One&Only Le Saint Géran

The Hotel

Le Saint Géran opened on 1 November 1975 as the personal Mauritius project of South-African hotelier Sol Kerzner — the property that established the contemporary Indian-Ocean luxury-resort vocabulary and that anchored what is now the Sun Resorts Mauritius collection. The site is a 60-acre private peninsula at the eastern Belle Mare coast — Mauritius's principal luxury-resort coast — with the Indian Ocean to the east, a calm protected lagoon to the west, and a full mile of private white-sand beach. The property was acquired by the Kerzner-founded One&Only Resorts in 2002 and rebranded as One&Only Le Saint Géran; the 2016-2017 comprehensive reimagining (an 18-month closure for $90 million in renovation, with John Heah of Heah & Co. of London as the principal architect) reopened the property on 1 December 2017 with the current room inventory and the Vineet Bhatia kitchen partnership.

The 162 accommodations include 138 Junior Suites and Suites in the principal pavilion-style buildings, 10 Family Suites with three bedrooms, 13 named Pool Suites with private 4-metre lap pools, and the One&Only Villa — a 5-bedroom standalone villa at the peninsula's tip with a private 18-metre pool and dedicated villa staff. Standard Junior Suites at 80 sqm are larger than the Indian-Ocean five-star average; the Villa at 1,200 sqm is the milestone unit. Bathrooms are travertine and brass; bath products are Givenchy.

The dining programme is the headline operational layer. Prime is the named restaurant — opened with the 2017 reimagining as chef Vineet Bhatia's first Mauritius property (Bhatia held two Michelin stars at Rasoi in London until 2018 and continues at Indego by Vineet at Grosvenor House Dubai), running a contemporary Indian-tasting register. La Pointe is the Mediterranean fine-dining; Tapasake is the named Japanese-Peruvian. The Beach Club handles the all-day beach-front register; Sapori is the Italian. The One&Only Spa by Givenchy is the brand's principal Indian-Ocean wellness facility with seven treatment rooms, an indoor 25-metre pool, hammam, and the only Givenchy treatment programme in Mauritius. The KidsOnly programme runs a separate dedicated complex with full-day programming. The peninsula's two outdoor pools (the family pool, the adults-only infinity pool over the lagoon) and the full-service watersports operation complete the wellness layer.

The Belle Mare position is the booking proposition. From the property it is 45 minutes by car to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU), 35 minutes to the central capital Port Louis, 15 minutes to the Belle Mare retail-and-dining cluster, and 25 minutes to the Île aux Cerfs day-trip departure. The eastern Belle Mare coast is the principal Mauritius luxury-resort coast — Constance Belle Mare Plage, Shangri-La Le Touessrok and Le Prince Maurice all share the same coastline. For travellers wanting the unambiguous Mauritius luxury-beach booking — particularly for milestone honeymoons, anniversaries, and high-end family travel — One&Only is the unambiguous answer. Royal Palm is the Grand Baie alternative; Four Seasons Anahita is the larger-resort alternative; One&Only is the principal beach-five-star.

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