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The market in most the main towns: Backets, and clothes....

by sg085

Mauritius is exporting the sugar and it's textiles.. There are lots of sugarcane fields everywhere and the textiles factories, you might not miss the clothes, they are pretty cheap with good quality.Another thing must not be miss out is the baskets... they are many and easy to get in the main towns.You could get the baskets in Port Loius market, but they might be little bit expensive but you could try to bargain.If you do have time to shop to other towns apart from Port Loius, you should go to the market on only Thursday and Sunday in Quatre Bornes as these are the only day they do sells the clothes and baskets there. And personally i do think there are cheaper than the Port Loius.

Various: Markets and factory shops

by jiminysimmo

The markets referred to on the trabvelogue pages are great for bargains of all sorts. Dotted across the island are Ralph Lauren shops selling a full range of shirts etc. Our best purchases were of a good quality pashmina 650 rupees, an excellent quality sari with gold thread for 550 rupees, a hand carved wooden bowl 850 rupees, 4 Ralph Lauren shirts 2000 rupees and one of the ubiquitous small model ships for 500 rupees.

Second Floor Retail: Port Louis Craft Bazaar

by jacsilversurfer

This shop stocks all kinds of exotic jewelry,which hangs in great loops everywhere. Necklaces of corals,camel bone,shell,carvedwood.....the selection is very good. Unusual necklaces in camel bone[or cow]that are about $30 Australian.The only knitwear with any imaginationis at the Floreal Knitwear Museum shopping centre.Many of the items sold are from Madagascar.The centre has the nicest coffee shop on the island. Only one person spoke English at this patisserie which had great gateaux.I bought all my souvenirs at CORA shopping centre nearbye which was built for the many French citizens living in that area.I also bought French wine and magazines which were a bargin compared to my hometown prices. I also bought etchings and prints in Grand Baie Shopping Centre that look wondrerful on my wall. Original paintings are very reasonable in that shop next to my favorite dress shop,Out Of...

Shops and Markets in Mauritius

by annerose

10 € - 330 MURCigarettes:Marlboro 150 MURRothmann 57 MURBenson and Esges 56 MURlocal 51 MURMauritian food by foodstalls Pain vindaye d'ourite, rolls with calamares approx. 20 - 25 MURPain de poisson or poulet fish rolls with approx. 20 MURfried auberginen, Chilischoten, Gateau de Piment, samoussas approx. 1-2 MUR/pieceDholl Puri with sauce approx. 3 MURRestaurant:simple restaurants: Main court : 100 MURmidclass Restaurant: Main court : 150 MUR1 bottle wine: starting from 250 MUR for mauritian wineBeer: 40 MURWater, Coca: 30 - 40 MURBus ticket 9 - 19 MURAirport transfer with taxi approx. 800 MURTaxi for a daytripp:ca. 1400 - 1500 MUR, depending upon distance and timeTo buy and presentsWater in plastic bottles 1.5 l - 13 MURPareos 70 200 MURT-Shirts starting from 60MURShirts Ralph Lauren: 300 - 600 MURSweater: 250 -??? MUR depending upon qualitylarge Indian cloths from cotton for double...

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The merchant of infusions: The central bazar of Port-Louis

by Klod5

The central market of PORT-Louis, the Bazar, is a passage almost obliged for all tourists in quest of memories (well less dear than in the hotels), anxious of Maurice to loock under an aspect most original. In this Bazaar, not very far from the entry of the Rue Farquhar (that cuts the market in two), this stall (celebrates because in photo in nearly all unfolding or tourist books) proposes all possible and conceivable old wives' remedies. Always overcrowded the Bazaar of Port-Louis is the place ideal to take some refreshment, to cool off of a delicious " alouda " or to meet some knowledge. It is a marvelous place, sung as well by so many poets mauriciens that foreign (Georges Duhamel or Max-Pol Fouchet).

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Rose-Hill bazar: The Bazar of Rose-Hill

by Klod5

Strange and enthralling universe that the one of the Bazaar : colorful, teeming and loud. The merchants challenge you "ziromon, pome d'amur...", the women jostle you in the crowd, bargain some rupees. Everybody is agitated, and the odors delight you (odors of bread, fruits or spices...), or raise you the heart (meats, let's pitch...).

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Corals

by Mirtsa

The gift shops sell corals, but it is wise not to buy them, because the more we buy them, the more local people bring them out from the ocean. You understand, what I mean....You can pick them from the beaches by yourself as well.

ile aux cerf: Shopping at ile aux cerf

by nora_south_africa

There are shopping stalls at ile aux cerf, a bit more expensive than the rest of the island but... take your rupees in case you see something you like.

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Factory Outlet---in the East: Cheap "branded" clothes---

by Applelyn

It is cheap...Mauritius make designer clothes for France and the rejects are sold there. Ralph Lauren stuff abt US 20 per shirt

Maquette de bateaux

by Klod5

LE souvenir que vous pouvez ramener de votre séjour, c'est une de ces magnifiques maquettes de bateaux.

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Q:  I would also like to know as a South African travelling to Mauritius can we exchange South African Rands at the Mauritius Airport... 

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A: Hi No problem exchanging rand - probably South Africans are about the most numerous tourists to Mauritius, so you should have no problems. If you exchange into another... 

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