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Fangourin, a stylish cafe-restaurant in the museum grounds. It specialises in sophisticated
Creole cuisine and all sorts of sugary delights.
Shopping
Le Village Boutik
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( 9am-5pm)
Right next to the sugar museum, this impressive shop has sugar in all manner
of gift packs, as well as rum made from local sugar cane. They encourage you to try be-
fore you buy.
FOOD & DRINK
Getting There & Away
Pamplemousses can be reached by bus from Grand Baie, Trou aux Biches, Grand Gaube
and Port Louis. Services from Grand Baie and Trou aux Biches run approximately every
hour and stop near the sugar museum on the way to the botanical gardens.
Buses from Port Louis' Immigration Sq bus station and Grand Gaube operate every 10
to 15 minutes. These buses only stop at the botanical gardens, from where it takes about
15 minutes to walk to the museum.
WORTH A TRIP
CHATEAU LABOURDONNAIS
If you've rented a taxi for the day to explore the botanical gardens and sugar museum at Pamplemousses, there's
one more stop in the area that we highly recommend.
One of the loveliest examples of colonial architecture on the island, recently restored
Chateau Labourdonnais
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( 266 9533;
www.unchateaudanslanature.com;
Mapou; adult/child Rs 175/80, meals Rs
1100; 9am-5pm) was completed in 1859. Built in teak and sporting an Italian neoclassical style, the chateau
is perfectly proportioned and filled with sober Victorian furnishings interspersed with some exceptionally lovely
design flourishes. Compulsory guided tours last for 45 minutes. After the tour, wander through the lush gardens,
taste the rum from the on-site distillery and stay for a meal at the restaurant where the menu changes daily.
To get here, head north along the M2 motorway for around 3km then take the exit for Mapou, then follow the
signs.
