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'There are lots of crowds in the terminal - I will take you a special way in'......Oh no you won't my friend! Watch out for theses geezers who try to grab your luggage as you get out of the car. The terminus is not crowded and they are lying. Just carry your own bags in as its about 50 yards maximum.
If you want to pay for something,give your money only the owner of the schop.Dont show your money to anybody.We lost 40 euro,because somebody from the shop took our money from our hands and he wanted to change it.We never saw hem anymore.Be carefull.
I will classified most of the hotels in Mauritius as usine. Try to go outside and visit, travel, discover things by yourself Come and Discover a different face of MauritiusLes Sirandanes Hotel is located on the West Coast of the Island. This quaint hotel is designed as a villa on two floors, where traditions and colours blend harmoniously together to provide the perfect setting for a relaxing retreat.It is a very sought after destination with a wonderful sea view, notably of the spectacular sunset.You will find: a cocktail bar, a fine dining restaurant (Cuisine Fusion), a spa and a swimming pool with Jacuzzi.For more info, please do not hesitate to contact me.Alex
Some tours include a visit to so called waterfalls on the island.Don't pay for it. It is not worth it.What you will see can harldy be called a waterfall.They take you there in small speedboats and you have to get in line (with the boats, in order to be able to reach the falls). btw, the shower at home looks more like a fall than this one does.
Apparently you don't get into Mauritius if you don't have a hotel reservation upon arrival. I arrived there without one and so didn't fill out the arrival card accordingly. The immigration officer kept my passport and sent me to a travel agency to book a room for at least three nights... I'm pretty sure that the agency keeps a hefty commision for that service as the hotel owner was quite surprised when I mentioned the price I paid for the night... It might be sufficient if you just put any address on the arrival card, I think I've done that when I first visited Mauritius.
Be very careful what you are charged when buying things here, I bought some fruit in Curepipe Market and was charged what (I think) was the local price , and was very cheap but when I bought some chilli sauce from a seller in Port Louis market I paid well over the odds and also we got some drinks mats and they were much more expensive than they were in a boutique near our hotel but because we were paying in euro instead of rupees we got confused. I think that the fact you can pay in either and they convert it for you makes it more difficult to work out how much you are paying and they bank on that! My advice is to take a calculator and conversion rates with you and check before you buy! Curepipe market is a good alternative, there are less tourists (in fact the day we went we only saw one other couple) and the sellers don't seem to be out to make a fast buck - just a normal living.
This place is situated 5km south of Port Louis. It is a former sugar estate which has transformed into a tourist trap.We were taken there on one of our excursions and the prices they give are a robb of. A part of the group took the miniature railway trip around the estate. They had to pay 150 RS and it took ten minutes and they were back! No guide on the train who could have explaned which places they were passing by or anything! They came back asking: "what is this place? Is this Bois Cheri Tea Estate?"To my experience Domaine Les Pailles is over priced and one can skip this place without a doubt.Their Webpage
The Market in Port Louis is a great place for a colourful visit. Just don't shop there! The prices are horrific and even if you're adept at bargaining, you'll never end up with a bargain. The starting prices are so high that the old adage of cutting the asking price in half still doesn't help you. These guys know how to con you - even though it's mostly pleasant and lots of fun. Go along by all means, banter with the traders and if you must bargain with them, be sure to slash their asking price to a quarter. No doubt they will protest and express great unhappiness. Then just walk away. To avoid being ripped off in the Port Louis market rather shop at Le Caudan waterfront centre. There, prices are government regulated. Okay, so there's not much bargaining to be had but at least you won't be ripped off and can still come away with exactly what you would have purchased in the market.There...
A lot of locals sell their products on the beaches at a very extremly high price. They come and chat this and that with you and then all of the sudden you find yourself in a situation where these guys swarms you and shows all their prducts to you and trying to make you buy something. My mother bought seashells for 250? and we got the same amount and same looking seashells from another place(Pamplemousse gardens) for a 1/5 of the price.. The fruit is cheap and fairly fresh, and it's nice if your lazy. Be aware that the sellers tell eachother if you've bought anything from one of them, and they also keep track of the costumers of a hotel, so they know the potential costumers! Try to negotiate about the price, u usually get a better price if you pay in euros, but make sure you get the right change, they are sneaky :) Buy things at local markets, in superstores and shopping malls,...
The fruit and vegetable market in the capital Port Louis is wonderful and well worth a visit or two, but you will need to have eyes in the back of your head and your wallet in a very safe place. My wife and I were cornered and closed in by two guys operating together and whilst there was confusion they tried to get into our back packs. Not born yesterday, these only contained non essential stuff, our wallets were safely tucked away on our persons. Be warned...but enjoy at the same time the wonderful experience. Keep your wallet on your person in front of you. Not in your back pocket,not in a hand bag or in a back pack. Ladies a good place is your bra
LUX Belle Mare Mauritius
2 Reviews and 622 Opinions Beau Rivage is a great resort located on the north eastern part of the island, near Belle Mare. The...
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Labourdonnais Waterfront Hotel Port Louis
1 Review and 69 Opinions The Labourdonais Watterfront take 109 chambers. near the center of the town, it's on the Caudan...
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