Delicious Mauritius: a visit to Bel Ombre, Mauritius offers sun, sand, and sustainable gastronomy
Close your eyes, picture the platonic notion of a paradise. If your mind flitted to turquoise seas, stretches of empty white beach, rare birds soaring from exotic treetops, reclining on a lounger, ice cold cocktail in hand, you have pictured Mauritius. As Mark Twain quipped, “Mauritius was made first, and then heaven was copied after Mauritius.” Part of the Mascarene Archipelago, this honey of an island is situated in the Indian Ocean.
A restored colonial building, it’s another jarring example of how Mauritians seem comfortable celebrating the hierarchies of their history - when I put it to the hotel PR that many regard colonialism as a very bad thing, the retort is “well, yes, but the buildings are so beautiful”, and, yes, I guess they are. Le Château de Bel Ombre was previously a sugar plantation, the legacy of which is lush gardens and a gorgeous water feature surrounding the manse.
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