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Maitai Express is the practical stop. It’s about 200 m from Te Anuanua by our pins, a two-minute walk.
We found no restaurant, bar or pool listed, which keeps its score down. Hotels.com lists breakfast from 05:00 (a trade listing says 06:00) and check-in to 23:30, and on the hotel’s own site the Suite Prince Hinoi and Suite Front de Mer each show four guests. Confirm the times.
Landing late? Call ahead.
Book it if
- You want a two-minute walk to the terminal
- You want a simple room, not a resort
Look elsewhere if
- You want dinner or a drink without going out
- You want a pool
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Maitai Express publishes and our own map estimates.
We found no restaurant or bar listed for the hotel. Hotels.com puts Café Maeva a 4-minute walk away.
No ride from the hotel itself, and Hotels.com puts the port a 2-minute walk away. Te Anuanua is about 200 m from our pin.
Hotels.com lists a continental breakfast as a surcharge, about XPF 3,300, from 05:00 to 10:00. A trade listing, Tahiti Travel Services, says it starts at 06:00. We can’t settle which, so ask the hotel before you plan an early start.
Walk. Te Anuanua is about 200 m from our pin, and Hotels.com calls the port two minutes away on foot.
Hotels.com lists a lot about 270 m away at XPF 3,500 a day; confirm with the hotel. That’s for the night, not the voyage.
Night-Before Score: 30 of 100
Points come only from Tahiti Tourisme’s directory entry (a tourism-board source) for the address and accessibility; suite occupancy is from the hotel’s own site (hotelsmaitaiexpresstahiti.com); nearly everything else is from Hotels.com, a booking platform, so confirm it with the hotel; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
Maitai Express is on Avenue Prince Hinoi, by the port. By our pins it’s about 5.1 km from Faa’a and about 200 m from Te Anuanua.
No hotel shuttle is listed; a Hotels.com reviewer says the staff arranged taxis. Oceania’s post-cruise package here includes transfers, per Oceania.
No ride from the hotel itself, and Hotels.com puts the port a 2-minute walk away. Te Anuanua is about 200 m from our pin.
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.
Hotels.com lists a lot about 270 m away at XPF 3,500 a day; confirm with the hotel. That’s for the night, not the voyage.
Parking for your stay: Hotels.com lists a lot about 270 m away at XPF 3,500 a day; confirm.
No ride from the hotel itself, and Hotels.com puts the port a 2-minute walk away. Te Anuanua is about 200 m from our pin.
Flying in the morning you sail? Not from the 04:10 red-eye; the airport page has the landing check.
Which quay
Te AnuanuaTe Anuanua is about 200 m from Maitai Express in a straight line, on the Front de mer — not at Motu Uta, the cargo port across the water. The Gare Maritime is about 250 m.
Source: tahititourisme.pfDistance
~200 m, straight lineAbout 200 m from our Te Anuanua pin, roughly three minutes on foot by our estimate.
Airport bus
Not statedNo stop is published for Maitai Express. At XPF 1,000 to start and a short ride, the taxi is the sane choice with bags.
Parking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedHotels.com lists a lot about 270 m away at XPF 3,500 a day; confirm with the hotel. That’s for the night, not the voyage.
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 or bar is listed; Hotels.com puts cafés a few minutes’ walk away.
Breakfast
Breakfast: confirmHotels.com lists a continental breakfast as a surcharge, about XPF 3,300, from 05:00 to 10:00. A trade listing, Tahiti Travel Services, says it starts at 06:00. We can’t settle which, so ask the hotel before you plan an early start.
Address
Avenue Prince Hinoi, by the portAvenue Prince Hinoi, Bat 4, 98714 Papeete
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, from Maitai Express and the sources named under each fact. We couldn’t confirm breakfast start time (05:00 or 06:00), check-in hours, ages in the four-guest suites, parking, the city tax, a day-use rate, so ask when you book.
Check-in and check-out
Breakfast
Hotels.com lists a continental breakfast as a surcharge, about XPF 3,300, from 05:00 to 10:00. A trade listing, Tahiti Travel Services, says it starts at 06:00. We can’t settle which, so ask the hotel before you plan an early start.
Parking for your stay
Hotels.com lists a lot about 270 m away at XPF 3,500 a day; confirm
Pool
No pool listed by Hotels.com or Tahiti Tourisme.
Pets
Hotels.com lists no pets. That’s the listing, not a hotel policy we’ve seen; confirm direct, especially for an assistance animal.
Rooms
Hotels.com lists 63 rooms. On the hotel’s own site, the Suite Prince Hinoi and the Suite Front de Mer each show four guests, with a king bed and a sofa bed; the Standard King and Standard Twin show two. Book a named suite for four, and confirm ages with the hotel.
Accessibility
Three rooms for guests with reduced mobility, per Tahiti Tourisme.
On site
- GymNot stated
- Sauna or spaNot stated
- Family roomsYes
- Pets allowedNot stated
Also worth knowing
- Breakfast from 05:00 on Hotels.com, from 06:00 on a trade listing; ask which
- Hotels.com lists luggage storage; confirm
- Hotels.com listed a XPF 150 city tax a person a night in October 2026 — a 2026 figure; the amount for 2027 stays isn’t set for each hotel yet, so confirm it with the hotel
- Two stars, per Tahiti Tourisme’s entry
- On Oceania’s post-cruise list, with transfers, per Oceania
Before you book
Worth knowing
- About 200 m from Te Anuanua by our pins.
- Breakfast, check-in and pets are Hotels.com’s figures; confirm.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Breakfast start time (05:00 or 06:00)
- Check-in hours
- Ages in the four-guest suites
- Parking
- The city tax
- A day-use rate
Sources for this page: Tahiti Tourisme’s directory entry (a tourism-board source) for the address and accessibility; suite occupancy is from the hotel’s own site (hotelsmaitaiexpresstahiti.com); nearly everything else is from Hotels.com, a booking platform, so confirm it with the hotel. All read October 2026; each fact names its own source.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Maitai Express: the Papeete cruise guide and Papeete as a port of call.
An early breakfast, the terminal two minutes away.
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Maitai Express FAQ
How far is Maitai Express from the Papeete cruise terminal?
About 200 m in a straight line from our Te Anuanua pin. Hotels.com puts the port a 2-minute walk.
What time is breakfast at Maitai Express Tahiti?
The listings disagree on the start: Hotels.com says 05:00, a trade listing says 06:00, to 10:00 either way, about XPF 3,300 as a surcharge. Ask the hotel.
Can a family of four share a room at Maitai Express?
In the Suite Prince Hinoi or the Suite Front de Mer, which each show four guests, with a king bed and a sofa bed, on the hotel’s own site. The Standard King and Twin show two. Confirm ages with the hotel.
What if I arrive at Maitai Express after midnight?
Hotels.com lists check-in until 23:30; the hotel hasn’t confirmed that to us. Call ahead, or book the 04:10 arrival into the night before.
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