Tropical Attitude
Trou d’Eau Douce · Flacq
3 starsSupérieur
Tropical Attitude is at Trou d’Eau Douce, a fishing village on the east coast of Mauritius, in the Flacq district, directly opposite Île aux Cerfs. It is a small adults-only hotel of Creole architecture, in a garden of coconut palms: 58 rooms, all with sea views, and 11 villas with private pool and garden. Rated three stars. The furniture and decorative objects are the work of local craftspeople.
- Rooms
- 69
- Categories
- 3
- From the airport
- 50 km
Room categories
| Category | Size |
|---|---|
| Beachfront Couple Room34 rooms, balcony or terrace, sea view, 2 adults, one adapted for reduced mobility | 25 m² |
| Deluxe Beachfront Couple Room24 rooms, all on the ground floor facing the sea, 2 adults | 30 m² |
| Villa11 villas, private pool and a 16 m² garden, 2 adults | 60 m² |
The hotel at a glance
- Rooms
- 69
- Restaurants
- Three, plus a beach table: Bor Lamer, the main restaurant, varied buffets from fresh, local, seasonal produce, breakfast, lunch and dinner; Kot Nou, reinvented Mauritian cooking in an intimate setting; Taba-J, a local street food van, chilli cakes, faratas and rotis, afternoon tea from 4 pm; Moonrise, a lobster dinner with your feet in the sand, at a supplement.
- Bars
- Two: Sea U, a mosaic bar with a swing seat and a lounge on the sand, last orders at 11.15 pm, and Teabaz, self-service tea bar from 10.30 am to 6 pm
- Pools
- One, besides the private pools of the villas
- Spa
- POZ spa, open daily 9 am to 7.30 pm, treatments by reservation: three massage rooms, one double and two single, and a room reserved for brides. Products handmade by Indika, a Mauritian company from the Ferney valley; five per cent of every purchase goes to the Attitude Foundation.
- Beach
- Seafront at Trou d’Eau Douce, opposite Île aux Cerfs, east coast
- Sports and activities
- Outdoor fitness area, meditation and tai chi, French bowling, table tennis, darts, board games, Water sports: snorkelling, glass-bottom boat, catamaran day trip, free shuttles to Île aux Cerfs, Diving centre at Belle Mare, off site, Evenings: sega show, open-air cinema, sunset campfire, live music, Local experiences: dinner with a local family, the fishing village, the Flacq market
- Internet
- Free in rooms and public areas
- Parking
- On the hotel estate
What sets it apart
The boat shuttle to Île aux Cerfs is free, and the island is right opposite: that is the main argument of this address, along with the size of the hotel, which feels like a house rather than a resort. The rest of the programme belongs to the village: a walk among the fishermen of Trou d’Eau Douce, the Flacq market, dinner with a local family, a sunset campfire, open-air cinema and a sega show. A lobster dinner is served with your feet in the sand at Moonrise, at a supplement.
The mood
Every room opens onto the sea, the days are set by the tides and the coming and going of the pirogues, and the hotel keeps to an intimate scale. The minibar is replaced by a refill shop, the island-made mineral sunscreen is self-service, and chilled water is free everywhere. The POZ spa, open 9 am to 7.30 pm, has three massage rooms and a room reserved for brides.
Highlights
- Free boat shuttle to Île aux Cerfs, right opposite
- Adults only, just fifty-eight rooms, every one with a sea view
- Eleven sixty-square-metre villas with private pool and garden
- Lobster dinner with your feet in the sand at Moonrise, at a supplement
- A fishing village two kilometres away, the Flacq market ten
- Sunset campfire, open-air cinema, sega and live music
Good to know
- The Moonrise lobster dinner carries a supplement, and Dine Around covers only the main restaurant.
- The diving centre is not on site: it is at Belle Mare, ten kilometres away.
- The bar takes last orders at 11.15 pm. The tea bar is self-service from 10.30 am to 6 pm.
- Afternoon tea at the Taba-J van is served from 4 pm, in the open air.
- One beachfront Couple room is adapted for guests with reduced mobility.
- Spa treatments must be booked ahead, and laundry is payable.
Getting there
The hotel is at Trou d’Eau Douce, on the east coast, two kilometres from the village centre. The airport is 50 kilometres and a 60-minute drive away, Port Louis 45 kilometres and 60 minutes, Belle Mare 10 kilometres. Check-in is from 2 pm and check-out before noon, with a lounge, a shower room and a luggage room for arrivals and departures. Parking is on the grounds and reception runs twenty-four hours a day.
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