Accommodation

Standard Room                                 Superior Room                                   Royal Suite

All guest rooms are at ground-level and open privately on the magnificent palm grove.
Each is equipped with its own air conditioning fan unit and comprises twin beds or a double bed with a built-in drawer, plus…

• bathroom with separate bath and shower
• toilet and 110/220-volt socket for electric razor
• mini-bar
• safe
• hair-dryer
• LCD flatscreen set with satellite channels
• cartoon channel for kids and a teletext information system
• telephone with international direct dialling (IDD)
• internet access, equipment for making tea and coffee
• furnished private terrace

The Superior guest rooms are situated closer to the sea. Room service operates 24 hours a day.

Restaurants & Bars

Thatches

Spacious and tropical, the main restaurant, on the terrace, is open daily from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for buffet breakfast.

Dinnertime, from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., showcases demonstrative World Cuisine for a totally new and exciting dining experience. The new buffet features several themed livecooking stations with food prepared fresh in front of the guests: a Chinese fresh-noodle and stir-fry station; a curry station with traditional Mauritian ‘case-créole’ cuisine, a tandoor (Indian clay oven) and colourful Indian dishes; a huge salad station; a pasta station; a pizza station with its wood-fired oven; a grill and a dessert counter with a daily hot dessert prepared live and even a Kids’ Ice-Cream Bar. For the more romantic, the restaurant also features cosy thatched dining pavilion around a striking decorative and reflective pond.

Paul et Virginie

By the beach, with romantic thatched dining pavilions overhanging Le Morne mountain across the sea, the rustic charm of the à-la carte Paul & Virginie restaurant favours warmth and intimacy. At lunchtime, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
daily, it proposes a selection of popular island cuisine, wood-fired pizzas, grilled, smoked or steamed fish, tossed salads and sandwiches.
Its dinner offering, from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., Monday to Saturday, is more sophisticated, with a focus on seafood and
healthy stir-fries, and features select items like scallops, oysters, mussels, giant prawns and lobster, around the restaurant’s signature multichoice concept (smoked to order, grilled or steamed). The wine list includes a variety of
South African and New World wines, with a focus on great value for money.

La Badiane

Adjacent to the main restaurant, the alfresco ‘La Badiane’ is enriched by a spice garden whose scent and sweet perfume is a complete invigorating experience for the guests. La Badiane offers an authentic Mauritian dining experience from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. six days a week.

Citronella’s Cafe

Oceanside Italian market-place restaurant offering light meals, baked wood-fired Pizza and salads at lunch time. Regional authentic Italian cuisine at dinner. Lunch 12.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed Mondays. Dinner 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Closed Sundays.

Tides

Located at the beach front, this restaurant offers a World Sea Cuisine. The centrepiece is an elaborate crustacean and seafood counter that appears to float on illuminated ice. Here guests compose their own seafood platter from fresh shellfish, mussels, oysters and a variety of handmade Sushi and Sashimi. The kitchen is equipped with a specially designed fish room to ensure the highest quality during the handling and preparation of fish and seafood dishes.
Lunch 12.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Dress Code
Long trousers and shirts with collars are de rigueur for men in the evenings.

Blue Bar

The bar offers a wide choice of contemporary tropical cocktails and rums and an important selection of beverages,
liqueurs, beers and spirits of international brands, as well as delicious espressos from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily.

The Coco Kiosk Bar

The ‘Coco Kiosk’ bar is adjacent to the pool and offers a wide variety of coladas (Pinacolada, Litchicolada, Mangocolada….) served in fresh coconuts with different style presentation as well as health line cocktails and tropical fruits from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Beach Bar

Overlooking the Indian Ocean, near the nautical club, the bar opens at 10 a.m. daily and closes at midnight every day. In a relaxed atmosphere with a spectacular seaview, it offers fresh fruit juices, vegetable juices, milk-shakes and other beverages as well as a superb selection of espressos. Food consists of light snacks: Mauritian snacks, sandwiches, burgers, pizzas, and exotic ice-cream at lunchtime as well as pastries and pancakes for five o’clock tea. A beach golf-cart provides refreshments from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Features

Aura Spa

Pamper yourself with a host of beauty and body treatments provided by our team of professional Spa therapists. The Spa comprises both single and couples treatment rooms and also has a dedicated Shiatsu treatment area. For the ultimate therapy try the deluxe Hammam treatments including an exotic black soap massage. A fully equipped hairdressing salon for men and women is also located in the Spa area.

Sports (free of charge)

Kayaking, laser-sailing, pedal boats, glassbottom- boat rides, snorkelling, water-skiing outside lagoon, windsurfing, sailing (sport catamaran), aquagym classes in the resort’s swimming-pool, tennis (floodlit courts, available equipment; rackets free of charge, balls at a fee), aerobics, stretching and yoga classes, frisbee, jogging, mini-football, minigolf, ping-pong, beach volleyball, basket ball, badminton, bocciball (pétanque) and water polo.

Sports (chargeable)

Scuba-diving (PADI courses are also available), big-game fishing, Archery, parasailing, banana boat, catamaran outings, horse riding and mountain bike.

The gym

Comprising of 300m² of air-conditioned space, the gym offers a full range of Multimedia Cardio equipment, air controlled strength machines, body building and free weights. The Martial Arts area caters for fans of Taebo, Kick boxing, Judo and Karate. Group interactive spinning classes are provided with virtual landscape rides through some of the most exciting bike rides of the World. Personal training for Vibro Gym and Pilates is also available. Daily yoga, stretching and aerobics are also offered both indoor and outdoor.

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