rum in the mini-bar, too, just for good measure).

On the days when we couldn’t quite manage to make it down to the hotel’s main pool or one of the four restaurants on site, we’d have to make do with our own private sundeck and plunge pool, spending mornings having breakfast in bed — the resort has a handy no-room-service-charge policy — and sunbathing while catching up on the latest Eugenides or the daily papers delivered via a hotel app directly to your smart device to minimise its carbon footprint.

Each villa also comes with its own Gem (guest experience manager), a dedicated girl (or boy) Friday to cater to your every need. Whether it was an early morning hike with the island’s conservation expert, Anna, a private film screening or cocktails at sunset on one of the island’s summits, our Gem, Marvin, managed it all seamlessly. Laid-back luxury? This was verging on sybaritic bliss.

Of course, the beating heart of every SS property is its spa, and Zil Pasyon is no exception. Accessed through a labyrinthine network of granite pathways and Indiana Jones-style rope bridges, there was the usual hammam-sauna operation, products from The Organic Pharmacy and Terres d’Afrique, as well as an Instaworthy infinity pool.

But the pièce de résistance was its yoga pavilion (aerial, pranayama and hatha yoga were all on offer) and five treatment rooms overlooking the ocean, so that your facial/massage/morning meditation could be beautifully soundtracked by the surf.

For those in need of a more scientifically driven treatment, on-site therapists offer an integrated wellness screening — essentially a health MOT to determine your fat mass, oxygen saturation and general wellbeing — to suggest small lifestyle changes that could make a big improvement.

Naturally, there are myriad activities to keep guests entertained for a week spent on Félicité (it’s also a snorkeller’s idea of heaven with those crystalline waters and indigenous turtles), but the combination of sun, spa and sleep on this serene island was exactly what we needed to reset.

The Turquoise Holidays Company offers seven nights at Six Senses Zil Pasyon from £4,225 per person, including flights, accommodation, breakfast and transfers. (turquoiseholidays.co.uk; 01494 678 400)