Belle Mare Plage Hotel, Poste De Flacq

From the moment I climbed out of the shuttle from the airport I knew I was going to enjoy myself. My prime purpose was to play golf, relax and be pampered. In all extents it surpassed my expectation.

The staff and the locals are very friendly and the atmosphere was superb. The resort was spotless, and despite being their Winter the weather excellent, several hours on the beach each day, no problem.

The food in itself ...
...my experience. I have limited dietary tastes! But even so in the 14 nights I stayed I don't think I repeated my main course at any time.

The golf courses are fantastic and rival exceed any that I have experienced in Spain and Portugal, The Legend is tighter and harder, and you need to be accurate rather than long, it is used for the Mauritius Open as it is a good test. The Links is wider and more friendly, but by no means push-over, ... more

From the moment I climbed out of the shuttle from the airport I knew I was going to enjoy myself. My prime purpose was to play golf, relax and be pampered. In all extents it surpassed my expectation.

The staff and the locals are very friendly and the atmosphere was superb. The resort was spotless, and despite being their Winter the weather excellent, several hours on the beach each day, no problem.

The food in itself was an experience, the quality and variety was unequalled in my experience. I have limited dietary tastes! But even so in the 14 nights I stayed I don't think I repeated my main course at any time.

The golf courses are fantastic and rival exceed any that I have experienced in Spain and Portugal, The Legend is tighter and harder, and you need to be accurate rather than long, it is used for the Mauritius Open as it is a good test. The Links is wider and more friendly, but by no means push-over, but there are sufficient tees to make it a challenge to players of all levels.

It was good that people drove on the left and you will see many old bedford lorries chugging around the island, especially if you take advantage of the taxis who will take you on excursions. Almost all of the taxis are luxurious and fully air-conditioned and can be booked from reception.

There are many excursions you can go on and the island is well worth seeing there is water based activities at the resort including an underwater walk! water skiing, as well as trips on Yachts etc. The resort faces out to the Indian Ocean, but is sheltered behind a coral reef which you can see in the distance. The beach is coral sand and makes the see appear deep blue especially when the sun is burning down.

There is quite a lot of wildlife, and I had some small visitors at night, a couple of small lizards, and a very large and friendly frog, you will often hear the frogs croaking at night especially after showers of rain.

It was supposed to have been a one off holiday, but it exceeded my expectation in every way, that I went back last year, and despite putting my back out, (The Doctor who came out for me was first class) I knew I would try and go back again, and have just booked another 14 nights there this year.

 

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