WHERE TO STAY
island, how to decide where to stay? The Royal Palm in the northwest, the One&Only Le Saint Geran, Le Touessrok in the east, Maradiva Villas Resort & Spa in the west, which scooped the award for ‘World’s Leading Island Resort’ at the World Travel Awards 2010, are the island’s fl agship resorts. The Oberoi, Constance Prince
Maurice, The Residence on a mile-long beach on the island’s east coast – where all 135 rooms and suites come with a butler – Grand Mauritian Resort & Spa, Intercontinental Mauritius Resort, Dinarobin Hotel & Spa and Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita also all offer the ultimate in luxury. Shanti Ananda reincarnated as Shanti Maurice in June 2010, and is now part of the Leading Hotels of the World group. It’s perhaps no surprise that Sofi tel
has chosen Mauritius for the launch of its new boutique fi ve-star lifestyle concept, with So Mauritius and Starwood Hotels & Resorts too has selected Mauritius for its fi rst Indian Ocean location for the prestigious St Regis brand, due to open at the end of 2011. Hotel groups on the island include
Beachcomber with eight resorts, including the stunning new Trou Aux
Biches hotel in the northwest, which also offers two/three-bedroom villa accommodation. Naïade follows closely with seven resorts, including the three-star plus family-friendly Merville Beach in Grand Baie and the contemporary four-star Tamassa in the developing area of Bel Ombre. Sun Resorts owns four resorts –
the fl agship Le Touessrok, family favourites Sugar Beach and La Pirogue, and the trendy four-star plus Long Beach which is due to open in Spring 2011. Constance Hotels has the posh Le Prince Maurice and Belle Mare Plage, both on the island’s glamorous east coast. Veranda Resorts has six properties,
including the refurbished contemporary Veranda Grande Baie which re-opened last October and popular four-star plus Heritage Awali and Heritage Le Telfair Golf & Spa Resorts in Bel Ombre, adding the Villas Valriche Experience – 25 two- to four-bedroom luxury villas – last year. Apavou Hotels has fi ve properties, from the four-star Indian Resort at Le Morne to the family-friendly two-star Les Cocotiers on the west coast. In the south of the island, Nira
Resorts’ Shanti Maurice offers 38 acres of ‘elegant escapism’.
The four-star deluxe Sands
Resort & Spa, with an upgraded infi nity pool right on the beach and sea-facing rooms overlooking
Tamarin Bay where dolphins play, is a lovely elegant hideaway for couples.
“Competitiveness has led to diversity of accommodation on Mauritius which now offers a mix of stunning boutique hotels, found in our new dedicated brochure and popular with couples, as well as larger resorts with self-catering, half board and all-nclusive options.” MARTIN BAMFORD, RESERVATIONS AND OPERATIONS MANAGER, ELITE VACATIONS
Good three stars include Silver
Beach on a white sandy beach near Trou d’Eau Douce on the east coast and Blue Lagoon Hotel, close to Blue Bay marine park in the southeast. Self-catering beach bungalows, villas and apartments are for hire near Mauritius’ most popular beaches, but are not secure if not serviced. Less usual accommodation options are found in the interior and include wooden chalets in the grounds of colonial houses St Aubin or Eureka, African-style thatched cottages with a view at Kestrel Valley or chalets in the forested mountains through La Verangue sur Morne near Chamarel.
Superb cuisine and endless ways to relax are key elements of any holiday
STARWOOD
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