Paris Games Surfers’ Olympic Village in Tahiti is a Sweet Cruise Ship

Jul 25, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; Yolanda Hopkins (POR) surfs in the women's round two competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach. | Andrew Nelles-USA TODAY Network

At the 2024 Olympics, surfers may have it better than any other group of athletes.

While the rest of the Olympians are navigating the main Olympic Village in Paris, surfers have been given their own accommodations in French Polynesia—in the form of a luxury cruise ship. They will stay aboard Aranui 5, which features (according to the ship's website), “a reception area, dining room, a Sky bar, dancing room, two conference rooms, lounges, a library, video and computer room, boutique, swimming pool, fitness room, a massage room and a spa.”