Long Beach Mauritius
Belle Mare · Flacq
5 starsStandard
Long Beach lines Belle Mare beach, on the east coast of Mauritius, in the Flacq district, facing an unspoilt coral reef. The hotel offers suites only, 255 in all, each with its own outdoor space, in the tropical gardens or on the beachfront. It is rated five stars. The estate has three pools and a spa set among the gardens, surrounded by water.
- Rooms
- 255
- Categories
- 5
Room categories
| Category | Size |
|---|---|
| Junior Suiteground or first floor, private terrace facing the garden, up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 teenagers | 60 m² |
| Junior Suite Premiumground floor, private terrace facing the tropical garden, up to 3 adults | 60 m² |
| Junior Suite Beachfrontdirect beach access from the terrace, up to 3 adults or 2 adults and 2 children | 65 m² |
| Family Suiteground floor, a private space convertible into a children’s room with its own bathroom, 2 adults and 2 teenagers or 3 children | 85 m² |
| Long Beach Suiteground floor, sea view, separate living room, dressing room and extra bathroom, 2 adults and 2 children | 135 m² |
The hotel at a glance
- Rooms
- 255
- Restaurants
- Five: Le Marché, the main restaurant, buffet breakfast 7 am to 10 am and international dinner with open kitchens; Hasu, Japanese cooking with grill, sushi station and yakitori bar, à la carte dinner 6.30 pm to 10 pm; Chopsticks, Chinese, Thai and Indian cooking under a bamboo ceiling, dinner 6.30 pm to 10 pm; Sapori, Italian, lunch 12.30 pm to 3 pm; Tides, feet in the sand, lunch noon to 3 pm, afternoon tea with house crêpes, candlelit dinner of fresh fish and Mauritian cooking.
- Bars
- Two, including Shores, the lounge bar overlooking the lagoon, 11 am to 10 pm, known for its Mauritian rums
- Pools
- Three
- Spa
- GLOW spa, among the gardens and surrounded by water: nine single treatment cabins, two doubles and one double cabin with a Japanese bath, an outdoor pavilion in the tropical garden, a beauty area with hair salon, manicure and pedicure, and a large hammam
- Beach
- Belle Mare beach, east coast, facing an unspoilt coral reef
- Kids club
- Free kids club for ages 2 to 11, open daily 9.30 am to 10 pm: water sports, art activities, archery, crab hunting, supervised buffets and barbecues. Teens club for ages 12 to 17 with sports programmes and excursions. Nannies and evening babysitting payable.
- Sports and activities
- Sports centre, climbing walls, kayaking, beehive visits, Electric bikes on two routes mapped by the hotel, of 18 and 22 kilometres, to the Flacq market and the Bras d’Eau national park, Floodlit bocce, played on the grass after dark, Golf on the group’s courses, including the Île aux Cerfs course, Children’s treatments at the spa and children’s menus in the restaurants
What sets it apart
This is an address turned towards activity: climbing walls, beehives you can visit, kayaking, and two electric bike routes mapped by the hotel, one of eighteen kilometres with a stop at the Flacq market, the other of twenty-two kilometres to the Bras d’Eau national park and the Sagar Shiv Hindu temple. Dining follows: five restaurants, including a Japanese table with its own grill, sushi station and yakitori bar, an Asian table under a bamboo ceiling, an Italian one, an international buffet with open kitchens and a restaurant with its feet in the sand.
The mood
The GLOW spa has nine single cabins, two doubles and one double cabin with a Japanese bath, plus an outdoor pavilion in the tropical garden, a beauty area with a hair salon and a large hammam. The kids club is free and open daily from 9.30 am to 10 pm for ages 2 to 11, with supervised dinners, buffets and barbecues; a separate club takes ages 12 to 17 with its own outings. In the evening the dress code in the restaurants is resort chic.
Highlights
- Two hundred and fifty-five suites, each with its own outdoor space
- Five restaurants, including a Japanese table with grill, sushi and yakitori
- Three pools and a white sand beach a few metres away
- Twelve-cabin spa, one of them a double with a Japanese bath, and a garden pavilion
- Two electric bike routes mapped by the hotel, of eighteen and twenty-two kilometres
- Free kids club for ages 2 to 11, open 9.30 am to 10 pm, and a teens club for ages 12 to 17
Good to know
- In the evening resort chic dress is expected in the restaurants.
- Chopsticks and Hasu open for dinner only, 6.30 pm to 10 pm, and booking on site is recommended.
- Le Marché serves breakfast 7 am to 10 am, Sapori lunch 12.30 pm to 3 pm, and Tides lunch noon to 3 pm then a candlelit dinner.
- Children who are not toilet trained must be accompanied by an adult at the kids club. Nannies and evening babysitting are payable.
- The Shores bar opens daily 11 am to 10 pm.
- The spa also offers treatments for children, and the restaurants have children’s menus.
Getting there
The address is Coastal Road, Belle Mare, on the east coast. Reservations are taken on +230 401 1919. Golf is played on the group’s courses, including the Île aux Cerfs course, arranged by the hotel.
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