Things to do in Grand Baie
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Le Capitaine
This is a popular place serving good standard seafood and fish dishes in a pleasant convivial space that combines style with informality and great bay views. Fresh lobster is the pick of the menu, while other delicious mains include whole crab cooked in white wine, and lobster ravioli with fresh mushroom and cucumber quenelle. Reservations are essential in the evening.
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Iguana Lounge
Next to Fusion and incongruously situated facing an Esso garage, Iguana Lounge is one of our favourite places in town. For upscale Mexican - excellent burritos and chili con carne - look no further. Reserve a table in the charming back garden as they're hard to come by otherwise.
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Fusion
Possibly the most self-consciously fashionable dining option in Grand Baie, Fusion looks just as it sounds - flash, minimalist, sleek and a little intimidating. You'll see the smart set out for dinner here, sampling fusion-flavoured Mauritian-Asian cooking.
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Grand Baie Beach
The beach at Grand Baie is nothing special and the bay here is congested with boats. Instead, you're better off heading for La Cuvette public beach beside the Veranda Hotel on the bay's north side. It's not huge, but the sand is good and the water clean.
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Luigi's
Classic little trattoria serving authentic pizza and pasta dishes plus a range of daily specials, such as seafood gnocchi. Make sure you leave room for one of the scrumptious deserts.
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Yacht Charters
Cruises are a popular activity in Grand Baie. Perhaps the most interesting is that offered by Yacht Charters. Its magnificent sailing ship, the Isla Mauritia, was built in 1852 and is claimed to be the world's oldest active schooner. Today the Isla Mauritia offers two day cruises per week on a Wednesday and Saturday with snorkelling, lunch at Baie du Tombeau and traditional music for Rs1950, or Rs975 for under 10s. It's best to book at least a day in advance.
Other companies offer cruises on modern catamarans. The most popular options are the day trips around the northern islands, including a barbecue lunch and stops for swimming and snorkelling. You can also take a sunse…
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Maurisun Adventure & Tours
Grand Baie's numerous tour agents can provide information on things to do in the area with the aim, naturally, of signing you up for this cruise package or that coach trip. While prices tend to be similar, the details may vary, so make sure you know exactly what is included. All agents sell tickets for glass-bottomed boat trips, undersea walks, Le Nessee and the Blue Safari Submarine. Many also offer car-hire services and airport transfers and can organise accommodation.
Maurisun Adventure & Tours has a reliable reputation and is seen as a cut above the competition, thanks to its range of adventure tours, including sea kayaking.
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Ebrahim Travel & Tours
Grand Baie's numerous tour agents can provide information on things to do in the area with the aim, naturally, of signing you up for this cruise package or that coach trip. While prices tend to be similar, the details may vary, so make sure you know exactly what is included. All agents sell tickets for glass-bottomed boat trips, undersea walks, Le Nessee and the Blue Safari Submarine.
Many also offer car-hire services and airport transfers and can organise accommodation. Ebrahim Travel & Tours has a reliable reputation.
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Northview Tours
Grand Baie's numerous tour agents can provide information on things to do in the area with the aim, naturally, of signing you up for this cruise package or that coach trip. While prices tend to be similar, the details may vary, so make sure you know exactly what is included. All agents sell tickets for glass-bottomed boat trips, undersea walks, Le Nessee and the Blue Safari Submarine.
Many also offer car-hire services and airport transfers and can organise accommodation. Northview Tours has a reliable reputation.
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La Langouste Grisée
This is a restaurant frequented by the great and the good of Grand Baie, offering very stylish dining in an attractive garden overlooking a pond as well as charming indoor tables. As a winner of the Fourchette d'Or in 2005, 'the Tipsy Lobster' is generally recognised as one of the best restaurants on the island. Sample dishes from its imaginative Franco-Mauritian menu include Dorado fillet, peanut sauce and banana slices. Lobster is obviously the speciality and vegetarians really shouldn't bother coming.
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Neptune Diving
The local diving industry has emphatically moved down the coast to less built-up Mont Choisy and Trou aux Biches, but a number of operators still maintain a base in Grand Baie. Among these, Neptune Diving, gets consistently good reports. A dive costs around Rs1200. The local diving industry has emphatically moved down the coast to less built-up Mont Choisy and Trou aux Biches, but a number of operators still maintain a base in Grand Baie.
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Captain Nemo's Undersea Walk
For nondivers, Captain Nemo's Undersea Walk provides the unique experience of walking underwater wearing a diver's helmet and weight belt. Solar-powered pumps on the boat above feed oxygen to you during the 25-minute 'walk on the wet side'. Walks are available to everyone over the age of seven. There are trips every few hours from 09:00 to 15:00. In peak season it's advisable to book a day in advance.
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Coral Viewing, Le Nessee
A number of semisubmersible vessels offer coral-viewing tours. Le Nessee is a distinctive yellow semi-submarine run by Croisières Australes. It departs from Grand Baie's Sunset Boulevard jetty several times daily and the trip lasts just under two hours, with 30 minutes snorkelling for those who wish. Tickets are available from hotels and tour agents.
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Grand Baie Gym & Hydro Spa
Forget Grand Baie Beach - it's nothing special. Instead visit Grand Baie Gym & Hydro Spa where as well as enjoying the fabulous pool and gym, you can indulge in a huge range of spa treatments, steam yourself in the hammam and enjoy low-fat dishes at the café. The gym is located in another building across the road from the spa.
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Sunset Boulevard Shopping Complex
This shopping complex is home to chic boutiques including knitwear specialists Floreal, Maille St and Shibani; Harris Wilson for menswear; and Hémisphère Sud for fabulous leather goods. Cheaper clothing stores, such as Red Snapper and IV Pl@y, concentrate in and around the Super U Hypermarket.
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Thai Foon
Newly opened in 2006 by the original team behind Pereybère's Wang Thai, authenticity is the watchword at Thai Foon. This means fresh ingredients imported from Bangkok, a Thai chef and some excellent Thai cocktails. The eating space is stylish but relaxed, with outside seating available.
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Le Tandoor
Excellent Indian cooking makes Le Tandoor stand out amid some stiff competition in Grand Baie. Even though it's located on the main road, there's quite a buzz each evening (reservations advised) as the place hums to hungry travellers enjoying excellent curries, naans and tandoori dishes.
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La Vieille Rouge
The red snapper isn't exactly a find, but it's one of Grand Baie's more reliable budget eateries. You'll find a standard selection of Creole curries, Chinese dishes, fresh fish and so forth. It's all tasty and comes in decent portions, although the set menu seems a little steep.
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Lotus on the Square
The garden of this small, arty café on the road to Pereybère makes a nice place to linger over a latte or cappuccino. It also does refreshing fruit juices and homemade sorbets in unusual flavours such as tamarind, basil and cinnamon.
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Alchemy
This friendly place set back from the coastal road is a great mix of bar and grill. The pizzas are cooked in a traditional wood-fired oven and are excellent, plus there's a big range of steaks and seafood, and imaginative daily specials.
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Paparazzi
This smart pizza restaurant on the second floor of Sunset Boulevard (on the non-bay side) is a winner. It's far pricier than any other pizzeria in Mauritius, but the quality suggests why. There's free delivery if you're feeling lazy.
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Prodive Tours
Prodive Tours has a reliable reputation as a tour company. They also sell tickets for glass-bottomed boat trips, undersea walks, Le Nessee and the Blue Safari Submarine. Contact them by phone or email for more information.
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Café Müller
This charming addition to Grand Baie's café scene is a great place for breakfast or a light lunch. As the name suggests, it's a German-run café and bakery that rustles up great sandwiches in a lovely grassy garden.
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Don Camillo
Despite its unpromising location beside the Caltex petrol station, Don Camillo is a great place to taste real pizza. In the evening it's positively buzzing - either get there early or reserve.
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Prodive
Prodive is one of the many dive operators in and around Grand Baie. Based at the Casuarina Hotel in Trou aux Biches, it also has an office in Grand Baie outside the Grand Bay Beach Hotel.
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