Honeymooners and burnt out city types looking for the beach they’ve been dreaming of during all those long boring meetings.
Belle Mare peninsula, east coast Mauritius, one hour from the airport.
All the rooms have a private terrace or balcony facing either the ocean or cove, or a door opening onto a tropical garden. Beds are covered with Egyptian cotton sheets, piled high with goose down pillows. Spacious bathrooms are beautifully appointed, with great cascading showers. All guests enjoy personalised 24-hour butler service.
All accommodation features in-room multimedia entertainment systems, satellite flat screen television, DVD/CD player, hair dryer, mini bar, Nespresso machine, 24-hour room service, safe and in-room business services, iPod docking station and wifi.
The hotel’s Rasol restaurant is run by Michelin-starred chef Vineet Bhatia, and the resort also has a sleek, elegant steakhouse, PRIME contemporary grill. For more relaxed outdoor dining, poolside La Terrasse serves an all-day international menu.
One&Only partnered with ESPA to create a serene spa with its own private lap pool, which offers a complete range of treatments together with a personalised sports programme and nutritional analysis. The spa also offers a full-service Beauty Centre and the exclusive Pedi:Mani:Cure Studio by Bastien Gonzalez.
Guests are offered several complimentary activities during their stay including unlimited water-skiing, Hobie Cats, kayaks, snorkeling and glass bottom boat trips. Also offered complimentary are green fees at the Gary Player-designed 9-hole course located on the resort's grounds, play on the synthetic grass tennis courts, and access to a dynamic KidsOnly Club for children ages 4 to 11 years. Other activities available are kite surfing, waterskiing and wakeboarding, fishing, parasailing adventures and banana boat, tube and speedboat rides, along with local excusions.
If water skiing and kayaks aren’t quite enough to float your boat, why not try the buzz water sport of the moment, Stand up Paddle Boarding (SUP). Le Saint Geran offers lessons in the latest craze as well as private tuition in Kite-Surfing at the Hotels exclusive VIP Kite N SUP school.