Mauritius - Grande Baie

Located on the north coast of Mauritius, you'll find many tourists stationed here in Grand Baie. This pretty horseshoe-shaped bay is lined with hotels, restaurants, bars and designer stores. Grand Baie is in fact the only resort town in Mauritius that offers so many resort-independent bars and restaurants.

The usual exotic Mauritian activities are on offer in Grand Baie, including various water sports, diving, snorkelling and glass-bottomed boat trips. With all the frenetic holiday activity, many people opt for just chilling on white sands, watching local fishermen go about there business. The bay can get crowded so if you want calmer shores head further north.

Although this town has sprung quite rapidly from a small fishing village into a popular tourist spot, you'll find the friendly small town atmosphere remains intact and many Mauritians own second homes here.

This part of the bay is home to La Cuvette beach. If you pass black basalt rocks you've gone too far, a fact you'll be reminded of by the Royal Palm Hotel staff. Wanderers are not welcome here, and this luxury hotel is only open to those on a pre-arranged itinerary.

Day trips to nearby Flat Island and Gabriel Island, and Coin de Mire are recommended. You can also book tours to all other parts of the country from Grand Baie.

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