Shanti Maurice Resort & Spa

Motorized water sports are banned at this southern-coast Mauritius resort, which means the beach stays quiet enough that you can actually hear the tide pools forming when the water pulls back over the black volcanic rock. The smallest suites run close to nine hundred square feet before the private terrace enters the picture, and thirty-six acres of mango orchards and palm-fringed gardens separate you from the idea of the outside world entirely.

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