#7 in Top 20 Bora Bora for A Honeymoon · ★★★★
Le Méridien Bora Bora
Glass-floor overwater bungalows over the lagoon's largest sand bottom.
Glass-floor overwater bungalows over the lagoon's largest sand bottom.
"Glass-floor overwater bungalows over the lagoon's largest sand bottom."
Le Méridien Bora Bora sits on Motu Pihi Aau — the working central-lagoon motu with the largest sand-bottom-and-shallow-water section of the entire Bora Bora lagoon (the working snorkel asset for couples who want shallow-water-snorkel from the bungalow deck). One hundred and twenty bungalows across the motu (the largest count on this list), the upper-tier Royal Suite Overwater Villa (with private outdoor pool and direct lagoon access) is the working honeymoon-flagship. The asset is the working sand-bottom-shallow-water lagoon — the Le Méridien lagoon section has 30-50cm depth at low tide for the working snorkel-with-the-overwater-bungalow-deck-as-base session, and the working photograph is the bungalow-deck-with-rays-and-sharks-passing below. Le Méridien Bora Bora is the right pick for the working honeymoon couple at the Marriott-loyalty-and-points value tier where the sand-bottom-snorkel and the largest-bungalow-count scale are the working assets — the rate is 50-60% below the Four Seasons-or-St-Regis tier.
Royal Suite Overwater Villa (the working private-pool flagship) or Premium Overwater Bungalow with Otemanu View for the working couple-of-friends option.
Snorkel from the bungalow deck at low tide (typically 7-10am or 4-6pm) — the working sand-bottom-shallow-water session is the centerpiece. Marriott Bonvoy loyalty redemption is the working value asset for the booking.
Le Méridien Bora Bora sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Bora Bora for a Honeymoon list. It scored an aggregate 9.4/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a honeymoon-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Bora Bora neighbourhood, see Motu Pihi Aau and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.