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Flacq District is famous for the best beaches in Mauritius and also one of the best in the world. Flacq District contains some of the major renowned hotels like Coco Beach, The Residence, Touessrock, Belle Mare Plage, BeauRivage. You can also visit famous temple in Mauritius, Best sunrise and sunset and also the best destination for you to enjoy your Holidays in Mauritius. Flacq is one of the most happening places in the country. You can find some of the best beaches in mauritius, which falls under the best beaches in the world. Flacq also have many International standard 5 star (Five Star Hotels) In flacq you can enjoy the warm weather and with very good shopping experience in Mauritius. Flacq district also have some un explored places, which mystery minds team would like you to visit them and enjoy the beauty of nature in mauritius.

Flacq district also have some of the best temples, which are constructed on the shore of the beach. Flacq district is rich in vegetation and plantations.

You can notice some of the main towns under Flacq District, please click the links to find out the relative information which falls under Flacq district.

CENTRAL FLACQ - SOUTH EAST OF MAURITIUS PORTAL

This the hottest place around for shopping!! The number of shops and products that you can find around is so colossal and varied. Search for whatever you wish: clothing, classical Indian dresses, electronics, computers, jewelry, watches, pets, games, theaters, reconditioned cars, taxi services…and so many things. Most of the shops sell clothes, and that at a very low price!!! A unique occasion to get your new outfits. Famous buildings are the Arcade Virginie, La Source Commercial Center, KFC, Courts, Galaxy, etc. Even the famous supermarkets are present at Central Flacq: ASM, Spar, Winner’s, Top Shop. Central Flacq’s population consists of some 16,500 people. Everyday, it attracts a huge crowd from the nearby villages and from the other districts too. Byron College, Professor Basdeo Bissoondoyal College, Modern College, Darwin College and Sir Leckraz Teeluck State Secondary School are the main Secondary Schools found at Central Flacq. The best time for shopping is during the day. Better avoid 2.15 p.m to 3.00 p.m because there will be a rush of college students from all the sides! The church and the temples around are also worth a visit, you’ll thus learn more about the Mauritian culture.

A calm and innocent looking village, with a population of some 7500 people, Poste De Flacq is only some ten minutes drive from Central Flacq. Poste De Flacq is better known as “Au Poste” by the villagers. As you drive along the main road of Poste De Flacq, you can notice small shops (including tourist shops too!) here and there. Even a Game House exists. The inhabitants’ favorite spot is the small and sweet beach of “Choisy”. While entering the “Choisy” road, you’ll be delighted to admire the scene as it is so well maintained by the “Prince Maurice Hotel”. Humps along the road will slow your vehicle down and thus you can take more time in viewing the site. The “Choisy” beach is a very well frequented beach and it’s just behind the “Prince Maurice Hotel”. Children, youngsters, elderly people (especially ladies) can often be seen with there self made fishing equipments in the shallow water (that will often not exceed ones ankle), in search of fishes, shrimps, crabs, eels, and so on. Almost near the coral reef, men are also seen fishing with long bamboo sticks. Dinner will be made out of those sea creatures. Others go there simply for an unforgettable picnic among friends and relatives. The lawn just besides the white sand is so clean that you can have your food there itself without any kind of problem. Beach sports are rarely practiced there. Further, behind the trees and bushes, an old cemetery still exists. Another cemetery, the “cimetière anglais” (English cemetery) can be found in the vicinity of the NHDC flats.

Poste De Flacq is also very famous for a very unusual Hindu temple. The huge “Shiva Sagar” temple was constructed over the surface of the seawater. The statues of Gods and Goddesses inside the temple are really fascinating. If the tide is high, one will have to go through the seawater to reach the entrance of the temple.

Poste De Flacq – enjoy nature in the east of Mauritius

Where can we find the best beaches, hotels and restaurants in Mauritius? At Belle Mare bien sur!! This is the place for you to enjoy in Mauritius and let others know what the east of Mauritius is!! Just imagine: you, lying on the white sand, admiring the waves colliding against the coral reef, the waiter serves you a chilled beer (or whatever), the sun tanning your skin and you are simply relaxing. That would be paradise. Well believe it or not, that’s a very common scene at Belle Mare!! That could be really true! The best hotels: Le Saint Geran, Le Coco Beach, Le Residence, Beau Rivage, Ambre Hotel, Le Palmar, all found at Belle Mare itself. Still there are lots of other small hotels and restaurants that equally give a service of high standard. Another place of great interest is the Water Park. You can even shop around Belle Mare’s main road. Clothing shops, boat model shops, etc are present there. Two super markets also are at the disposal of their clients. People in Belle Mare are very approachable and they are used to helping people who need any kind of help.

Water sports are so common in Belle Mare. Be it Kayaking, fishing, parachuting, skiing, diving, swimming, wind surfing or even kite surfing, every single sport can be practiced there!!

Belle Mare - east of Mauritius - the best place to enjoy in Mauritius.

TROU D'EAU DOUCE - Flacq District Portal

Trou D’eau Douce (population – 4800) is a must for tourists!! A village in constant development, with so many different types of tourist shops, all selling varieties of interesting products (from seashells to jewelry). The One And Only Touessrock Hotel is located there along with a couple of nice restaurants. If you wish to go the “Île aux Cerfs” you’ll have to through Trou D’eau Douce. After some 20 – 25 minutes of safe travel via small boats, you’ll set foot on “Île aux Cerfs” for some exciting adventures. Even here the cost of the trip very affordable. On some occasions, you might as well get “glass bottom boats”, allowing you to admire fishes and live corals in their natural habitat. Pure pleasure!!

Trou D’eau Douce – get your tickets for “Île aux Cerfs” in the east of Mauritius

FUEL - EAST OF MAURITIUS PORTAL

F.U.E.L stands for “Flacq United Estates Limited”. It’s often called as “Union”. Although F.U.E.L is a very small village, with a very thin population, it is very well known throughout Mauritius. The main place of interest in this village is the famous F.U.E.L Sugar Factory. It is considered as one of the biggest factories of the Indian Ocean. The factory is such a busy place during sugar cane harvest time (June – October). Lorries (in Mauritius the old “Bedford J6” is so common for this purpose) can be seen going to and fro the factory at any time of the day, with their wagons fully loaded with fresh sugar cane just cut down by laborers, from the sugar cane fields. It’s the same plant that will afterwards be converted to sugar in the factory.

Besides the sugar factory, F.U.E.L also hides beautiful rivers and small ponds.

F.U.E.L – sugar production in the east of Mauritius

St Julien - Flacq District Portal

Just besides the village of Lallmatie, St Julien Village is a very small and calm village with a population of some 3500 people. St Julien Village is a very good example of multi racial locality. There you can find temples, a mosque, and a church. It’s rare to find people of different cultures living so peacefully together. St Julien Village’s main attractions are the restaurants – Restaurant de L’Est and Manuel. Both restaurants offer quality food, especially Manuel, for its high-class Chinese dishes. They are open till late in the night for you to visit them at any time you’d like. St Julien Village – Chinese food – East of Mauritius.

LALLMATIE - SOUTH EAST OF MAURTIIUS PORTAL

What an atmosphere! Today is Saturday, market day for the village of Lallmatie. As you enter the market a melancholic smell immediately drives your attention towards varieties of products on sale by merchants working in the market. You’ll find vegetable sellers, fruit sellers, cloth merchants, hawkers, peddlers, etc. You’ll even get the chance to taste the famous “Dholl-Puri.” At the Lallmatie market, you are sure to get all the products of your choice, at a low rate. During the past few years, the village of Lallmatie has gone through several main changes leading to its development. Nowadays, it’s easy to go around shopping in the area for you can find numerous shops, supermarkets, souvenir boutiques, frozen food shops and so on. You can even find a couple of jewelry shops, displaying their skills via chains, earrings, rings and others.

Lallmatie is well equipped concerning services such as health, sports, security, banking, entertainment and education. The village’s football ground is a very popular place for youngsters. The pride of the village is the “Manilall Doctor State Secondary School” which is attended mostly by girls from the eastern part itself. Ancient temples and also new ones can be noticed in different parts of the locality.

Lallmatie, consisting of a population of some 10,000 people is an attractive village, in constant development, and rich in Mauritian culture.

CAMP DE MASQUE/CAMP DE MASQUE PAVE - EAST OF MAURITIUS PORTAL

The lifestyle in Camp de Masque and Camp De Masque Pavé is said to be completely different from other villages. In these villages, there are neither big shops nor any huge shopping centers. But Camp De Masque Pavé does have something really interesting. There, most of the inhabitants (some 7000 people) are involved in plantation out of which they earn their living. Sugarcane, fruits and vegetables are mainly planted. The main plantation remains that of Pineapples. Acres of uneven land can be seen masked with pineapple plantation. If not, it’s surely some other form of plantation again.

One should be well equipped before visiting the area. If you are planning to visit the area, the best way is to use a pick up truck or some other off road vehicle. While we were exploring around, we were really very surprised to see a small but beautiful cascade. Its water runs through the crops and plants.

The other interesting part of Camp De Masque Pavé is the mountains. The most popular one is “The Fayence Mountain”. Climbing “The Fayence Mountain” is not difficult, but surely needs some precautions. The ascent might last nearly one hour. Once at the peak, the view is absolutely mind-blowing!! The nearby villages and even the sea can be admired. At dusk, the scene is even more attractive. There, you can picnic or even set up a camp and light a fire.

Camp de Masque and Camp De Masque Pavé - the greenest place in the east of Mauritius.

BRISEE VERDIERE AND BON ACCUEIL

Brisée Verdière and Bon Accueil are two neighboring villages. Brisée Verdière is a small village, with a population of some 7500 inhabitants. Small business places have cropped up here and there during the past few years. The best place of visit in Brisée Verdière is the “Salim Auto”, reconditioned car seller. It is the biggest showroom of cars in the whole of Mauritius. The vehicle models are not the latest but you’ll be surprised to see such an interesting place in the east of Mauritius. Bon Accueil, smaller than Brisée Verdière, has a population of nearly 5000 people. Supermarkets, various shops, snack sellers, meat and seafood sellers can be easily located across the Royal road. A State Secondary School, for girls, was recently constructed at Bon Accueil.

The “Shri Krishna Balarama Mandir”, by the “ISKCON”, was completed in the year 2000. The temple opening was very grand and was memorious for the east of Mauritius. It is a huge and beautiful temple entirely dedicated to “Lord Krishna”. The temple has a very calm atmosphere that soothes the mind. Various activities are held at the temple, especially on Sundays, when hundreds of people gather in the temple to pray the Lord. Visitors are mostly welcome during the day. Simply the pride of the villagers of Bon Accueil.

MARE D'AUSTRALIA

A small village of about 3000 inhabitants just after Brisee Verdiere. Historically known for being the place where rice was planted in Mauritiu during war times.

From the "Dictionnaire Toponymique de l'Ile Maurice no.1":

In 1873 Charles Léon Burguez bought the 'Les Mares' sugarestate sucrière Les Mares. Burguez was previously a gold prospector in Australia et thats where he got married. He Changed the name of the sugar estate to 'd'australia'. Gradually a village grew in the neighbourhood and was given the name of Mare d'Australia.

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