La Belle Maurice

Radisson Blu Azuri Resort & Spa

Roches Noires · Rivière du Rempart

4 starsSupérieur

Radisson Blu Azuri Resort & Spa is part of the Azuri Ocean & Golf village, at Haute Rive, Roches Noires, on the north-east coast of Mauritius, in the Rivière du Rempart district. Rated four stars, in the Superior sub-category. It has one hundred and one units: forty-four Premium Garden rooms, thirty-seven Premium Ocean rooms, nineteen private-pool villas and one beachfront villa with private pool. Its lagoon shelters a mangrove reserve, and the hotel is Green Key certified.

Rooms
101
Categories
4

Room categories

CategorySize
Premium Garden Room, forty-four rooms: twenty-eight with a king bed at 47 m² and sixteen with two queen beds at 53 m². Floor-to-ceiling glass doors opening onto a balcony or terrace, separate rain shower and bathtub, mini bar, Nespresso machine, in-room safe, Wi-Fi. Up to 3 adults, or 2 adults and 1 child, or 2 adults and 1 teenager; the two-bed configuration takes 2 adults and 2 children. Interconnecting rooms available
Premium Ocean Room, thirty-seven rooms: twenty-four with a king bed at 47 m² and thirteen with two queen beds at 53 m². Lagoon views, the same fittings as the Premium Garden. Up to 3 adults, or 2 adults and 1 child, or 2 adults and 1 teenager; the two-bed configuration takes 2 adults and 2 children
Villa with private poolnineteen villas, king bed: private pool, outdoor shower, mangrove views from the terrace, butler service, rain shower with no separate bathtub. Up to 3 adults, or 2 adults and 1 teenager of at least twelve. Interconnecting villas available65 m²
Beachfront villa with private poolone only, king bed: ocean and mangrove views, private pool, garden, outdoor shower, butler service, separate rain shower and bathtub. Up to 2 adults, or 2 adults and 1 teenager of at least twelve85 m²

The hotel at a glance

Rooms
101
Restaurants
Four tables: Le Comptoir, a themed buffet of local and international cooking overlooking the pool, one hundred and fifty seats, breakfast 7 am to 10.30 am, lunch noon to 3 pm, dinner 6.30 pm to 10 pm; The Nine BistroPub, fifty seats, overlooking the golf course, freshly made pastries and a light breakfast, a casual gourmet menu at lunch noon to 3 pm and dinner 7 pm to 10 pm on selected days, bar and tapas noon to 10 pm; Café Gioia, sixty seats, open 8 am to 10 pm, homemade pastries, fine coffees, cakes, gourmet breakfasts and light lunches, then traditional Italian cooking in the evening; and Black Rock Bar & Grill, seventy seats, bar and tapas 11 am to 11 pm, lunch noon to 3 pm, dinner 7 pm to 10 pm. The Blu Passport opens the ten restaurants and bars of both Radisson Blu hotels on the island
Bars
The Cyan Pool Bar, sixty seats, open 10 am to 11 pm, with light salads and sandwiches noon to 3 pm on request; the Nine BistroPub and Black Rock bars complete the set
Pools
The hotel pool, the fitness centre pool, and the private pools of the twenty villas
Spa
The Spa, open 8 am to 8 pm: six treatment rooms including four for couples, complimentary hammam and sauna, changing rooms and private lockers, hair and nail salon, a water feature, a relaxing area and the fitness centre pool
Golf
Azuri Golf, a signature nine-hole par-3 course. Free green fees for guests, once a day, for nine or eighteen holes. The course may close for up to three consecutive days for maintenance
Beach
A preserved beach on the Roches Noires lagoon, north-east coast, with a mangrove reserve
Kids club
The Ti Krab Kids Club, open 9 am to 10 pm: a games area, a playground, a theatre corner, a resting area and a baby-sitting service. Activities particular to the place: mangrove discovery, leaf painting, making your own kite, a movie under the stars, a mangrove picnic, sega dance, a sandcastle competition
Sports and activities
On land: golf, the folkloric Flacq market, bicycle rides, a mangrove eco track, henna tattoos, beach volleyball, beach meditation, cave exploration, stargazing, On the water: a swimming platform, a kayak mangrove safari, snorkelling, stand-up paddle, windsurfing, pedal boat, glass-bottom boat, aqua gym, Blu Passport: access to the activities of the adults-only sister hotel at Poste Lafayette, with a free shuttle between the two, Free access to the Aqualand at the sister hotel Crystals Beach, transfers not included, Team-building stays, with land and water activities
Internet
In every category

What sets it apart

Golf comes first: green fees are free for guests, once a day for nine or eighteen holes, on the Azuri Golf course, a signature nine-hole par 3. Then the Blu passport: it opens the ten restaurants and bars of the island’s two Radisson Blu hotels, with a free shuttle between them, as well as the sister hotel’s Aqualand, transfers not included. The nineteen private-pool villas have their outdoor shower, their view of the mangrove and butler service; the beachfront villa adds a garden.

The mood

Le Comptoir is the themed buffet restaurant, one hundred and fifty seats, above the pool: breakfast from 7 am to 10.30 am, lunch from noon to 3 pm, dinner from 6.30 pm to 10 pm. The Nine BistroPub, fifty seats, overlooks the golf course: bar and tapas from noon to 10 pm, lunch from noon to 3 pm, dinner from 7 pm to 10 pm on certain days. Café Gioia, sixty seats, opens from 8 am to 10 pm: house pastries, coffees, indulgent breakfasts and light lunches by day, traditional Italian cuisine in the evening. Black Rock Bar & Grill, seventy seats, serves bar and tapas from 11 am to 11 pm, lunch from noon to 3 pm and dinner from 7 pm to 10 pm. The Cyan Pool Bar, sixty seats, opens from 10 am to 11 pm, with salads and sandwiches from noon to 3 pm on request.

Highlights

  • Free green fees, once daily, on a nine-hole par-3 course
  • Only one hundred and one units, twenty of them private-pool villas
  • Butler service in the villas
  • Blu Passport: ten restaurants and bars across both hotels, free shuttle
  • Free access to the sister hotel’s Aqualand, transfers not included
  • A lagoon holding a mangrove reserve
  • Green Key certified
  • Spa with six treatment rooms, four of them for couples, free hammam and sauna

Good to know

  • Restaurant and bar hours may change: have them confirmed on arrival.
  • Premium rooms come in two configurations of different size: 47 square metres with a king bed and 53 square metres with two queen beds. The second takes two children, the first only one.
  • The private-pool villas do not take children under twelve.
  • The villas have no separate bathtub, unlike the Premium rooms: only a rain shower.
  • The golf course may close for up to three consecutive days for maintenance.
  • Nespresso capsules cost extra in every category.
  • The Nine BistroPub serves dinner on certain days only: ask which on arrival.
  • The shuttle to the sister hotel’s Aqualand is not included, unlike the shuttle between the two hotels.
  • Interconnecting rooms exist in Premium Garden and in the villas, not in Premium Ocean.

Getting there

The address is Azuri Ocean & Golf Village, Haute Rive, 31201 Roches Noires, Rivière du Rempart. Port Louis is twenty-five kilometres away, the international airport an hour by road. A free shuttle links the hotel to its adults-only sister hotel at Poste Lafayette. Weddings are held on the beach, in the gardens, on the golf course, on a floating platform or on a privatised island.

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