Mauritius
Mauritius earns its honeymoon reputation and then quietly outgrows it. Behind the lagoon is a Creole-Indian-French island of sugar-estate history, street-food markets, and the basalt drama of Le Morne, which anchors the southwest like a full stop. We plan the coasts by wind and the interior by appetite, in the cooler dry months when the light is at its cleanest.
Best for
- Honeymoons with substance
- Lagoon coasts
- Creole food
- Easy winters
When to go
- May–Nov
- The cool, dry trade-wind season; the island at its most comfortable.
- Sep–Oct
- Our pick: warm seas, clear skies, shoulder-season calm.
Photo: Gavish Barosee · CC BY-SA 4.0