By district
The guide’s addresses in this district of Mauritius, section by section: where to stay, what to do and what to see, to shape your time on the island.
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Balaclava · Pamplemousses
Two hundred and ten rooms and suites at Balaclava, from 56 to 300 square metres, with four restaurants, two heated pools and a boat house on a thirty-metre jetty.
5Standard
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Balaclava · Pamplemousses
Fifty-four suites and an imperial villa in the cove of Turtle Bay, at Balaclava, thirty-four with a heated private pool, and a hydrotherapy spa with a sixty-five-jet pool.
5Standard
Hotel
Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses
An all-suite resort at Pointe aux Piments, along a kilometre of sand, with an adults-only Nirvana wing and a ballroom for six hundred and fifty.
5Standard
Hotel
Balaclava · Pamplemousses
A five-star resort of 272 rooms on twenty-five hectares at Balaclava, with a free nine-hole course, a 3,500-square-metre spa and the Balaclava ruins.
5Standard
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Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses
Thatched pavilions and villas across eight hectares on the shores of Turtle Bay, a protected marine park, with private pools and a complimentary programme of cultural activities.
5Luxury
Hotel
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
A five-star resort at Trou aux Biches, thirty-five hectares of garden, nearly two kilometres of beach, six restaurants and a spa of 2,897 square metres.
5Standard
Hotel
Balaclava · Pamplemousses
One hundred and ninety suites on the Turtle Bay lagoon at Balaclava, all with the Heavenly bed and bath, and a kitchen garden whose harvest is served at dinner once a week.
5Standard
Hotel
Pointe aux Canonniers · Pamplemousses
A family hotel built on the fortified headland of Pointe aux Canonniers, with a six-cabin spa in a two-hundred-year-old banyan tree and a minigolf designed by Peter Matkovich.
4Standard
Hotel
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
A 1973 hotel facing Trou aux Biches beach, with ten family cottages, three restaurants, two pools and a free kids club for ages 3 to 11.
4Standard
Hotel
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
A thirteen-suite boutique hotel on Trou aux Biches beach, with a fine-dining restaurant and a spa facing the lagoon.
4Supérieur
Hotel
Balaclava · Pamplemousses
One hundred and thirty-six rooms at Balaclava, where the Rivière du Tombeau meets the ocean, with giant water slides, a climbing wall, a film studio and twenty-six kitchenettes.
4Standard
Hotel
Pointe aux Canonniers · Pamplemousses
Twenty-four adults-only rooms between Mont Choisy and Pointe aux Canonniers, all with open sea views of Coin de Mire, Île Plate and Île Ronde.
4Standard
Hotel
Terre Rouge · Pamplemousses
Forty-two four-star rooms between the lagoon and the river, in the village of Port Chambly, with a Japanese teppanyaki table, a night bar for private hire and three covered padel courts.
4Standard
Hotel
Balaclava · Pamplemousses
An all-suite hotel at Balaclava, 250 suites between sea and river, eight restaurants, an adults-only wing and a spa of twelve rooms.
4Standard
Hotel
Pointe aux Biches · Pamplemousses
A hotel of 115 rooms at Pointe aux Piments, five restaurants, an adults-only wing with its own pool, and a free shuttle to Trou aux Biches beach.
4Standard
Hotel
Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses
A family resort on the north-west coast, facing the Balaclava marine park, with four restaurants, an adults-only wing and a diving academy.
4Supérieur
Hotel
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
A recent boutique hotel of eighteen rooms on the Trou-aux-Biches lagoon, reserved for guests over twelve, with private-pool villas.
Hotel
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
An apart-hotel of studios and apartments at Trou-aux-Biches, a hundred metres from the beach, run by LOV Mauritius.
3Standard
Hotel
Mont Choisy · Pamplemousses
A seafront hotel at Mont Choisy, with a sailing centre recognised by the Royal Yachting Association, four tables and a kids club for ages 3 to 12.
3Supérieur
Hotel
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
One hundred rooms in five wings, one hundred and fifty metres from Trou aux Biches beach, with three pools, a children’s pool and a fifty-two-square-metre kids club.
3Supérieur
Hotel
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
A small beachfront hotel at Trou-aux-Biches, sixteen rooms and suites, run by the Mauritian group Constance under the name Constance Sakoa Boutik.
3Standard
Hotel
Pointe aux Biches · Pamplemousses
Seventy adults-only rooms at Pointe aux Piments, facing a marine park, with an infinity pool and a bulk shop that does away with packaging.
3Supérieur
Hotel
Mont Choisy · Pamplemousses
Seventy-five rooms at Mont Choisy, facing three kilometres of white sand, with an Indian tandoor restaurant and a mini golf course.
3Supérieur
Hotel
Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses
Forty-eight seafront rooms at Pointe aux Piments, open since 1994, with a buffet of a different cuisine each day and a Mauritian band in the evening.
3Standard
Hotel
Pointe aux Canonniers · Pamplemousses
A twenty-four-room tourist residence at Pointe aux Canonniers, two kilometres from Mont Choisy beach, with a daily shuttle and a pool.
AI-generated imageMuseum
Pamplemousses
Admission ticket to the sugar museum housed in the former Beau Plan sugar factory, in Pamplemousses, rum tasting included.
from €23 per person
AI-generated imageHindu temple
Triolet · Pamplemousses
In Triolet, the island’s largest Hindu temple, founded in 1888 and dedicated to Shiva: white pillars, floral ornament and coloured sculptures.
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Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses
A luxury picnic laid out on the beach, on the north-west coast of the island.
AI-generated imageDiving and snorkelling
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
A day in the north of Mauritius, between a walk on the lagoon floor and the beaches, transport included.
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Mont Choisy · Pamplemousses
A photo shoot on Mont Choisy beach, the longest public shoreline in the north of the island.
AI-generated imageBoat trip
Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses
A submarine dive at Trou aux Biches, down to the wreck of the Star Hope.
AI-generated imageDay tour by car
Pamplemousses
The north of the island in three parts: the botanic garden, the sugar museum and a rum tasting.
AI-generated imageProclaimed public beach
Mont Choisy · Pamplemousses
The longest shoreline in the north of Mauritius: close to 1.4 kilometres for 16.7 hectares, a public beach since 1982, upgraded with a car park, open showers and outdoor gym equipment.
AI-generated imageProclaimed public beach
Pointe aux Piments · Pamplemousses
The most fragmented public beach in Mauritius: nine sections along the same coast, 12.3 hectares and close to 2.6 kilometres of shoreline.
AI-generated imageProclaimed public beach
Trou-aux-Biches · Pamplemousses
Three sections of public beach on the north-west coast, 4.4 hectares and close to a kilometre of shoreline in all, one of them public since 1940.
AI-generated imageProclaimed public beach
Le Goulet · Pamplemousses
A 3.5-hectare public beach on the north-west coast, where swimming is dangerous in places and which the police watch on busy days.
AI-generated imagePublic beach
The Vale · Pamplemousses
Two plots of public shore on the north coast, less than half a hectare in all, the first of them open to everyone since 1940.
AI-generated imageSugar estate restaurant
Beau Plan · Pamplemousses
The Mauritian table of the L’Aventure du Sucre estate, at Beau Plan, facing the lake and Pieter Both mountain.
AI-generated imageBeach restaurant
Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses
A beach table at Trou aux Biches, feet in the sand, open every day from 9am to 9.30pm.
AI-generated imageSeafood restaurant
Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses
Fish and seafood on the coast road at Trou aux Biches, under a Creole veranda, Tuesday to Saturday.
AI-generated imageHotel Indian restaurant
Trou aux Biches · Pamplemousses
The Indian table of Trou aux Biches Beachcomber, in the north-west of the island, facing the sunset.
Hike
Pamplemousses
A nature walk through indigenous flora kept by the Forestry Service, at Pamplemousses, near the SSR National Hospital.
AI-generated imageGarden
Pamplemousses
Thirty-three hectares in Pamplemousses, 823 species in seven collections, open every day from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm.
from MUR 300 per person
The guide to Mauritius: where to stay, what to do