Dinarobin Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa

If you’re after a sense of escape, it’s probably not a bad idea to choose a hotel without an address — no number, no street name, not even a postal code. All the better if it’s situated on a tiny tropical island in the Indian Ocean, one lined with white sand beaches, practically exploding with palm trees and named for a mountain of a hue so jungly green that it’s hard to imagine it existing outside the tropics. That location, of course, is exactly what you’ve got at the Dinarobin Beachcomber, an all-suite, colonial style resort on Mauritius’s Le Morne peninsula.

On a lesser tropical island the setting would probably be enough, but this is Mauritius, and the competition among luxury hotels is full-starch stiff. The result: four restaurants, including one where you can wear dress shoes if you like, and another where you can sink your toes into the sand, a sprawling spa amidst gardens and pools at the foot of the mountain, and enough sports (bocce, tennis, sailing, diving…) to occupy several Mauritian Olympic teams. Oh, and along with their nearby sister hotel on the Morne, they’ve got their own eighteen-hole golf course, the aptly named Paradis. Put a little extra power behind your stroke and you might end up wading toward your ball in the turquoise-blue water of the Indian Ocean, on soft white sand, beneath the shade of a stand of palm trees — not exactly the worst punishment for missing the green.

There’s plenty to do, but the postcard-perfect beaches are ultimately the reason all these outstanding hotels are in Mauritius. At the Dinarobin, you can enjoy it up close under the shade of a straw parasol, or from a not-too-distant distance in your suite. All rooms, starting with the entry-level junior suite, face the water and come with covered balconies or terraces, so you can gaze at the water until it inevitably calls you in. Opt for a beachfront suite for unobstructed views and step-out access to the sand. The senior suites are designed to feel like a private apartment. They include a master bedroom, a large terrace with an overhanging straw roof and rattan furniture, a lounge area and an enormous bathroom that has a tub from which you can watch palm trees sway on the other side of a bay window. It all makes for a rather cushy hideout if you don’t want to be found for a while — yet another good reason to stay in a place without an address.




How to get there:
Dinarobin Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa is located 70 km (1h15min) from the Sir Seewoosagar Ramgoolam International Airport. The hotel offers a few transportation options.