Things to do in Port-Louis

Waterfront

Le Caudan Waterfront

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The waterfront of Port Louis: a shopping promenade under coloured umbrellas, restaurants, an arts centre, a cinema and the Blue Penny Museum.

Market

Port Louis Central Market

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The bazaar of Port Louis: fruit and vegetables under the hall, street food, crafts upstairs. This is where the capital does its shopping.

World Heritage Site

Aapravasi Ghat

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On the harbour of Port Louis, the remains of the immigration depot through which more than 462,000 indentured labourers passed. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Art and history museum

Blue Penny Museum

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The art and history museum on Le Caudan Waterfront, home to the Post Office stamps known to collectors the world over.

from MUR 325 per person

Oceanarium

Odysseo Oceanarium

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The oceanarium of Port Louis, at Les Salines: 300 species of the Indian Ocean, from sharks to rays, in an indoor visit open every day.

Fort and viewpoint

La Citadelle, Fort Adelaide

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The stone fort the British raised from 1830 to 1840 on the hill above Port Louis, and a full panorama over the capital.

Historic quarter

Chinatown, Port Louis

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Around Royal Road, one of the oldest Chinatowns in Africa: narrow streets, shops handed down the generations, dim sum and murals.

National museum

Natural History Museum, Port Louis

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The island’s oldest museum, facing the Jardin de la Compagnie: five centuries of Mauritian natural history, and a dodo skeleton whose bones all come from a single bird.

Racecourse

Champ de Mars

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The racecourse of Port Louis, inaugurated in 1812 at the foot of the hills, and the place where independence was proclaimed in 1968.

Pagoda

Kwan Tee Pagoda

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At Les Salines, a red pagoda built by the Chinese community in 1842, facing the sea with the mountains behind.

Museum

Mauritius Postal Museum

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In the old General Post Office on the waterfront, a Victorian building completed in 1870, the story of Mauritian mail since the Dutch.

from MUR 225 per person

Day tour by car

A swim near wild dolphins, Port Louis and the botanical garden

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A day in three parts: a trip out to sea near dolphins, the capital and a botanical garden.

City tour

A day at the horse races with a local guide

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Horse racing, a Mauritian passion, experienced alongside a local guide.

Day tour by car

Port Louis market, botanic garden and the north of the island

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The market of the capital, the botanic garden, then the north of the island.

City tour

Port Louis: walking tour, street food specialities and the main sights of the city

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On foot in the capital, between its street specialities and its main sights.

City tour

Port Louis: street food and city tour

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Street food first, the city next: Port Louis in two parts.

Day tour by car

Port Louis and the north of the island: full-day guided tour

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A full day with a guide, from the capital to the shores of the north.

Day tour by car

Port Louis and the North: private tour

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A private tour pairing the capital with the notable places of the north of the island.

City tour

Port Louis: heritage walking tour with street food tastings

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The heritage of the capital on foot, with street food stops.

City tour

Port Louis: a walk through history and food

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A walk in the capital that blends the history of the city with its cooking.

City tour

Port Louis: street food city tour

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A tour of the capital with street food setting the pace.

City tour

Port Louis: photography city tour

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A city tour designed for the camera, in search of the places that photograph best.

City tour

Port Louis: guided walking tour of the city

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The Mauritian capital at street level, with a guide.

City tour

Port Louis: private guided tour

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Port Louis with a guide of one’s own, at the pace of one’s own party.

City tour

Port Louis: private guided tour and street food tasting

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A private tour of the capital, with a guide and a street food tasting included.

City tour

Port Louis: city tour with street food tasting

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A tour of the capital with stops to taste its street food.

City tour

Flavours of Port Louis: guided tour with tasting, led by a local guide

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Port Louis by taste, with a local guide and tastings along the way.

Day tour by car

Tour of the North: Port Louis, Pamplemousses and Grand Baie

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The north of Mauritius in three stages: the capital, Pamplemousses and Grand Baie.

City tour

Guided tour of the street food of Port Louis

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With a guide, a survey of what Port Louis cooks and eats in the street.