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Sarah Nui is the kitchenette pick. Every room has one, per Tahiti Tourisme, and Te Anuanua is about 400 m from our pin.
The catch may be the clock. Travelocity lists check-in 14:00 to 22:00, check-out before 10:00 and a desk that closes at 22:00 — no good for the 04:10 arrival, if the hotel confirms those hours.
There’s no website, and a Travelocity listing with a November 2026 offer is all that says it’s selling rooms. Phone the hotel and confirm your date before you count on it.
Book it if
- You want a kitchenette and a balcony
- You want to walk to the terminal and save on breakfast
Look elsewhere if
- A swim before bed matters
- You land late at night
- You’d rather book through a hotel’s own website
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Sarah Nui publishes and our own map estimates.
A cafeteria on site and a kitchenette in the room, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry. Travelocity lists check-in to 22:00; phone ahead if you’ll be later.
No ride to the ship is listed. Te Anuanua is about 400 m from our pin, a short walk by our estimate.
Extra, per Tahiti Tourisme, with no price given. With a kitchenette in the room, you can skip it.
Te Anuanua is about 400 m from our pin, about seven minutes on foot by our estimate. Travelocity lists a 10:00 check-out, so ask about leaving bags.
Travelocity lists free covered parking while you stay; confirm with the hotel. Nobody sells parking for the week at sea.
Night-Before Score: 36 of 100
Points come only from Tahiti Tourisme’s directory entry (a tourism-board source) for what scores; times, parking and the city tax are from Travelocity, a booking platform, so confirm them with the hotel (we found no hotel website); the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
Sarah Nui is in downtown Papeete. By our pins it’s about 5.5 km from Faa’a and about 400 m from Te Anuanua.
No airport shuttle is listed. Tahiti Tourisme says the hotel arranges limousines and town cars, with no price.
No ride to the ship is listed. Te Anuanua is about 400 m from our pin, a short walk by our estimate.
From PPT without a hotel shuttle
Taxis wait at arrivals, capped by the DTT at 1,000 XPF to start plus 160 XPF a km by day or 260 XPF a km from 20:00 to 06:00; the airport page works out the fare.
Travelocity lists free covered parking while you stay; confirm with the hotel. Nobody sells parking for the week at sea.
Parking for your stay: Travelocity lists free covered parking; confirm with the hotel.
No ride to the ship is listed. Te Anuanua is about 400 m from our pin, a short walk by our estimate.
Flying in the morning you sail? Not from the 04:10 red-eye; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Te AnuanuaShips board at Te Anuanua on the waterfront, not across the harbour at Motu Uta. From Sarah Nui both the terminal and the Gare Maritime are about 400 m in a straight line.
Source: tahititourisme.pfDistance
~400 m, straight lineAbout 400 m from our Te Anuanua pin, roughly seven minutes on foot at an easy pace by our estimate.
Airport bus
Not statedNo bus stop is published for Sarah Nui, and no airport line is confirmed on an official page. Take a taxi in.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedTravelocity lists free covered parking while you stay; confirm with the hotel. Nobody sells parking for the week at sea.
In town
Terminal car park, closes nightlyThe terminal’s 205 covered spaces close every night, per our parking page, so nobody in Papeete parks a car for the voyage.
The evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteA cafeteria, per Tahiti Tourisme. No restaurant or bar is listed.
Breakfast
ExtraExtra, per Tahiti Tourisme, with no price given. With a kitchenette in the room, you can skip it.
Address
Downtown PapeeteDowntown Papeete, 98714 (no street address published)
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Sarah Nui and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm the breakfast price, check-in, check-out and desk hours, parking, that it’s operating on your date, the room count (sources differ), so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Extra, per Tahiti Tourisme, with no price given. With a kitchenette in the room, you can skip it.
Parking for your stay
Travelocity lists free covered parking; confirm with the hotel
Pool
Neither Tahiti Tourisme nor Travelocity lists one.
Pets
Travelocity lists no pets or service animals. A booking platform’s line isn’t the hotel’s assistance-animal policy; if it matters, phone the hotel.
Food and drink on site
- Cafeteria
- KitchenetteIn every room
Rooms
Individually decorated rooms, each with a kitchenette, refrigerator, espresso machine and a balcony or patio, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry. Tahiti Tourisme and Travelocity give different room counts, so we leave the number out.
Accessibility
One room for guests with reduced mobility, with a lift, a reserved parking space and a shower with a seat, per Tahiti Tourisme.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsNot stated
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- No website; Tahiti Tourisme’s entry links a Facebook page and gives +689 40 50 35 30
- Travelocity lists a front desk open 06:00 to 22:00; confirm
- In October 2026 Travelocity listed it for sale, with a November 2026 offer — a platform listing, not proof it’s operating. Tahiti Tourisme last updated its entry in May 2025
- Travelocity listed a city tax of XPF 150 a person a night in October 2026 — a 2026 figure; the amount for 2027 stays isn’t set for each hotel yet, so confirm it with the hotel
Before you book
Worth knowing
- A kitchenette in every room, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry.
- Breakfast costs extra, per the same entry.
- Desk hours are Travelocity’s; confirm them.
What we couldn’t confirm
- The breakfast price
- Check-in, check-out and desk hours
- Parking
- That it’s operating on your date
- The room count (sources differ)
Sources for this page: Tahiti Tourisme’s directory entry (a tourism-board source) for what scores; times, parking and the city tax are from Travelocity, a booking platform, so confirm them with the hotel (we found no hotel website). All read October 2026; each fact names its own source.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Sarah Nui: the Papeete cruise guide and Papeete as a port of call.
A kitchenette, a balcony, a short walk to Te Anuanua.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Sarah Nui for the night before. No payment on the form.
Sarah Nui FAQ
Do rooms at Hotel Sarah Nui have kitchens?
Each room has a kitchenette with a refrigerator and an espresso machine, per Tahiti Tourisme.
Is Hotel Sarah Nui open?
We can’t say. In October 2026 Travelocity listed it for sale with a November 2026 offer, and Tahiti Tourisme’s entry, last updated May 2025, shows no closure. Neither is the hotel, so phone +689 40 50 35 30 before you book.
What time is check-in at Sarah Nui?
Travelocity lists 14:00 to 22:00, with check-out before 10:00. Confirm with the hotel.
Does Hotel Sarah Nui have a website?
Not that we found. Tahiti Tourisme links a Facebook page.
Booking the cruise too?
Tell us the sailing and we’ll line up Sarah Nui, the ride to the ship and the cruise itself. No fee, no obligation.
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