This beautifully restored Chateau is simply too good to be missed. Full of family history and the Parkland is just like the Chateau, superb. The restaurant is of an equal standard with excellent food, service and location. You need to book it though. Rum tasting included with the admission price is a real treat with the choice of dozens of rums all created at a distillery within the Estate.Souvenir shop staff reflect all of those we met. Happy and helpful. The Chateau is a shining jewel of Mauritius and we will visit again.

This is a beautiful house in beautiful gardens, with a decent amount of history set out in the house about how it came to be, the family that built it and the estate both in the past and now. There are strong French and British influences in the house though most of the furniture you see in there is probably not quite what it would have been back in 'its day'. Great if you like looking around historic properties, great if you like looking at plants/flowers - and with the opportunity to try (and buy) some rum which is made from sugar grown on the site. We were there for about 2.5 hours, could have stayed longer but were struggling with the heat, because we hadn't quite adjusted to the Mauritius climate at that point. Good few hours out, recommended.

Although the day was thwarted by cyclone candice so it intermittently rained heavily on this visit, the chateau was beautiful and the explanation of its restoration was fascinating, the family story over several generations in and around the chateau brought the place alive. The gardens were lovely and trees offered some protection from the rain. The rum tasting area was busy and a bit crowded and the shop offers really good quality products, however these cost more than going around the corner to the quarter des seres shopping area still on the same estate which surprised us.

We took a guided tour of the chateau with Purdy, starting in an underground tunnel in the gardens to see how sugar cane used to be processed there, then moving into the chateau itself. What a beautiful place - so well restored, with such attention to detail. After the tour, we had an excellent lunch in the adjoining restaurant, then spent another hour looking at further displays and admiring the views from every corner of the upstairs verandah. Purdy was a wonderful, thoughtful guide with a wealth of information about the fascinating history of the family and the estate. This tour was one of the best excursions of our stay in Mauritius - a big thank you.

The chateau was beautiful and the information provided about the history and the film about the renovation were fantastic. It was lovely to wander around the house and gardens at our leisure because it was such a hot day. The ladies at the rum tasting were friendly and accommodating. The part that let the experience down was the rude and brusque server in the restaurant. As we entered the restaurant he came hurtling over to ask if he could help us. We told him we’d like lunch and he was so rude, pointing to a table out in the sun - there were other tables available inside. He basically ejected us from the restaurant as quickly as possible. It turns out that there was a conference on and the attendees were having lunch. What a difference it would have made of he’d have been pleasant instead of rude. Needless to say we left and had a delicious lunch 50 yards away at La Terrasse

We took bus 215 from Grand Baie and the driver dropped us a short walk from the chateau. The house was very interesting as were the gardens. Visited the turtles but didn’t do the rum tasting. We had lunch at a nearby cafe in the shopping centre.

An exquisitely renovated, Colonial House, set in beautiful gardens, was a delight to visit. What fabulous views the original owners must have had. A dramatic, tree lined driveway, beside a small chapel, led to the teak built house. With no corridors to trap heat, every French window opened out on to the veranda surrounding the house. Heavily polished floors glistened, tables were laid, wall coverings depicted deer hunting scenes, a study looked out on the gardens and sugarcane beyond. Upstairs a four poster bed was lost in a huge bedroom. A stroll through the gardens revealed coffee plants amongst many other labelled plants and informative signs. Lunch was a treat in the restaurant followed by a juice and jellies tasting ... or rum if you prefer. An excellent way to spend a few hours and enjoy a delicious lunch.

For me probably the best place to visit in Mauritius, you can re live history yet enjoying all the modern facilities all in a very harmonious setting and in keeping with nature and local culture. There is a lovely café surrounded by luscious plants where to enjoy a nice meal, a groceries shop that sells products made in the estate, a rhum distillery a boutique and a lovely plants nursery and of course the mansion and the grounds. Don’t miss the giant turtle! For the more adventurous (but not too much) you can get there by express bus 215 from Grand Baie and Port Louis.

We only had chance to visit the house and rum tasting and shop. Beautifully restored house and gives you a flavour of what it must have been like to live in the house. Not all translations are in English. Gardens we saw looked beautiful, cinnamon trees and four spice trees. Rum tasting was fun and very nice souvenir shop. I bought the pineapple and cinnamon jam.

We visited here during our day trip around Mauritius. There had obviously been a wedding the previous evening as all the tables and seating and wedding decor was still present. Beautiful old colonial building. Unfortunately there were no lifts and having mobility difficulties we were unable to go upstairs to look at the rooms there. Sat on the terrace outside enjoying the spectacular trees and the silence. A very serene place. Went to little cafe in grounds and enjoyed a local rum tasting. Good shop there with quality souvenirs.