There are a few simple lodging options (the high-end Great Keppel Island Resort remains closed for renovations), including basic wooden cabins offered by Great Keppel Island Holiday Village.
Sending them off to Versailles, where his father, Louis XIII, had kept a simple hunting lodge, the king ordered them to build a château for him there that would far eclipse the one they had already completed for Foucquet.
Then in the late 15th century when Cardinal Raffaele Riario, nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, became bishop, he began to use the vast park as a hunting reserve and constructed a simple little lodge, which still stands, much restored: the humble beginnings of the villa.
His intention was to create a simple family lodge, and the buildings he commissioned were the thatch-roofed cottages common in the area.
A range of accommodation caters for all tastes, from simple lodges to fancy five-star hotels.
Gap Adventures has a six-day trip for £870 (was £1,159), including accommodation in simple lodges and flights from Quito to the islands, but excluding international flights.
Perhaps that is why he prefers the simple lodging to the palazzo.
However, the biggest error belonged to wicketkeeper Matt Prior, who dropped the left-hander on 27 after lunch, a simple chance that lodged in his chest then fell to the ground in his confusion over whether he had caught the ball.
He traveled to Brazil alone and checked into his single room at the Posada, a simple hostel-like lodging affiliated with the John of God ministry.
