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a kids' club. The style is colonial, although the atmosphere is very relaxed. The rooms are
stylishly fitted out and spacious, all with sea views, and there's a small but attractive
beach.
LUXURY HOTEL
€€€
Lux* Grand Gaube
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( 698 9800;
www.luxresorts.com
; r €183-2200; )
This very large, stylish establishment
enjoys an idyllic location miles from the mass tourism found further down the coast.
Guests have the run of the pretty bay and the hotel's well-appointed surroundings. The
hotel is feng shui themed.
Getting There & Away
Buses run roughly every 15 minutes between Port Louis' Immigration Sq bus station and
Grand Gaube. A taxi to Port Louis will cost Rs 900, to Grand Baie Rs 500 and to the air-
port Rs 2100.
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Pamplemousses
One of the island's main attractions, the botanical gardens at Pamplemousses (roughly
halfway between Grand Baie and Port Louis) are soothing, tranquil and brimful of endem-
ic and foreign plant species. Also of interest is the decommissioned Beau Plan sugar fact-
ory nearby, which has been converted into a fascinating museum.
Pamplemousses itself was named for the grapefruit-like citrus trees that the Dutch in-
troduced to Mauritius from Java. The town is typically Mauritian and feels a million miles
from Grand Baie or Trou aux Biches.
Sights
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
Botanical Gardens
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GARDENS
