Skip to content
  • About Scott
  • Ethics
  • Press
  • The Hotel List: Where I’ve Stayed
  • Home
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Lovely Hotels Are Lovely
  • Pinterest
  • Search

AbFabSkyLife's Adventures in Travel

Current Location: Dallas, TX

Hospitality

Leave a love lock at the InterContinental Bora Bora

Date: January 28, 2016Author: AbFabSkyLife 0 Comments

Travelers in the world’s most romantic locations often choose to memorialize their relationship with a lock left on a local landmark, and now travelers to Bora Bora will have the ability to do the same in a specialized garden at the InterContinental Bora Bora Resort & Thalasso Spa, the resort announced Thursday.

Those amorous travelers licking their wounds after learning that padlocks placed by lovers on the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris were removed by city officials out of fear that the tons of metal would compromise the integrity of the bridge’s structure can head out to the farthest reaches of Gallic influence to island of Bora Bora in French Polynesia to place a lock in the hotel’s “Secret Garden of Love”. The hotel suggests that guests bring their own personalized love lock, but also has them available for sale for more spontaneous moments.

Guests can select between trees bearing symbols which have significance in Polynesian culture. Signage near each tree describes the significance of each symbol:

  • The turtle is one of the most important and popular elements in Polynesian culture. It symbolizes many meanings including long life, wellness, fertility, union, family, and harmony.
  • The sun in Polynesian culture often stands for riches, brilliance, grandness, and leadership. Similar to other cultures, the sun’s periodic rising is regarded as eternity and connected to rebirth.
  • Seashells often symbolize shields, protection and intimacy in Polynesian culture. The designs have many variations and styles. Bivalve shells symbolize couples and marriage.
  • Lizards are an important part of Polynesian beliefs and are regarded as forms of demigods who can speak to gods, watch the hidden world, and are believed to be ancestors of the Polynesian people.

After they place their lock, guests can deposit the key in the garden’s tiki for safekeeping.

The InterContinental Resort Bora Bora & Thalasso Spa is located on Motu Piti Aau on Bora Bora. The resort features 80 overwater villas with a split-level terrace and sundeck. Guests planning to marry while in Bora Bora can do so at the resort’s glass-floored overwater wedding chapel.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Related

Bora BoraBora Bora HotelsFrench PolynesiaIntercontinental Bora BoraIntercontinental Hotels

Published by AbFabSkyLife

Travel & Dining Writer. Gin Drinker. Papaya Promoter. Karaoke-ista. Living Aloha. My own opinion and not that of my employer. View all posts by AbFabSkyLife

Post navigation

Previous Previous post: 10 Facts about Girl Scout Cookies you might not know
Next Next post: Carrabba’s shares tips on lighter, healthier Italian cooking and dining

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

Scott on Facebook

Scott on Facebook

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 7,793 other followers

Follow AbFabSkyLife's Adventures in Travel on WordPress.com

© 2022 AbFabSkyLife's Adventures in Travel

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • AbFabSkyLife's Adventures in Travel
    • Join 7,793 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • AbFabSkyLife's Adventures in Travel
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Copy shortlink
    • Report this content
    • View post in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
%d bloggers like this: