If you are looking for a calm and serene environment to spend your vacation make sure you stay at Papillote which is just about 20 minutes drive from the capital Roseau. I had a great time in the 4 hot water pools and one cold water pool all of them surrounded with beautiful plants and stunning waterfalls. It is right next to the Trafalgar falls which is one of the tourist attractions and also very close to the trail to Boiling lake. It is also the closest to FreshWater lake, Boeri lake and the Grand fond trail and also next to the Aerial tram. It was a great location not only to just rest and have one of the best massages but also to just go around the island and come back to a very calm and natural tropical environment. The garden is a great place to just walk around and it is great place to see birds at close quarters.
They have a very good restaurant too and seem to have local cuisine for their lunches and dinners. I will definitely go back to Papillote if I visit Dominica again.

This is the most beautiful place on the entire island. The gardens are wonderful, the 4 different mineral baths are great, the banana quit sings at dinnner time and peepers put you to sleep. The peacock wakes you up and you can hear the waterfalls all day while you watch the humming birds. There's too much to talk about, the food, the rooms, the people, it's all good.

Cannot say enough about this place. Truly a piece of heaven on earth. You become totally absorbed in the natural beauty around you. Huge tree ferns, hummingbirds, waterfalls, hot mineral baths, orchids, flowers of every color and scent, coco trees, cool mountain breezes. Excellent meals, wonderful local staff, clean nicely arranged rooms. It was very hard to leave this hotel. We will deffinitely go back to Dominica and deffinitely stay at Papillote again.

We just returned from Dominica after spending a relaxing 6 days at Papillote celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. It was better than we expected! It was difficult to leave.

The accomodations are in a rainforest with beautiful gardens all around. The rooms are simple but charming. We had the opportunity to stay in two different rooms and both were nicely appointed and clean. We spent a number of hours just walking around the grounds looking at the different flowers and greenery. You can arrange a tour of the gardens and we saw so much more after Evelyn pointed out to us some of the hidden gems. We enjoyed the different hot mineral pools everyday - sometimes twice in a day! The one we enjoyed the most during the afternoon was the one by the waterfall - it is just a beautiful, picturesque place to relax. If you enjoy being outside in a natural setting you will love this place.

The staff were all very pleasant and helpful. The meals were simply delicious. The omlets were just great - we had to have them again the day that we left. Every morning while we ate we would watch the humming birds at the nearby flowers. For the evening meals there was always a choice and both my husband and I enjoyed whatever we chose. One evening there was a BBQ and I had the most delicious ribs I had ever tasted! Another evening I had a ginger and beef dish that was just scrumptious. The evenings were very enjoyable talking with the other guests and with Anne.