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    Insight Guides Pocket Mauritius (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Mauritius (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Mauritius (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Insight Guides Pocket Mauritius (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)

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    Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.

    Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in Mauritius, from top attractions like Belle Mare Beach, to hidden gems, including Chamarel Waterfalls. 

    ·       Compact, concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring Mauritius
    ·       Covers Top Ten Attractions, including Kestrel Valley and Eureka Mansion and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
    ·       Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
    ·       Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
    ·       Inspirational colour photography throughout
    ·       Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience

    About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateApr 1, 2019
    ISBN9781789198157
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      Insight Guides Pocket Mauritius (Travel Guide eBook) - Insight Guides

      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Mauritius, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Mauritius, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Mauritius are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Mauritius. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Berlitz Pocket Guides

      About Insight Guides

      Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

      Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

      © 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Mauritius’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day In Mauritius

      Introduction

      The people

      Flora and fauna

      Sugar, tourism and beyond

      A Brief History

      Early settlers

      Arrival of the Dutch

      French colonisation

      British colonisation

      Independence

      Modern Mauritius

      Historical landmarks

      Where To Go

      Port Louis

      The waterfront

      Old Port Louis

      Outside Port Louis

      The north

      North from Port Louis

      Grand Baie

      North from Grand Baie

      Northern offshore islands

      Pamplemousses and the Sugar Museum

      The east

      Belle Mare to Île aux Cerfs

      Mahébourg to Blue Bay

      The south

      Black River Gorges National Park

      Bel Ombre to Souillac

      The west

      South from Port Louis

      Tamarin

      The plateau towns

      Rose Hill–Beau Bassin

      Quatre Bornes

      Vacoas–Phoenix

      Curepipe

      Rodrigues

      Port Mathurin

      Around Port Mathurin

      Inland from Port Mathurin

      The south

      The east

      What To Do

      Sports

      Water activities

      Land-based activities

      Other activities

      Nightlife and entertainment

      Shopping

      Children’s Mauritius

      Calendar of events

      Eating Out

      What to eat

      Indian

      Chinese

      Creole

      Desserts

      Rodriguan specialities

      Where to eat

      Drinks

      Reading the Menu

      To help you order...

      Menu reader

      Restaurants

      Port Louis

      The north

      The east

      The south

      The west

      Plateau towns

      Rodrigues

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation

      Airport (see also Getting there)

      B

      Bicycle hire

      Budgeting for your trip

      C

      Car hire (see also Driving)

      Climate

      Clothing

      Crime and safety

      D

      Disabled travellers

      Driving

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies and consulates

      Emergencies (see also Medical care and Police)

      G

      Getting there (see also Airport)

      Guides and tours

      H

      Health and medical care

      L

      Language

      LGBTQ travellers

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money

      O

      Opening times

      P

      Police

      Post offices

      Public holidays

      R

      Religion

      T

      Telephones

      Time zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist information

      Transport

      V

      Visas and entry requirements

      W

      Websites and internet cafés

      Weights and measures

      Recommended Hotels

      Port Louis

      The north

      The east

      The south

      The west

      Plateau towns

      Rodrigues

      Mauritius’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Shutterstock

      L’Aventure du Sucre Museum

      Get a taste of the island’s sugar-producing heritage at this fascinating museum. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

      Fotoseeker

      Belle Mare beach

      The stuff of daydreams: white sand, palm trees and warm, turquoise waters. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

      Corbis

      Kestrel Valley

      Its forests and trails beckon nature-lovers. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

      Shutterstock

      Black River Gorges National Park

      Dramatic mountain vistas unfold. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

      Shutterstock

      Le Gris Gris

      Huge waves crash against a wild coast. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

      MTPA

      Chamarel Waterfalls

      This dramatic cataract tumbles from the mountains. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

      Shutterstock

      François Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave Reserve

      See endemic plants and a colony of giant tortoises in Rodrigues. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

      MTPA

      Île aux Cerfs

      Clear waters off this tiny island make for great snorkelling. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      MTPA

      Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Gardens

      An impressive showcase for tropical plants. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

      MTPA

      Eureka Mansion

      A handsome colonial gem in a tropical garden setting. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day In Mauritius

      9.00am

      Breakfast

      Get off to a good start, away from the hustle and bustle of town, with a full English breakfast at Lambic on St Georges Street. If it’s nice weather you can sit outside under the shade of the mango trees and sip your coffee.

      10.00am

      Green spaces

      Walk breakfast off with a stroll through Company Gardens, see the Royal Palms in Place d’Armes leading up to Government House or people-watch in Bowen Square.

      12.00pm

      Colonial chic

      Take in the colonial architecture nearby, the Treasury Buildings and Municipal Theatre, before a light lunch of Lebanese appetizers at Le Sultan.

      2.00pm

      Retail therapy

      Make your way to Farquhar Street and test your haggling skills with pavement vendors before browsing for souvenirs in the Central Market. For fixed-price shopping take the underpass to the Caudan Waterfront and hit the Craft Market and scores of speciality shops.

      4.00pm

      Stamp duty

      Check out the Blue Penny Museum nearby for famous portraits, fine art and philately. Cool off with a long drink on the terrace of the Labourdonnais Hotel or head to the Food Court for fast food options.

      5.30pm

      Sundowner

      Take a free water taxi from the jetty car park across Bassin des Chaloupes to the trendy Spinnaker’s Bar at Le Suffren Hotel, order a Green Island rum cocktail and catch a magnificent sunset from the terrace.

      6.30pm

      Dinner

      Visit Le Courtyard, an elegant restaurant at the corner of St Louis and Chevreau Streets (for more information, click here), with a shady terrace and a location in the heart of this bustling city. Taste wonderful dishes bursting with the flavours of France and Mauritius.

      8.30pm

      Bollywood versus Hollywood

      Catch the latest English-subtitled Bollywood movies at the Cinema Klassic (tel: 230 213 4831) or settle for a French-dubbed Hollywood blockbuster at The Star Cinema Complex (tel: 230 211 6866) in the Caudan.

      10.00pm

      On the town

      Try your luck on blackjack, roulette and poker tables at the Casino or prop up the bar until the last punter leaves. Otherwise plenty of taxis are on hand to take you north to the clubs and bars at Grand Baie. Best of the bunch is Banana Beach Club (tel: 230 263 0326), a trusted hangout for live music by local jazz, rock and blues artistes.

      Introduction

      Mauritius has long entranced its visitors. Charles Baudelaire called it ‘the perfumed land, fondled by the sun’, while Mark Twain noted simply that ‘heaven was copied after Mauritius’. The stunning white, sandy beaches lapped by aquamarine seas earn every superlative, and thousands of modern visitors to Mauritius agree that this tiny dot in the Indian Ocean is the stuff of desert-island dreams. With much of its coastline fringed by coral reef, a landscape set off by diminutive mountains, temperatures rarely falling below 20°C (68°F) and some of the world’s finest hotels, Mauritius is a perfect year-round holiday destination.

      But there is more to Mauritius than the exclusive beachside hotels that have come to be the regular haunt of celebrities and big-spenders. Stray inland and you will discover mountains, forests, rivers and waterfalls, fields undulating with sugar cane, extinct volcanic craters, tumbledown towns and villages, and hospitable

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