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Full Day - Pamplemousses Gardens , Historic Marine & Port Louis

The day starts in Port-Louis for shopping. At Le Caudan Waterfront, the craft market offers a range of spices, souvenirs and basketry, next to designer shops with top quality clothing and duty free jewellery. You can also have a glimps of the fascinating cross section of Mauritian life at the local market.

The next highlight is an incursion into local history and art. The Blue Penny Museum houses the famous Post Office stamps, first issued in Mauritius in 1847, a collection of prices documents, prints and paintings witnessing the discovery of the island. A boutique offers souvenirs and reproductions from the museum collection. Then board for a relaxing trip along the North West coast to Trou-aux-Biches for lunch at La Cravache d'Or or a veranda beach restaurant with a coastal view. At Cap-Malheureux enjoy a view over Gunner's Coin and Flat Island before proceeding to Historic Marine, a museume come shop of 18th century hand-made ship models. The day ends with Pamplemousses Botanical Gardens created by French naturalist Pierre Poivre in 1767. The Chateau de Mon Plaisir, built in 1735, can still be seen there. The garden is known by world famous botanists for its 500 rare plant species from all over the world and housing the "samadhi" (funeral shrine) of the Father of the Nation, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam..The most famous are the giant Victoria Regina water lilies and the 80 varieties of palm tree, including the talipot, said to flower once every 60 years and then die and the spices- nutmeg and clove.