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One and Only Le Saint Géran Celebrates 10 Years With Foodie Feast

Where: Pointe de Flacq, Mauritius

In our bid to provide you with the most up-to-date information on hotel restaurants around the world, we can usually pack in the meals with the best of them, suffering through 7-course dinners just to provide our readers with the best, most comprehensive information possible. Seriously, we’re just that committed to you. This week, though, we heard about a deal at One & Only’s Le Saint Géran resort on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritus, that has even us wondering whether we could handle all this foodie fabulousness.

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Mauritius Four Seasons Much Better Than Dentist's Waiting Room

Where: Beau Champ, Mauritius

If you fly all the way to Mauritius, you might as well stay somewhere flash--and after opening just last year, the Four Seasons Mauritius spa resort sounds like it fits that bill. A UK Times review this week definitely gave it the seal of approval.

The Four Seasons Mauritius has 123 different villas and apparently every one has a plunge pool and an open-air bathroom and, although we think you should probably go internet-free on this kind of vacation, there is WiFi throughout. The spa sounds especially modern, if you believe the reviewer:

The glassy relaxation room has a spirally ceiling, is scattered with hippy paperbacks and has the slight feel of an upmarket dentist’s waiting room.

We're hoping this is more a case of a hotel reviewer searching for a few new adjectives rather than a realistic impression of the place--a positive review shouldn't contain the words "dentist's waiting room", we figure.

Apart from that glitch, it sounds like this is easily the best place to stay on the island, so the prices match it. Rates start from around $900 a night but there are various packages available with free nights or breakfasts included as well.

[Photo: jasmine]

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Room With a Killer View: Palm Trees at Mauritius's Legends Hotel

Where: Pointe Rejane, Grand Gaube, Mauritius

We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.

Idyllic summertime luxury with palm trees, perfectly turquoise water, a beach and a great spot to sun ourselves is what we're craving (that's not too much to ask for, is it?), which is why this killer view from a Mauritius hotel room caught our eye.

This view can be had at the Legends Hotel at Grand Gaube on Mauritius, where everything's designed around the elements of metal, wood, water and earth. There are a lot of choices for the kinds of villa or room you're after (naturally only some come with this kind of view) but the average rate comes in at around $600 a night.

[Photo: Andy Cardiff]

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Amazing Race 10 Hotel Update: Mauritius Pit Stop

Where: Bel Ombre, Mauritius

Last night the Amazing Racers left the surprisingly hotel-populated Kuwait City for Mauritius where they participate in a bunch of water activities.

After almost everyone picks the Sea challenge which was a treasure hunt by sailing to a nearby island(the other choice Salt involved finding a salt pile on a beach for a clue), the racers head for their pitstop at the Chateau bel Ombre, a former sugar estate.

We'll let Jaunted take care of the nitty-gritty episode details, while we focus on hotel.

As part of The Chateau bel Ombre, the Le Telfair is a luxurious golf, spa and oceanfront resort.

The 158 rooms and suites are accommodated in villas of 6 or 8 rooms. Ideally located between sea and nature, between the golf course and the lagoon, amidst the splendour of tropical gardens, each room offers peace and tranquillity in abundance.

Aside from golf and water activities, this seems like the perfect place to just chill and do nothing. Which is good for the Racers since last night's episode happened to be a non-elimation week (again!) But on the other hand, the rates for this place are about $500 a night--way out of their budget.

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Honeymoon to the Sound of the Drums at the Heritage Resort

Where: Coastal Road,, Bel Ombre, Mauritius

A drum roll accompanying you as you approach your honeymoon suite at first sounds a bit bizarre, but after chewing it over it actually couldn't be more appropriate.

The drummers won't actually follow you all the way to your suite but, nevertheless the beating of African drums in your hotel lobby is a good way to kick off pure escapism.

The Heritage Resort & Spa in Mauritius is the place that will beat the drums for you. But that's not all, you'll also get a drink and some...flannels:

We stayed at the Heritage for our honeymoon. As it was approaching the winter season the hotel was fairly quiet - which was perfect for us, becuase the staff could not do enough for us. On arriving at the hotel you're presented with cool flannels and they beat an african drum to announce your arrival!

The evening entertainment was very good, the mauritian dancers and african drummers were sensational and had everyone captivated.

(We imagine Brangelina picking this place should they ever decide to actually wed.)

If you're worried that the presence of drummers implies a lack of technology and other amenities here, you're wrong. The hotel has a luxurious spa, a golf course and a pretty cool infinity pool. Plus, all rooms have internet and satellite TV but, if you're resorting to these amenities on your honeymoon, you should probably go ahead and invite the drummers on into your room.

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· Heritage Resort & Spa Reviews [TripAdvisor]

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Volie D'Or Brings Bling To Mauritius

Where: Mauritius

Philippe Requin, who Tatler dubbed the 'Barnum of hotels', recently opened Voile d'Or in Mauritius, and this resort brings the bling--British old world style.

Four swimming pools, four bars, and three restaurants surround the properties 181 rooms.

Think old British Empire/Moorish fantasy. Plus you get to go to Mauritius, which brings its own share of fantasy cred to this vision.

The suites are huge, many with private garden and sofa-beds.

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·   Voile D'Or [Tatler]