Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa

What sets it apart

The spa is the heart of the house: 75,000 square feet, about seven thousand square metres, with five rooms dedicated to Ayurveda, yoga rooms with flooring designed for practice, meditation rooms, a whirlpool, a lap pool, a Watsu pool, an AquaFit pool and a hair salon. The hotel is a yoga destination, with an international team of teachers and visiting masters, and also offers private options: the whole gym, the lap pool privatised, a private sauna. A wellness chef can compose a meal plan for the whole length of the stay.

The mood

The Rum Shed, decorated like an old shop, lines up more than two hundred and fifty rums from thirty-six countries. The open-air cinema has twenty seats before a screen of three metres by four with spatial sound, programmed for families and for children, and can be privatised. The five restaurants follow a farm-to-table approach, with a kitchen garden and a herb garden, and picnic spots around the estate.

Highlights

• A spa of about seven thousand square metres, with five Ayurveda rooms and a Watsu pool
• A yoga destination, with an international team of teachers and visiting masters
• The Rum Shed: more than two hundred and fifty rums from thirty-six countries
• Twenty-seat open-air cinema, three-by-four-metre screen, available for private hire
• Five restaurants on a farm-to-fork approach, with a vegetable and herb garden
• Kids club with a wading pool and games room, and a weekly programme

Good to know

• The optional Club Level programme gives access to a lounge open 8 am to 9.30 pm, with drinks and a light menu from 11 am to 9.30 pm, snacks 5 pm to 7 pm and local wines and beers 5 pm to 9.30 pm, plus a dedicated concierge reachable by app or messaging.
• Club Level also includes half the room-service tray charge, twenty per cent off private babysitting and ten per cent off limousine transfers from the airport.
• The programme is open only to certain categories: Junior Suite Beachfront, Oceanview Pool Villa, Beachfront Suite Pool Villa, Oceanview Double Suite Pool Villa and Shanti Villa.
• Many suites and villas take an extra bed, a cot or bunk beds, and the interconnecting suites suit families.
• Golf is played at Avalon Golf Estate, eighteen holes, off site.
• Ask the hotel for the number of suites and their floor areas when booking.

Getting there

The address is Saint-Félix, Coastal Road, on the south coast. The eighteen-hole course of Avalon Golf Estate is a short drive away. Natural waterfalls and lagoons are within reach nearby, as are tea plantations.