Mauritius, Madagascar & Seychelles

[MEL_Traveller]

What's your honest opinion of Westin? Reviews on FlyerTalk complain its old and in poor condition

I would look at the 3 star reviews on tripadvisor when selecting resorts, possibly the four star ones too. They seem to indicate any issues with a property without the rose coloured glasses

We found going by the middle very helpful in choosing. And it took us months to settle on our final choice.

 

[Myrna]

What's your honest opinion of Westin? Reviews on FlyerTalk complain its old and in poor condition

I like it - maybe because they have us a nice room upgraded. Admittedly it did not look modern but appeared to be well maintained.
Read some not good reviews on Hilton and Intercontinental.
We walked along the beach to the Intercontinental next door - 2 mins walk! - to book dinner for tomorrow night, dinner at the Westin tonight. Something different, but hubby not feeling well so it may be just me!
The ground and beach in front of both hotels are well kept.

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

I like it - maybe because they have us a nice room upgraded. Admittedly it did not look modern but appeared to be well maintained.
Read some not good reviews on Hilton and Intercontinental.
We walked along the beach to the Intercontinental next door - 2 mins walk! - to book dinner for tomorrow night, dinner at the Westin tonight. Something different, but hubby not feeling well so it may be just me!
The ground and beach in front of both hotels are well kept.

What is the beach like at the Westin?

 

[ozstamps]

Madagascar we really enjoyed, although my wife got shigellosis - a notifiable disease, due to unsanitary cooking in some jungle camp!

We flew from Mauritius to Madagascar on Air Mauritius.

We did a weird routing that took us to a Safari camp in inland South Africa outside Port Elizabeth, and then to a slum in Mumbai India! And a stop in Singapore on way out and Bangkok on way home.

A trip report with many pix here -

Our Madagascar PHOTOS - a road less travelled - STAMPBOARDS - Postage Stamp Chat Board and Stamp Forum

 

[MEL_Traveller]

What is the beach like at the Westin?

Habe a look here:

 

[Ansett Nostalgic]

Habe a look here:

Too rocky to swim?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Too rocky to swim?

According to the chatAI headline in google it says the rocks were placed there by the hotel to stop the waves. And it’s good for swimming and snorkelling.

But it’s not the traditional beach most people imagine when they think of mauritius. If you google Trouble aux biches, or Pereybere, of Blue Bay you’ll get the calm and clear lagoons. But i haven’t been to the Westin so can’t comment.

I have been to the beaches above, and also to Flic en Flac… which is the home to some f out resorts like La Priogue.

The top resorts on the island are Le Saint Geran and Royal Palm. With beaches to match, but you’re easy looking at €600 a night half board there.

 

[Myrna]

What is the beach like at the Westin?

All the beaches on this strip of resorts are not sandy like our beautiful ones. Hard to walk on, sand plus shell grits and coral. Very few people were swimming on the beach. Most are in resort pools.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

All the beaches on this strip of resorts are not sandy like our beautiful ones. Hard to walk on, sand plus shell grits and coral. Very few people were swimming on the beach. Most are in resort pools.

It’s a good observation.

Research, and then research again before choosing a place in Mauritius! For anyone looking to go you need to compare the hotel’s pictures with tripadvisor and use google image searches and videos of the surrounds.

Many hotels might capture their beach view by standing in the water, looking back at the hotel. That doesn’t show things like rocks, or the condition of the sand.

Never take the hotel promo shots as a true indication.

A great beach makes all the difference. The place we stayed was beautiful clear water, even when you couldn’t stand you could still see the bottom!

Groups of guests would spend an hour at a time bobbing in the beautiful warm waters, chatting and floating. We’d do that two or more times a day, it was great.

 

[Myrna]

Madagascar we really enjoyed, although my wife got shigellosis - a notifiable disease, due to unsanitary cooking in some jungle camp!

We flew from Mauritius to Madagascar on Air Mauritius.

We did a weird routing that took us to a Safari camp in inland South Africa outside Port Elizabeth, and then to a slum in Mumbai India! And a stop in Singapore on way out and Bangkok on way home.

A trip report with many pix here -

Our Madagascar PHOTOS - a road less travelled - STAMPBOARDS - Postage Stamp Chat Board and Stamp Forum

We are flying to Madagascar from Mauritius today - for 2 weeks. Thanks for your trip report with photos. We look forward to seeing many species of lemurs. We will visit at least 5 National parks, take 2 private flights and 1 commercial flight to minimise road travels. Not looking to roads full of pot holes and remote lodges (arrrgh mosquitoes). Neighbour kpc plus one will be here and Madagascar in 2 months time. We use same tour company in Madagascar,