Beautiful Mauritius
We flew from Heathrow with Air Mauritius who looked after us really well, and we arrived to the most wonderful welcome, the warmth and friendliness of the local people became apparent straight away.
Our first stay out of the two was the beautiful Constance Belle Mare Plage, the rooms here were stunning, with plenty of space, and a lovely bathroom that opened into the bedroom, I had a lovely view out over the pool area to the beach. We had a very busy schedule over the three night stay which included wine tasting, a cookery class, a mixology lesson, Golf Lesson (luckily for the guests we stayed on the driving range, we weren't quite up to the standard to be let loose on either of the two 18 hole championship courses) and finally we enjoyed a relaxing spa treatment - well I did say it was "work"! We also sampled a few of the seven restaurants in the hotel, each with a different theme and the food was just amazing, my favourite was the Asian restaurant.
During our stay here we took a boat trip with "One Love" this was so much fun, we did some snorkelling, saw wild monkeys, a beautiful waterfall and had the most delicious BBQ on the beach, whilst being entertained by our guitar playing barman and our lovely guide Iris singing to us.
It was then time to check out of this stunning hotel and head off on to the next, on the way there we stopped off in Port Louis, a lovely colourful place with plenty of shops and restaurants.
Then we arrived at Luxurious Le Prince Maurice, and I was totally overwhelmed by this hotel. The view from the reception took my breath away, then onto the room, I couldn't quite believe I had this huge space to myself, the bathroom alone was bigger than most hotel rooms with a lovely view over the lagoon from the bath.
The special touches that this hotel offer really do make this a 5* luxury resort, from having your sunglasses cleaned, and a power pack brought to you by the pool, to a little bottle of alcohol free bubbly in the family suites for the kids on arrival! They really do cover everything. Again we ate in a few of the restaurants and again the food was outstanding, my favourite here was the floating restaurant.
We did a pastry class, which got pretty messy, a cocktail making class, another wine tasting in the hotel cellar where they stock a bottle valued at $12,000! I did have a go at paddle boarding here... and failed miserably, but it was good fun! Then we rounded the trip up with the most amazing massage in the hotel spa.
To round up my experience, I fell in love with Mauritius and I would go back in a heart beat, the people are so warm and friendly and the island is beautiful.
To my colleagues that joined me on this remarkable experience, you were all amazing and I am so grateful to have been given this opportunity to meet you all. I also want to give huge thanks to Emma from Constance for hosting this trip and looking after us all so well, you were fantastic. So thank you Emma and thank you Constance Hotels, and Mauritius - I hope to see you soon!