Holidays Hotels in Mauritius

The Millennium saw the opening of this stylish ‘new generation’ beach resort of Naiade Resorts - boasting a lovely setting at Belle Mare on the east coast. Impeccably designed to harmonise a serene mood of discreet luxury with an easygoing and quintessentially Mauritian warmth, Beau Rivage offers its pampered guests the very latest in international style, comfort and innovation - and makes a perfect base from which to enjoy the Mauritius Experience at its most relaxing.

The extensive resort lies right beside one of the island’s loveliest reef-protected lagoons, with a spectacular white-sand beach - to which its huge pool and delightful thatched roof architecture bring their own supremely compatible man-made touch. Vibrantly contemporary yet distinctively Mauritian in design, the resort’s spacious villa-style accommodation is of an especially high standard - and boasts luxury marble bathrooms with oversized double baths for the ultimate indulgence (and jacuzzi in suites)! In all there are 162 Superior (on the upper floors) and Deluxe (ground floor) rooms, with 12 highly recommended suites (Junior/Honeymoon, Senior - and the wonderfully sumptuous Maharajah Suite, which has both indoor and outdoor jacuzzis) for that added touch of holiday luxury!

All accommodation categories feature a sitting-area, large balcony or terrace with wide ocean views, television/video, internet access, air-conditioning, ceiling fan, minibar and tea/coffee-maker.

Delightfully situated on the east coast of Mauritius, amid 15 acres of exotic tropical gardens, this appealing and sophisticated Constance Hotels resort directly overlooks what is undoubtedly one of the island’s finest stretches of beach, protected by a natural coral reef. Designed in cool, white-walled Mauritian style, it offers not only a truly relaxing setting with an appeal for all tastes and ages (from honeymooners to families) - but one that also boasts an especially impressive quality range of activities for the sports-minded (with the majority being complimentary), as well as no less than seven restaurants.

The Resort boasts no less than four generously-sized swimming pools, for example, while Belle Mare Plage is also the only island hotel with two 18-hole championship golf courses - The Legend and The Links, both available to guests with complimentary green fees and offering challenging play for both amateurs and professionals.

Fully refurbished in November 2002 after a £36m refit, the 237 air-conditioned rooms are scattered throughout the grounds, and handsomely furnished in contemporary style in wood and marble, with private bath and shower, sea-facing terrace or balcony, sitting-area, satellite television, DVD, internet access and minibar. Prestige rooms are in the gardens around the free-form pool; spacious Junior Suites offer a sofabed, dining-area and luxury bathroom with walk-in dressing room; Beachfront Deluxe Suites are similarly equipped, but with separate lounge and extra shower and luxurious bath.

An evocative new hotel name opened only in 2002, stylish Legends nestles around a tranquil little beach-fringed cove and lagoon at Grand Gaube in the north-east of the island. It offers a fresh and up-to-the-minute setting of cool, stylish and subtle elegance - tastefully designed in accordance with the principles of Feng Shui. Sister-property of Beau Rivage, it marries the accomplished management and operation of Naiade Hotels to an especially appealing new variation on the Indian Ocean beach resort theme.

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.