The hotel was okay - the rooms were clean but the facilities for cooking were very limited. No chopping boards, very limited utensils. The bathroom was okay but it would have been nice if they had left a small bar of soap to be used Location was good at the end of the Nidri road. However, my main complaint is the flight. We arrived at Gatwick in good time and the plane arrived half hour late. We then had to wait for more communication with regards to the delay for that day 27th September. Finally at 2000 we were advised that we would be taken to a hotel for the night and fly the next day. No communication was made until the early hours of the 28th and we eventually flew at 0830 - thus missing a whole day of our holiday. Small Planet was the airline being used and this had some technical problems as well as the crew being out of time to fly. We are returning customers of Olympic and normally have found Olympic to be professional, but in the case of losing one day of our 7 days holiday this time, it is unlikely that we will travel again. We would like some form of compensation from Olympic to satisfy the lost day of our 7 days holiday. Please reply to me regarding this incident my email is [email protected]. I await your response with eager anticipation

Sands Hotel - We were looking forward to a quiet break from London city life for two weeks in the sun, the hotel seemed very new and customer service on arrival was impressive, the rooms were of a high standard and all staff were attentive during our stay. There is low-key entertainment each night around dinner.
We hired a car easily to explore the island and found driving OK until at one point in the hills the road stopped! and we were left with a pothole track to follow. We survived but the car was orange with mud on our return!
Did not bother visiting Port Louis as appeared a large ugly overbuilt town choked with traffic, though would recommend a trip on Blue Safari submarine (leave early to avoid heat when travelling in the car). The Seven-Coloured Sands took 5 mins to see...and 5 hours to get to, the Cassela Birdpark is very pretty with a nice restaurant overlooking the valley.
All in all a good experience travelling with British Airways, but a shame that the long-awaited break from London was spoilt by typical building works and noise during our break. There had been no warning of building works from our representative or Hotel management.