Evaluation: Shangri-La Le Touessrok Resort, Mauritius

March 9, 2023

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Right this moment: Evaluation of Shangri-La Le Touessrok, Mauritius

Following a renovation that took a complete of six months, the long-lasting Le Touessrok, Mauritius, re-opened its doorways in 2015 as Shangri-La’s Le Touessrok Resort & Spa. The attractive property fuses famend hospitality with legendary historical past and Mauritian island stylish. The resort’s design enhances the encircling panorama, delivering the right mixture of favor, sophistication, and legend. Select from 200 rooms and suites and three personal seashore villas that overlook glowing turquoise waters. With its secluded personal island, intensive seashore, and stylish eating places and bars, Shangri-La Le Touessrok is among the island’s best luxurious inns. From water sports activities to land actions, the resort presents a spread of experiences that may be customized to satisfy all pursuits.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius options in my high 10 listing of the greatest resorts in Mauritius.

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On this assessment (extra information and photographs beneath my YouTube video):

PROS & THINGS I LIKE

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Resort is among the greatest 5-star resorts in Mauritius. A haven for all vacationers, Mauritius is a chic year-round vacation vacation spot. Situated within the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa, Mauritius presents vacationers sunshine, clear blue skies, glowing seas and white sand seashores (throughout the dry season). Journey seekers will experience lush forests, nature and wildlife reserves, and historic grottos, whereas cultural fanatics can soak up native performances and artwork resembling rhythmic Sega dance and music. Lively vacationers take pleasure in water sports activities resembling kayaking, paddle boarding, wake boarding, crusing, snorkeling and diving, windsurfing, and water snowboarding. Land-bound actions entertain with mountain climbing, biking and extra. Romance is throughout with illuminated centuries-old banyan bushes and exquisite sunsets amid ocean horizons, and households can bond by means of actions and cultural experiences.

Opened in November 2015, following an intensive and considerate renovation, Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius is a five-star resort nestled alongside the picture-perfect japanese coast of Mauritius in Trou d’Eau Douce Bay. The island’s glamorous east coast is much less developed in comparison with the west coast and the very best spot for any vacation in Mauritius. It options miles of powdery white seashores, azure lagoons, and 5-star resorts frequented by the wealthy and well-known. The japanese shoreline can also be the windiest coast, which implies a welcome cooling onshore breeze in summer season (November to April) and nice circumstances for windsurfers and sailors in winter (Might to October). The resort is roughly 45 km (28 mi) from Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Worldwide Airport and 50 km (30 mi) from the island’s capital Port Louis. It takes about one hour to achieve by automobile and 10 minutes by helicopter from the airport.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius contains a beautiful Mediterranean-style structure fused with Shangri-La’s signature Asian design components, which creates a welcoming atmosphere from the second friends step foot within the foyer. In deference to the island’s Sega dance traditions, an artwork set up adorns the wall of the foyer, depicting the swirling spectacle of the clothes throughout this domestically revered dance. Customized furnishings and modern picket sculptures are highlighted by a pure and heat coloration palette. Refined animal prints on the textiles and marble flooring replicate the African affect and island location. Lamps are just like artwork masterpieces fabricated from solid glass, every completely different and distinctive. The foyer opens to a water backyard the place a woven sculpture – created by native artist Reza Supur – takes middle stage. Impressed by weaver birds that resided on a date palm all through the six-month development of the lodge in 2015, the sculpture honors Mauritian artisanship.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius options 189 rooms and suites, making it one of many largest 5-star resorts in Mauritius. Housed in low-rise, whitewashed Mediterranean-style pavilions dotted across the seashores, all lodging provide views of the glowing Indian Ocean. Throughout my vacation, I stayed in a second flooring “Junior Suite Frangipani Membership Ocean View”. The bed room featured a kingsize mattress with a settee on the facet, and opened to a small furnished balcony overlooking the turquoise waters. The ensuite rest room was geared up together with his and hers basins, separate bathroom and bathe cabins, as effectively an egg-shaped standalone bathtub. The suite featured modern island-chic décor all through and included thoughtfully designed motifs, together with summary representations of the contour of sand in sea in addition to turtles which replicate the three hidden heroes within the resort’s Tortoise Alcove.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius’ rooms are available 9 classes, starting from ‘Coral Deluxe Room Ocean View’ to the ‘Two Bed room Suite’. The primary differentiators between the room varieties are the dimensions of the room and the situation. The lower-end room classes are situated within the older Coral wing, which is a bit additional away from the resort’s essential services. The mid-category Hibiscus suites sit on the coronary heart of the resort, close to the primary pool, in a considerably secluded bay shielded from the commerce winds. Probably the most coveted and costly suites are situated within the extra personal Frangipani Wing, which sits on a secluded islet reachable solely by way of a picket bridge from the primary resort (offering a way of exclusivity and privateness). Frangipani suites include a number of further complimentary advantages, such à la carte breakfasts at Republik Restaurant, each day pleased hour, complimentary minibar and 24-hour butler service.

On the far finish of Shangri-La Le Touessrok’s essential seashore are three huge seashore villas, which symbolize probably the most unique deal with in Mauritius. Every villa options three bedrooms, ensuite bedrooms (geared up with designer Acqua di Parma toiletries), a full kitchen, an expansive outside deck with secluded infinity pool, an out of doors waterfall bathe and direct entry to a personal stretch of white sand seashore. Residents of the three seashore villas take pleasure in 24-hour butler service, entry to a private chef, luxurious airport transfers and a devoted on-site villa group. Villa friends may reap the benefits of the Dom Pérignon Butler expertise, through which a devoted butler is out there to serve the status Champagne, anytime, anyplace. Visitors are greeted by their Champagne Butler, who will then be available all through the stick with decadent Dom Pérignon and gourmand canapés created to enrich the fragile classic.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius presents friends a subtle culinary expertise with inspirational gastronomy that’s rooted in nature, sourcing from ethically and domestically grown substances the place potential. There are 4 eating places and one bar on web site:
- That includes a market-place ambiance with a present kitchen, Le Bazar is the resort’s all-day eating restaurant (situated one flooring above the foyer). Breakfast options dwell cooking stations, a wellness juice bar utilizing medicinal vegetation and recent infusions, while dinner takes friends on a world culinary journey with a dim sum trolley, noodle bar, a rotisserie and a western space providing meat and seafood grills, a signature burger station and a children’ nook.
- Kushi is a glossy, Japanese restaurant with a devoted on-site sushi grasp and yakinuku grills at every desk. Open for dinner solely, the restaurant’s eclectic menu contains teppanyaki, tempura, udon and soba noodles, shabu-shabu and signature dishes together with Kobe and Wagyu beef. I extremely advocate the normal Omakase set menu, which presents the chef’s specials altering each day with the recent fish arrivals (the very best Asian meal I ever had in my life).
- The resort’s signature restaurant Safran serves classical Indian delicacies with Mauritian influences in a recent and stylish setting full with an open kitchen. Open for dinner solely, the restaurant’s culinary expertise is designed round a set menu providing a collection of completely different plates together with breads, rice, curries and tandoori.
- Subsequent to Safran is Sega Bar. Named after the Mauritian dance, this Mauritian rum and tiki bar presents a group of revered Mauritian rums and over ten house-infused rums. Sega Bar’s signature is the ShangriLa Cask, a singular molasses eight-year-old rum that’s served in a mango wooden smoked glass over a filtered ice ball and an orange twist.
- Republik Seashore Membership & Grill is a recent life-style vacation spot that options Mediterranean delicacies and barbecue grills, an elegant bar the place friends can experience type in opposition to a soundtrack of dwell music and performances by native and worldwide DJs, and a bohemian seashore lounge. On chosen evenings, this eating venue presents themed buffets on the seashore.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius is about amongst 4 pristine, white sandy seashores, which rank among the many best on the island. The primary seashore – in entrance of the Hibiscus wing – is lengthy and large and options white gentle sand lapped by the turquoise waters of the lagoon. Situated in its personal little bay shielded from the commerce winds, this seashore – known as Hibiscus Seashore – connects to a second seashore – known as Barlen’s Seashore – which can also be the spot the place the Republik Seashore Membership & Grill Restaurant is situated. Each seashores function loads of solar loungers and umbrellas, and glorious service is supplied alongside the whole shoreline. There’s additionally a water sport middle on Hibiscus Seashore, providing complimentary non-motorised water sports activities (kayak, SUP, paddle boat, Hobie Cat). A 3rd, smaller seashore is situated on the coronary heart of the Frangipani islet and a fourth seashore is about on the resort’s southern shoreline, in entrance of the older Coral wing and close to the jetty from the place the shuttle boat to the personal island departs (extra on that beneath).

Simply off Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius’ pristine shoreline lies Ilôt Mangénie, a personal island which is open solely for friends of the resort, offering a superb seashore expertise within the Indian ocean. The distinctive vacation spot presents a day of excellent castaway tranquility on a outstanding island paradise with complimentary boat shuttles departing each 20 minutes. With 3.5 km (2 mi) of pristine seashore, Ilôt Mangénie is residence to an elegant and idyllic seashore membership which presents dozens of ocean-front solar beds dotted alongside the shore. There’s additionally a restaurant – open for lunch solely – which serves scrumptious seafood platters, wood-fired truffle pizzas, tailored cocktails and native specialty rums. For an intimate expertise, friends can retreat to a extra secluded space in a seashore cabana, ultimate for day leisure or tailored eating experiences. Wellness seekers may go on holistic spa journeys with on-island signature spa therapies. On-island butlers are on name to cater to friends’ wishes.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius options world-class leisure services. Visitors can calm down and rejuvenate within the tranquil waters of two swimming swimming pools: a lagoon-style household pool overlooking the primary seashore subsequent to the foyer and a fantastic adults-only pool on Frangipani islet. For these searching for a quicker tempo, the resort’s state-of-the-art health is situated subsequent to the spa (extra on that beneath) and has services to go well with each health choice. The fitness center’s skilled group may help every visitor obtain their greatest by means of private coaching and stretching classes and specialised packages for swimming, aquatic train, tennis and golf. The resort additionally presents bocce ball, soccer, volleyball, badminton, archery, yoga, stretching, a jogging monitor and aquatic health classes, nature trails and biking. Gamers of all ranges can take pleasure in 4 synthetic grass tennis courts with flood lights. Visitors can discover the fantastic thing about the coast by means of an e-cycling experience.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius invitations its friends to attain stability and serenity at CHI, The Spa, which attracts inspiration from the legendary Shangri-La, a spot of non-public peace, enchantment and wellbeing. Spa therapies are based mostly on pure therapeutic strategies present in conventional practices shared by many Asian cultures. Set within the coronary heart of the resort and surrounded by luscious verdant tropical vegetation, the spa options eight therapy rooms, every with their very own design components impressed by native Mauritian tradition. A big selection of therapies is on provide. In partnership with the French luxury-skin-care firm, Biologique Recherche, friends can take pleasure in personalised aesthetic care that mixes a medical method to hyper-customised therapies with a 3-stage methodology for assured rapid and long-lasting outcomes.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok Mauritius’ friends have the chance to play on two spectacular golf programs:
- The primary lies on the personal island of Île aux Cerfs, separated from the mainland by a shimmering turquoise lagoon, and contains a gorgeous 18-hole course designed by legendary skilled golfer Bernhard Langer. The course covers 38 hectares with 18 holes that sweep up and down the gorgeous panorama. The course is complemented by the island’s pure topography and contains volcanic outcrops, lakes, gullies, and wealthy, lush vegetation, all framed by spectacular ocean views.
- The second golf course, Anahita Golf Membership, is about on a former sugar plantation and presents a magical expertise that makes probably the most of its unbelievable tropical setting with two distinctive nine-hole loops backed by lush mountains and fringed by a crystal-clear lagoon. The course additionally contains a absolutely serviced membership home and Professional Store, in addition to a variety of scrumptious Mediterranean choices at its very personal restaurant.

Shangri-La Le Touessrok, Mauritius is managed by Shangri-La Lodge & Resorts, one of many world’s main luxurious lodge manufacturers. Via nature-inspired design, pleasant culinary & cultural experiences, and its impeccable service, the model goals to presents its friends a Shangri-La second. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the Shangri-La Group has grown from a single lodge enterprise to a world portfolio comprising actual property and funding properties, wellness and life-style services. Right this moment, the Group owns, operates and manages 100+ inns below 4 manufacturers: Shangri-La, Kerry Lodges, JEN, and Merchants. The corporate is a part of the Kuok Group, considered one of Asia’s most dynamic multinational conglomerates and a pacesetter in properties, logistics, agribusiness, maritime and hospitality.

CONS & THINGS TO KNOW

Though Shangri-La Le Touessrok is considered one of Mauritius’ older resorts, the property is immaculately maintained and the resort additionally doesn’t present its age (the lodge was utterly renovated in 2015 when Shangri-La took over administration). However because the resort was constructed 4 many years in the past in a time have been common lodge rooms and suites the place nonetheless the norm, the lodging are usually not as spectacular because the pool villas that are supplied at a number of the island’s newer 5 star inns. The exception to the rule in fact are the resort’s distinctive 3-bedroom villas. IMHO, you shouldn’t keep at Shangri-La Le Touessrok for the room product (which remains to be glorious although and completely feels 5-star) however relatively for the fabulous location (which – along with One&Solely Le Saint Géran – ranks among the many greatest on the island), the gorgeous white-sand seashores, the world-class resort services (together with an exquisite adults-only space) and the wonderful eating places.

Among the rooms can solely be reached by stairs (and never elevators) which is likely to be difficult for friends which have difficulties with strolling. That mentioned, the resort has loads of rooms on the bottom flooring that are wheelchair accessible, so ensure that the e book the correct room sort or to tell the property’s reservation about any mobility points.

Sangri-La Le Touessrok’s greatest suites are situated on a personal islet – known as Frangipane islet. However whereas this was once a real islet (separated from the primary resort space by slender canal) that’s now not the case as sand has changed the canal. The identical is true for the personal island Ilôt Mangénie, which is separated from the favored Ile Aux Cerfs by a slender, simply forded and generally silted channel (so day vacationers on Ile Aux Cerfs can and do cross the channel to the personal island though you’ll solely encounter few of them).

MY VERDICT

Location: 9/10
Design: 8/10
Pool: 9/10
Rooms: 8/10
Meals: 9/10
Breakfast: 8/10
Spa: 8/10
Service: 9/10
Worth for cash: 9/10
General expertise: superb 8,6/10

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BEST TIME TO VISIT

Throughout the Mauritian summer season months (November to April) the times are lengthy, scorching and humid. That is additionally cyclone season with January to March being the wettest months – so in the event you do go on a vacation to Mauritius at the moment you have to be ready for some heavy rain. Because it by no means actually will get chilly on the island in winter (Might to October) the common temperature merely drops from sticky to balmy. So on the whole, the very best time to go to Mauritius for cooler, drier climate is from Might to December. That mentioned, in the event you’re planning to remain on the east coast, I like to recommend avoiding the months of July and August as that is when the wind is at its strongest on this facet of the island.

HOW TO GET THERE

The resort is situated a 60-minute drive from the airport, and you may e book a personal switch by means of the lodge, or prebook a less expensive taxi. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Worldwide Airport (SRU) is served by many airways (click on right here for a repeatedly up to date listing of airways that provide direct flights to Mauritius).

PHOTOS

Beneath is a collection of my photographs of Shangri-La Le Touessrok, Mauritius. To view extra photographs (together with breakfast and dinner), click on right here.