Honest review
Of all the Lux resorts on Mauritius, Le Morne is the one we recommend to those coming for views and quiet: bungalows at the foot of UNESCO-protected Le Morne Brabant, the sunset-facing western side, pines mixed in with palms. The airport is about 50 kilometres away.
The logic by category runs like this: the base Deluxe rooms stand on the second line and look onto the garden or a pool; Prestige rooms are ground-floor with a garden terrace, barely 50 metres from the sea; for a sunset from the bathtub take a Sunset Junior Suite on the upper floor — there are only fifteen, and they go fast; the frontal view belongs to Ocean Front. The rooms are compact throughout but with well-planned dressing rooms, and on all-inclusive the minibar is restocked daily — down to a bottle of red.
With the all-inclusive package there are few surprises: Aperol spritz, mojito, negroni and margarita are included, breakfast and dinner are buffets, lunch is à la carte, and the beach restaurant is in the package too. The Thai restaurant sits outside the package but comes with an 800-rupee credit; dinners need a reservation, and seats are few.
By day the non-motorised water sports are free, so are the two tennis courts (a coach costs extra), and the gym tucked into the greenery runs from 8 to 20 — not around the clock. The spa, with couples' rooms and massages from Thai to Ayurvedic, is worth booking on your first day: there are few treatment rooms for 149 rooms.
The resort is equally sure-footed with couples and families: the kids club is free from ages 4 to 12, younger children mean babysitting at extra cost. But above all this is a place for those who need sunsets, the mountain in the frame and intimacy instead of scale.
First-hand experience of the Maldives Expert team — we have been here ourselves
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