Travel Guide

Place to Visit: Curepipe

Main Urban Town of Mauritius

Central Mauritius, Mauritius

Curepipe is one of the main residential towns in Mauritius. It is a busy town with good shopping, plentiful restaurants and is home to Mauritius’s largest football stadium. Situated in the south-west corner of the town is a lovely, peaceful, botanical garden.

Great Reasons To Visit

  • Head out to the extinct volcanic crater of Trou aux Cerfs

Background

Curepipe became a large and prosperous town when in 1867 the residents of Port Louis fled their homes and headed inland during a malaria epidemic.

Relaxing

Curepipe

Close by is the extinct volcanic crater of Trou aux Cerfs.

Martello Towers

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Southern Mauritius, Mauritius

Originally five towers built by the British in the same style as the tower at Martello in Corsica, they were built as a coastal defence in case of invasion by the French navy who were unhappy with the...

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Quatre Bornes Weekly Market

Quatre Bornes Market

Central Mauritius, Mauritius

Quatre Bornes is a busy commercial town situated south of Port Louis. It is home to a fabulous twice weekly market, on a Thursday and Sunday. The market attracts both locals and travellers who flock t...

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Trou aux Cerfs

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Central Mauritius, Mauritius

Trou aux Cerfs is an extinct volcanic crater, 85m deep and more than 200m wide, located close to Curepipe. There are spectacular viewing points from the road around the rim into the now heavily forest...

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