Travelling Quatre Bornes
Before You Travel
Quatre Bornes with a population of 76,000 is one of the largest towns in Mauritius. Located is the city of Mauritius in the inland about 15 km southwest of the capital Port Louis and 30 km from the airport. There is a centre of cities consisting of Rose Hill, Beau-Bassin, Quatre Bornes, Vacoas and Curepipe. Even if these five cities flow into each other they are all to consider as individual cities with their own flair and history.
Especially nice is the situation of Quatre Bornes. Quatre Bornes is surrounded by green mountains and thus prepares beautiful views. This is probably one reason why it became one of the most affluent residential areas of the Mauritian.
Quatre Bornes translated means the four borders. However Quatre Bornes is rather called the city of flowers because of the many plants and parks.
The main street of Quatre Bornes is full of countless shopping opportunities. It ranks a boutique next to the other where you can find everything like clothes, shoes, bags, cosmetics, dvds, banks, pharmacies, books and much more.
In addition there is the famous market in Quatre Bornes where on Wednesday and Saturday a very nice fruit and vegetable market is set up. Thursday and Sunday you can discover a huge clothing market, where you will find very cheap clothes and especially fabrics, jewellery and accessories but also a lot of junk is available there. On the remaining days you get a smaller market where articles of all kinds are sold.
The market place is located just opposite the bus station and can’t be missed.
About five minutes walk away is the shopping centre “Orchard Center”. You will also find many clothes like Surfer wear, Indian clothes, evening fashion, etc.
Also located in the Orchard Center in Quatre Bornes are several electrical shops, a Spar supermarket and Diane, a beautiful accessory shop which provides mainly handmade products.
In addition there is on the third floor of the shopping center the TwentyOne 22, a club which is open every Friday and Saturday night. The DJ sets mostly electronic music like house, minimal and trance. What this club makes different to many others in Mauritius is that here mainly local people of Mauritius and fewer tourists are found. It offers a good opportunity to get an idea how the local people go celebrate at the weekend.
If you want to go out for dinner in Quatre Bornes there are countless possibilities. On the main road a number of different restaurants, fast food shops and snack bars are offered.
This is a tip for a very delicious snack in between: If you walk from the main bus station to the direction to the Orchard Centre and pass it you will find after 10 minutes on your right hand side the “La Marmite Divine”. It is a small shop which provides only vegetarian cuisine. Here you will find a variety of Mauritian snacks and sweets which are excellently prepared. You will recognize the “La Marmite Divine” on a large sign with red words “100% Végétarienne cuisine.”
Quatre Bornes Tours
