The Comoros do not have much in terms of tourist infrastructure. As of August 2008, the Hotel Le Moroni was the only functioning hotel on Grande Comore. The Itsandra and Galowe (?) are both closed with the Itsandra due to open later this year.

That said, the Hotel Le Moroni has some nice qualities: clean rooms, A/C (very important), nice people. But the hotel is bare bones -- the bathrooms are pretty basic and need some work to make them look cleaner (dirty grout, broken tiles), but they work. A surprise was finding wireless throughout the hotel but at a price -- $8/hr. The exchange rate is 250 CF to US $1.

The restaurant is outside with lovely views of the ocean and you can sit in a number of different spots -- in the dining room (open air, no A/C), by the pool, or in a little bar area by the pool. But it is the same food all over, and the same menu at lunch and dinner. The menu has a good variety, but nothing really "lunch-y" for those of us who... more