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The Airport Motel solves one problem only. It’s across from the airport, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry, so you can be asleep soon after landing.
That’s the whole case — convenience, not comfort. Hotels.com lists a 24-hour desk; confirm it before a 04:10 landing. There’s no pool, and Te Anuanua is about 5.2 km away.
Book the night before so the room is yours at 04:30, not at 14:00.
Book it if
- You want a bed minutes from arrivals
- You need a family room
Look elsewhere if
- You want dinner on site
- You want to be in town near the ship
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Tahiti Airport Motel publishes and our own map estimates.
Nothing to eat on site that we could confirm, so eat before you leave town or order in.
No ride to the ship is listed. Te Anuanua is about 5.2 km from our pin, so a taxi into town.
The motel says breakfast isn’t in the room rate. Hotels.com lists a continental at about EUR 10 as it prints it, 05:30 to 09:30; confirm the price.
This is an airport stop. Te Anuanua is about 5.2 km from our pin; take a taxi on the afternoon you board.
Free indoor parking while you stay, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry. Gone once you sail.
Night-Before Score: 10 of 100
Points come only from Tahiti Tourisme’s directory entry (a tourism-board source) for the location and parking; the motel’s own site (tahitiairportmotel.com) says breakfast isn’t in the room rate; the desk hours, times, breakfast price and room count are from Hotels.com, a booking platform, so confirm them with the motel; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
The Airport Motel is across the road from arrivals, a short uphill walk. By our pins it’s about 600 m from the terminal building and about 5.2 km from Te Anuanua.
Across from the airport, per Tahiti Tourisme, about 600 m between our pins. Hotels.com reviewers call the walk uphill.
No ride to the ship is listed. Te Anuanua is about 5.2 km from our pin, so a taxi into town.
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.
Free indoor parking while you stay, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry. Gone once you sail.
Parking for your stay: Free indoor parking, per Tahiti Tourisme.
No ride to the ship is listed. Te Anuanua is about 5.2 km from our pin, so a taxi into town.
Flying in the morning you sail? Not from the 04:10 red-eye; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Te AnuanuaYou’re at the airport end of the trip here. Te Anuanua is about 5.2 km away in a straight line, on the downtown Front de mer, not the Motu Uta cargo port.
Source: tahititourisme.pfDistance
~5.2 km, straight lineAbout 5.2 km from our Te Anuanua pin in a straight line. A taxi, roughly the same ride as from the airport itself.
Airport bus
Not statedYou don’t need a bus to get here; Hotels.com reviewers describe an uphill walk from arrivals, and some take a taxi instead.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedFree indoor parking while you stay, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry. Gone once you sail.
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
Not statedNo restaurant we could confirm.
Breakfast
ExtraThe motel says breakfast isn’t in the room rate. Hotels.com lists a continental at about EUR 10 as it prints it, 05:30 to 09:30; confirm the price.
Address
Faa’a, across from the airportFaa’a, 98704, across from the airport (no street address published)
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Tahiti Airport Motel and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm night reception, check-in times, the breakfast price and hours, whether a restaurant is open on site, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
The motel says breakfast isn’t in the room rate. Hotels.com lists a continental at about EUR 10 as it prints it, 05:30 to 09:30; confirm the price.
Parking for your stay
Free indoor parking, per Tahiti Tourisme
Pool
No pool listed.
Pets
Hotels.com lists no pets or service animals. That isn’t the motel’s stated assistance-animal policy; ask the motel if it affects you.
Rooms
Standard and family rooms with air conditioning, a refrigerator and tea and coffee, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry; Hotels.com lists 46 rooms.
Accessibility
One room adapted for reduced mobility, and a lift, per Tahiti Tourisme.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Car rentals close by, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry
- Hotels.com lists a 24-hour desk; confirm
- Hotels.com prints the city tax as EUR 1.26 a person a night — about XPF 150, the same tax the downtown listings show, not an extra one. It’s October 2026 listing data for 2026 stays; the 2027 amount isn’t set yet, so confirm it with the motel
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Free indoor parking, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry.
- Desk hours, check-in and breakfast are Hotels.com’s; confirm.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Night reception
- Check-in times
- The breakfast price and hours
- Whether a restaurant is open on site
Sources for this page: Tahiti Tourisme’s directory entry (a tourism-board source) for the location and parking; the motel’s own site (tahitiairportmotel.com) says breakfast isn’t in the room rate; the desk hours, times, breakfast price and room count are from Hotels.com, a booking platform, so confirm them with the motel. All read October 2026; each fact names its own source.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Tahiti Airport Motel: the Papeete cruise guide and Papeete as a port of call.
Off the plane, across the road, asleep.
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Tahiti Airport Motel FAQ
How far is Tahiti Airport Motel from the airport?
Across the road from it, per Tahiti Tourisme; about 600 m between our pins, uphill, per Hotels.com reviewers.
Is the Tahiti Airport Motel desk open at 4am?
Hotels.com lists a 24-hour front desk; Tahiti Tourisme’s entry flags the hours as unconfirmed. Ask the motel, and book the night before.
How far is Tahiti Airport Motel from the cruise terminal?
About 5.2 km in a straight line from our Te Anuanua pin, so a taxi.
Is breakfast included at Tahiti Airport Motel?
No. The motel says breakfast isn’t in the room rate. Hotels.com lists it at about EUR 10, from 05:30.
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