Top Choice Museum in Port Louis
Blue Penny Museum
Top Choice Shrine in Port Louis
Père Laval's Shrine
The shrine of French Catholic priest and missionary Père Jacques-Désiré Laval is something of a Lourdes of the Indian Ocean, with many miracles attributed to pilgrimages here. The padre died in 1864 and was beatifie…
Top Choice Market in Port Louis
Central Market
Historic Building in Port Louis
Aapravasi Ghat
Aapravasi Ghat, a small complex of buildings located on the seafront, served as the island's main immigration depot for indentured labourers from India. The highlight of a visit is the Beekrumsing Ramlallah Interpre…
Museum in Port Louis
Natural History Museum & Mauritius Institute
Museum in Port Louis
Photography Museum
This small but engaging museum, down a cobbled lane opposite the Municipal Theatre, is the labour of love of local photographer Tristan Bréville. He's amassed a treasure trove of old cameras and prints, including se…
Museum in Port Louis
Mauritius Postal Museum
This interesting museum beside the central post office houses a mishmash of commemorative stamps and other postal paraphernalia from around the world. A relatively new exhibit details the history of the Mauritius po…
Stadium in Port Louis
Champ de Mars Racecourse
Gardens in Port Louis
Jardins de la Compagnie
Jardins de la Compagnie is by far the city's most attractive garden, with its vast banyan trees, huge number of statues, quiet benches and fountains. During the day it's perfectly safe, but avoid it at night, when i…
Mosque in Port Louis
Jummah Mosque
The Jummah Mosque, the most important mosque in Mauritius, was built in the 1850s and is a striking blend of Indian, Creole and Islamic architecture – it would look equally at home in Istanbul, Delhi or New Orleans!…