Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita

The Hotel

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.

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.

The Beau Champ position is the booking proposition. From the property it is 30 minutes by car to MRU airport (the south-eastern coast is closest to the airport), 50 minutes to Port Louis, 8 minutes to the Anahita Marina, and 20 minutes by boat from the property's pier to Île aux Cerfs and the second Ernie Els golf course. For travellers wanting the largest-villa, golf-and-spa-driven, multi-generational-family Indian Ocean booking with the Four Seasons service register, Anahita is the unambiguous answer. One&Only is the Belle Mare alternative; Anahita is the southern-Beau Champ-and-golf alternative.

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