Where to visit while in Mauritius
Mauritius is really a very unspoilt island and I highly recommend it whether for a honeymoon, a young family or in retirement. The hotels are excellent. The service is wonderful, the rooms thoroughly thought through and the food local, fresh and delicious.

My first resting spot, the glamorous Four Seasons Resort (www.fourseasons.com/mauritius), lies on the east coast at Anahita. It opened in 2008 and comprises purely of different grades of villa, and it?s all been thoroughly thought through. It?s classy. It?s all bridges, bicycles and buggies along fresh concrete alleyways. Perfect for kids as well as perfunctory for the demands on the staff. It attracts chiefly a British clientel though Dutch, French, Chinese and Koreans make up most of the rest.
The hotel?s own golf course, it?s original raison d’être, was designed by Ernie Els while the one opposite on the ÃŽle aux Cerfs was by Bernhard Langer. The lack of a remarkable beach, given that the water is too shallow to swim with any degree of confidence, is more than compensated for by the hourly option of a boat shuttle to the ÃŽle aux Cerfs. Here I stepped off the quay into a secluded cove only minutes away. A truly idyllic paradise. The whole stretch of beach to myself. Bliss!

At my next hotel, Lux Le Morne (www.luxresorts.com/en/hotel-mauritius/luxlemorne), the rooms have a neutral décor. Lots of decking, wood and white with no need mercifully for any embellishment. The fo...