Le Prince Hotel in Mauritius
Enjoying a secluded setting on the east coast, Constance Hotels’ charming Le Prince Maurice is one of Mauritius’ loveliest little deluxe properties. A Relais & Chateaux member (the only Mauritius hotel and one of just 17 hotels worldwide to receive the accolade of ‘purple’ status), it sets an effortlessly impressive standard of club-like exclusivity and refined elegance.
Named after Prince Maurice of Nassau, a pioneer of the island’s ancient spice trade, it nestles by a lagoon-lapped beach, screened by lush tropical vegetation – a romantic backdrop with which the classic simplicity of the hotel’s Indian Ocean architecture (featuring natural wood, granite, and sweeping thatched rooflines) blends to perfection. With an elegant, intimater and understated luxury, Le Prince Maurice offers truly pampered escapism. Guest suites, classically simple and spacious in design, are air-conditioned and in one and two-storey thatched units set over the waters of the barachois, in the gardens or by the beaches. Eight Junior Suites and three Senior Suites are on stilts over the barachois.
All have private bath and shower, balcony or terrace, television, video, minibar, CD-player, safe and internet access. Senior Suites feature a separate living-room, courtyard with sunken alfresco marble bath and garden shower – and 9 have a private deck with pool. For the ultimate in luxury choose the Princely Suite – with a Senior and two Junior Suites and a second pool.