Top 10 All-Inclusive Resorts in Mauritius

·Excellent beachfront location on Belle Mare.

LUX* does luxury with a wink, a beach cinema under the stars, street-food pop-ups instead of stuffy buffets, and a genuinely playful mood, all on Mauritius's east coast. The LUX* Me Spa covers wellness. Design-forward without losing the polish. Best April through November.

·Exceptional boutique design and adults-only atmosphere.

SALT of Palmar is a 59-room adults-only hotel on the east coast of Mauritius, and it is a design hotel first. The colour, the local sourcing and the sustainability programme are what guests write about, alongside the food and the staff, and the scale is deliberately small: one restaurant, two bars including a rooftop, one adults-only pool. The beach is white and the water clear, with wind and tide changing the east coast more than the sheltered side of the island.

·Excellent protected lagoon beach.

·Excellent protected beach for swimming and snorkeling.

A grand dame on Mauritius's east coast with a 2km ribbon of white sand, two championship golf courses, and seven restaurants run by international chefs. The U Spa handles the unwinding. It's polished and classic rather than trendy, ideal for couples and golfers. Best in the cooler, drier months, April through November.

·Extensive Gourmet Bliss dine-around package.

Heritage Le Telfair is an all-suite resort at Bel Ombre, on the quieter south coast of Mauritius. Two golf courses sit behind it, and a spa of six treatment rooms. The 158 suites start at 62 square metres and reach 104 on the beachfront, which is generous by any standard, and the family provision is deeper than most luxury resorts manage: a baby club from birth to three at no charge, a kids club to eleven, and a teen programme. There is an adults-only wing with its own pool, heated through the Mauritian winter.

·LUX Grand Gaube is a design-led resort on Mauritius's north coast, for travellers who want two private coves and restaurants worth dressing for. It is about 75 minutes from the airport, with six restaurants, seven bars, two pools and two beaches of its own, plus the Banyan grown-ups area, which keeps a pool and cove to itself. All-inclusive is a package bought on top of the rate here, and its exclusions are the thing to read.

·Official 24-hour all-inclusive

·Large beachfront Mauritius resort with strong review volume.

·Excellent beach variety with three beaches and Blue Bay Marine Park access.

·Official five-star all-inclusive resort.