Following SALT of Palmar’s profitable launch in 2018, Design Inns is happy to welcome the property to its portfolio as a brand new Member Lodge and because the model’s first vacation spot in Mauritius. Having made waves within the native hospitality scene with its daring design by Camille Walala, up to date eating idea, and dedication to giving again to its group, the adults-only boutique lodge encapsulates Design Inns’ core values, that are rooted in goal, connectedness, and curiosity. The collective of hand-picked, design-driven properties are outlined by distinctive inventive expression, consciousness, and the creation of areas for purposeful experiences—the addition of SALT of Palmar establishes a brand new partnership that acts as an anchor for a group of vacationers in search of transformative and restorative adventures.
Including a brand new vacation spot on the Design Inns map, SALT of Palmar has defied native expectations ever because it opened in 2018.
A gem simply east of Madagascar within the Indian Ocean, this distant African island echoes with calls of unique birds, fish, and tropical crops. Mauritius’s magic not solely lies in its unparalleled pure magnificence but in addition its unimaginable mixture of African, Indian, Chinese language, and French cultures. To discover the wild facet of the island, vacationers ought to head east, the place SALT of Palmar is situated and the place the coast unfurls in conventional villages, swathes of uncooked beachfront, sugarcane fields, mangroves, and lagoons. Within the coastal village of Palmar, white sand and sapphire waters are backdropped by outdated Indian silk saris ruffling within the wind, appearing as makeshift fences between small plantations rising chilis and greens.
With all of those sights in thoughts, Mauritius-born and -based architect Jean-François Adam renovated the lodge’s present construction, which was initially constructed within the fashion of a conventional Moroccan riad.
Because of this, the brilliant hues of the homes dotting the island—in addition to the pinks of the awe-inspiring sunsets and greens of surrounding palms and sugarcane fields—seem in every single place throughout the property. The façade is painted peach with royal blue accents, the daybeds are a vibrant turquoise with orange piping, and even the seashore towels are canary yellow. Camille additionally labored with a unprecedented vary of artisans—lovingly known as the lodge’s “SaltShakers”—on the island to develop your complete vary of furnishings on the lodge. Every little thing from the woven chairs by the pool to the rug within the library to mosaic tables, cushions, and sunbeds are bespoke. The lodge maintains shut relationships with all of the SaltShakers, and visitors are invited to take part in workshops at their ateliers.
One other spotlight is SALT of Palmar’s onsite restaurant, The Good Kitchen, which has earned a repute as a vacation spot eating outlet that attracts guests and native Mauritians alike. It was one of many first locations on the island to supply domestically rooted but globally impressed delicacies that caters to a wide range of palates, with a menu together with conventional Mauritian dishes in addition to vegan and uncooked interpretations thereof. One standout is a up to date tackle biriyani: right here, the historically meat-heavy rice dish is made as an alternative with cauliflower. Additionally value mentioning is the salt-baked fish, which is first poached in seawater and served up in a coconut broth. Each merchandise on the menu is crafted from the freshest native produce accessible, and the one imported elements are these that can’t be grown on-island. Likewise, on the à la carte breakfast menu, all the things is constructed from scratch—from kombuchas to peanut butter to jams to flaky pastries that have been first conceived in partnership with Du Ache et de Idées, a well-known Parisian bakery, and tailored to include native fruits like papaya and pineapple. Every of the lodge’s three bars—situated on the seashore, on the pool, and on the rooftop—has a definite identification with its personal menu of cocktails and alcohol-free drinks impressed by the ocean, land, and mountains of Mauritius.
Compared to the remainder of the lodge, the 59 guestrooms are extra subdued to advertise restful sleep. However playful splashes of coloration are nonetheless present in options like fiery orange-red chairs and equally hued tiled showers, crops in painted ceramic pots, and black-and-white striped cushions. Each room is provided with a customized mattress by Carpe Diem, an organization based by a Swedish chiropractor; a bespoke guidebook; and a small collection of books by native authors. Company are additionally handled to a seashore basket constructed from recycled plastics by native artisan Reotee Buleeram alongside refillable, all-natural toiletries. Pure merchandise are utilized in remedies on the lodge’s intimate spa, Salt Equilibrium, which additionally has a salt room for halotherapy. Complimentary motion actions, comparable to dawn/sundown yoga courses, serenity seashore walks, and seashore volleyball, are continuously supplied alongside extra socially aware occasions like workshops on meals scrap regrowth and how you can make tub fizzes.
Exterior of the lodge’s personal partitions, sustaining a powerful reference to and giving again to the local people is an integral a part of SALT’s expansive ethos. The lodge helps the close by Laventure Technical Faculty for Disabled and likewise organizes the “Talent-Swap Programme,” which gives visitors the chance to share their expertise and skills with the local people, and vice versa. Earlier exchanges have included a visiting inside designer giving native faculty kids a category on artwork and a hairdresser instructing college students about alternative ways to plait hair. A world journalist as soon as gave a full-day writing session to aspiring writers, whereas an IT specialist carried out programs for departmental heads and a pastry chef taught SALT workforce members the artwork of patisserie. In flip, these visitors every participated in enriching workshops held by SaltShakers: Janine Espitalier Noel hosts pottery workshops; artist Dani Volbert provides portray courses; Selva Chinan gives the expertise of planting vanilla; and the lodge’s personal workforce members educate visitors Mauritian sega dancing. SALT of Palmar additionally shares technical expertise with native college students on a quarterly foundation and invitations them to the lodge for yearly lunches and exercise days. A sponsorship program for college students’ training and nourishment can also be managed by the lodge and supported by visitors’ contributions.
Vacation spot
After visiting the island in 1896, Mark Twain wrote, “You collect the concept that Mauritius was made first after which heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius.” At solely 61 kilometers lengthy and 45 kilometers broad, this island is thought for its secluded seashores and verdant hills infused with wealthy tradition and heritage: the delectable delicacies simmers collectively seemingly disparate flavour profiles; indicators alongside roads are sometimes written in English and at occasions, in French, Hindi, and Chinese language.
Palmar, particularly, is a village on the east coast of Mauritius nestled between Belle Mare and Trou d’Eau Douce, and SALT of Palmar is situated on a miniature peninsula between two bays with calm turquoise waters. Close by are locations just like the Flacq Market, the island’s largest outside market with distributors providing all the things from materials and clothes to meals to handicrafts, whereas the fishing village of Trou d’Eau Douce is thought for its corrugated iron huts, mazes of picturesque streets, and pleasant inhabitants. The lodge is a 50-minute scenic drive from the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Worldwide Airport.
SALT of Palmar, an adult-only boutique lodge, a member of Design Inns
Quatre Cocos, 41604
Mauritius
+230 698 2727
