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QUATRE BORNES The main road from Rose Hill (Royal Road) takes you to the St Jean’s Church roundabout, where you can either continue to Phoenix and Curepipe or turn right to Quatre Bornes. The town was so named as four former sugar estates (Bassin, La Louise, Palma and Beau Séjour) shared a common four-point boundary.

With a population of over 80,000, Quatre Bornes has developed on either side of the main road as the centre of five residential communities. The emergence of a large middle class in the area is apparent from the presence of modern shops, supermarkets and good-quality restaurants and snack bars.

The market is centrally located on St Jean Road, the main road through the town. The markets on Thursday and Sunday are reputed to be the island’s best for clothing, handicrafts and household items; on Wednesday and Saturday there are fruit and vegetable markets. There are plenty of discount clothing shops on the same road, especially in the Orchard Centre, which is just west of the market. The shopping centre is relatively modern and has a food court, where Wi-Fi is available. A little further on is the police station, near the Total petrol station.

Getting there and away The bus station is roughly in the middle of St Jean Road, near the junction with Victoria Avenue. There are regular buses to and from Port Louis via Rose Hill and Beau Bassin. Buses also depart from Quatre Bornes for Curepipe, Baie du Cap and Wolmar (via Flic en Flac).

Where to stay

Budget

A El Monaco (93 rooms) 17 St Jean Rd; % 425 2608; f 425 1072; e elmo[at]intnet.mu; el-monaco.com. Set back from the main road in attractive gardens, the hotel is a warren of en-suite rooms of different vintages (the hotel was begun in 1971), with fan (no AC), TV & phone. It has a restaurant, pool & conference room. A basic hotel catering largely for tour groups from Réunion. $$

A Gold Crest Hotel (59 rooms) Georgetown Bldg, St Jean Rd; % 454 5945; f 454 9599; e crestel[at]intnet.mu; goldgrouphotels.com. In the centre of town above a shopping complex. The unfussy en-suite rooms have AC, TV & phone, & overlook the central plaza. It has a restaurant (see below) & a conference room. $$

A Gold Nest Hotel (33 rooms) Cnr St Jean Rd & Orchidées Av; % 466 3100; f 466 2393; e goldnest[at]intnet.mu; goldgrouphotels.com. Clean, comfortable en-suite rooms with AC, TV, phone & safe. There is an Indian restaurant & a conference room. $$

Where to eat For self-caterers there is a supermarket within the Orchard Centre.

X Happy Rajah St Jean Rd; % 427 1400; ( for lunch & dinner daily. Cuisine: Indian. The sister of the restaurant of the same name in Grand Baie. Good, authentic Indian cuisine. $$$

X Gold Crest Hotel St Jean Rd; % 454 5945; ( for lunch & dinner daily. Cuisine: Indian, Chinese, Creole, European. Pleasant AC restaurant serving a wide range of dishes. $$

X Golden Spur The Orchard Ctr; % 424 9440; ( 11.00–late daily. Cuisine: Mexican, steakhouse. Modern restaurant with a fast-food feel. $$

X King Dragon La Louise; % 424 7888; ( for lunch & dinner Wed–Mon. Cuisine: Chinese. At the west end of St Jean Rd. $

X Le Bon Choix St Jean Rd; % 465 3856; ( for lunch & dinner daily. Cuisine: Creole. Popular restaurant serving reasonably priced food. $

Other practicalities

Communications Cyber Arena (% 427 7295) on the second floor of the Orchard Centre has internet access. There is also an internet café in the library at the town hall on St Jean Road (% 454 8054) and internet access is available at the post office. The food court in the Orchard Centre has Wi-Fi.

Money and banking The banks are mostly on St Jean Road, including a branch of Mauritius Commercial Bank with an ATM, opposite the market. There is also a branch of HSBC on the corner of Avenue des Rosiers and Avenue des Palmiers, near the market. The Barclays is near the Shell petrol station.

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