Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita ranks #26 on our 2026 list of the best honeymoon hotels in the world. The case below explains why — the hotel itself, the standard it operates at, what it does specifically for couples on a milestone trip, and the alternatives we tested it against.
“On Anahita estate — 134 villas with championship golf course.”
The hotel itself
A 136-villa Four Seasons on a private peninsula in Beau Champ — opened October 2008 — with two Ernie Els-designed championship golf courses, the Bambou contemporary-Mauritian restaurant, and the largest hotel spa in the Indian Ocean.
"A 136-villa Four Seasons on a 60-hectare peninsula in Beau Champ. Two Ernie Els championship golf courses on the property. The villa-only inventory and the multi-generational-family scale make this the unambiguous Indian Ocean family booking."
Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita opened on 1 October 2008 as the brand's first Indian Ocean property — built on a 60-hectare peninsula on the south-eastern coast of Mauritius at Beau Champ, with the Indian Ocean to the east, the protected Anahita lagoon to the north, and a private mile of beach to the west. The architectural commission was Hong Kong practice WATG with interior architecture by Bensley Design Studios; the brief was a deliberately villa-only inventory of 136 detached and semi-detached villas arrayed across the peninsula, with the principle that no villa should be visible from any other and that every villa should have an unobstructed Indian Ocean or lagoon view. The two Ernie Els championship golf courses (the 18-hole Île aux Cerfs course on the offshore island; the 18-hole Anahita course on the peninsula itself) were completed in 2008 and 2007 respectively and operate as the property's principal sporting amenities.
Why it works for a honeymoon
The geometry of an island honeymoon is different from the geometry of a city honeymoon. You are flying somewhere with one purpose. The hotel is, for ten days, your entire universe — the restaurant, the bed, the beach, the boat. The properties that succeed in this format do not borrow energy from a city outside; they generate their own.
Four Seasons is the operating system most luxury hotels are quietly compared against. Founded in Toronto in 1961 by Isadore Sharp and now controlled by Bill Gates and Saudi Arabia's PIF, the brand defines the corporate-luxury floor: a service ratio that doesn't break in shoulder season, a butler programme that actually does the things, and a kitchen that delivers a flawless club sandwich at 3am in any city you can name. For honeymoons Four Seasons rewards the couple that wants the hotel to work without thinking about it. The brand exists to remove problems before they become problems.
The 136 villas divide between Garden Pool Villas (66 units at 175 sqm with private 6-metre pools), Ocean Pool Villas (44 at 200 sqm), Beach Pool Villas (18 at 280 sqm directly on the beach), and the named Multi-Bedroom Villas (8 units of 2-3 bedrooms at 380-600 sqm) including the Royal Pool Villa at 1,000 sqm with a private 18-metre pool, dedicated villa staff and a private outdoor sala-pavilion. Bathrooms are travertine and brass; bath products are Voya, Four Seasons' signature Indian Ocean partner.
Bambou is the principal restaurant — a contemporary Mauritian-Asian register opened with the resort. Acquario is the Italian fine-dining; Beach Shack is the all-day beach-front register; Aqua is the contemporary seafood; Tides is the Asian-tasting kitchen. The Spa at Four Seasons Anahita — at 4,000 square metres across two floors, the largest hotel spa in the Indian Ocean — runs nine treatment rooms, two couples' suites, hammam, sauna, and an indoor 25-metre lap pool. Two outdoor pools (the family pool, the adults-only) and the full-service Watersports Centre complete the wellness layer. The Kids For All Seasons programme operates a separate dedicated complex with full-day programming.
Where it ranks against rivals
For a 2026 honeymoon at this level, the most direct comparisons are Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel in French Riviera (#25 on this list), Il Sereno Lago di Como in Lake Como (#27 on this list), Ritz Paris in Paris (#24 on this list). Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita earns the higher rank for one or two specific reasons we explain in the verdict above. The other properties are not lesser hotels — in some cases the answer for your particular trip is the runner-up, and the city-specific page below has the full local ranking.
Practical: getting in
Address: Mauritius. Honeymoon-suited categories book six to nine months ahead in shoulder season, twelve months ahead in peak. The full review at the hotel page has current rates, room categories worth paying up for, and the dining and spa programmes worth booking pre-arrival. Use our honeymoon occasion page for the broader context.