fantastic holiday

Just returned from Maritim Hotel, Balaclava, Mauritius and what a wonderful holiday we had. The hotel was lovely in beautiful surroundings, our prestige room was the best we have ever had and the staff were extremely friendly and helpful - nothing was too much trouble. My husband has slight mobility problems so we emailed the hotel a few weeks before departure and they ensured our room was quiet and in a position where there weren't too many stairs. Having said that you do need to go either up or down a few stairs to eat in the main restaurant but this wasn't a problem for him. The food was very good although slightly spicy (but not hot spicy) so if you only like plain meat and veg you might struggle a bit.

We celebrated our anniversary while there and had dinner at the La Maree restaurant on the beach that evening and the staff made sure it was very special for us - we were even serenaded. I had 2 treatments in the spa and even though we had to pay for this it was well worth it. A lot of the activities are free although, of course, you do have to pay for some but not as many as we would have expected.

All in all it was the best holiday we have ever had. We just relaxed and were made to feel special like everyone else at the hotel. We did not hear anyone complaining although no doubt some people would probably be able to find fault but we couldn't! We did have a day trip around the island which was very interesting as we visited the gorge, the volcano, hindu shrine and a few other places of interest but we mainly chilled out which is what we went for.

We will definitely return!