Enjoy sunset on the Indian Ocean in Mauritius

Jo Kerrigan travels to Mauritius, the ideal Valentine’s destination, and samples the culture that can be found away from the luxury hotels.

It’s been Arab, Dutch, Portuguese, French and English, acted as a vital stopping point on the route from Europe to India, and made fortunes for its landowners out of the sugar cane trade.

Now Mauritius, a little green jewel in the Indian Ocean, is a happy blend of old French families, English, Indian, Creole, and African, all living together in perfect harmony on a tiny picture-postcard island.