Trou d'Eau Douce and Île aux Cerfs: from the fishing village to the Anahita villas

Two kilometres from the village, this Attitude boutique hotel, for over-18s only, looks across the lagoon to Île aux Cerfs. Around sixty sea-facing rooms and 11 villas surround a pool with a bar and the POZ spa. It's a certified B Corp and has done away with single-use plastic.

The draw is the free boat to Île aux Cerfs, leaving at 9am and 10am and coming back mid-afternoon. The hotel itself says you're better off crossing over for a swim. There are four restaurants, including Kot Nou for Mauritian food and Moonrise for lobster, and the group's All-in All-out deal lets you eat at eight Attitude hotels, transfers extra. Reviews single out the staff, the food and the quiet.

It's the only place to stay on Île aux Cerfs itself, and there are just three bubbles, run by Sunlife. You're met at the private jetty at Pointe Maurice, then it's about ten minutes by boat to your bubble: a queen bed, air conditioning, a coffee machine, a private bathroom, an outdoor shower and a butler.

Dinner and breakfast are included, along with a welcome drink, a golf lesson or one green fee per person per night, and access to the golf course's private beach. The real treat starts after 5pm, once the day-trippers have gone: the island empties and you watch the stars from bed. Children are welcome, with a sofa bed for under-12s.

Opened in 2008 on the Anahita estate at Beau Champ, the Four Seasons has 90 villas, a Royal Island Sanctuary and 45 rental villas and residences, all on a lagoon. Renovated in 2025, it has its own beach on Île aux Cerfs, with La Plaz Beach Grill, reached by free speedboats roughly every hour.

There are half a dozen restaurants, from Radici's Italian cooking to Awase's Japanese and Angara's Indian, plus a Rum Library, a twelve-room spa and two 18-hole courses a boat or buggy ride away. Children have the Hobbit Village, teenagers a club from age ten. Reviews praise the service, the island beach and the shallow lagoon.

Until December 2025 this was the Anahita Golf & Spa Resort. When it joined Sunlife, the group behind Sugar Beach and Long Beach, it became The Bay Club at Anahita. It shares the Beau Champ estate with the Four Seasons but is a separate hotel, with junior suites, Prestige suites and villas, one of them a Prestige villa with a butler.

There are four restaurants ( Origine, Signature, Il Forno and Bliss ), the GLOW spa and two golf courses: Anahita's, designed by Ernie Els, and the Bernhard Langer course on Île aux Cerfs, reached by boat. The resort promises two private beaches, including reserved access on Île aux Cerfs. It's a way to enjoy the estate in suites where you can cook.

Next door to Tropical Attitude, two kilometres from the village, Friday Attitude is the group's family hotel: family rooms with a separate bedroom for the children, a free club for ages 3 to 12, beach volleyball and yoga. The sandy beach is close by, just across the road according to the hotel.

Two restaurants, a food truck, a tea bar, two bars, a pool and the POZ spa mean you needn't go far. For Île aux Cerfs, Tropical Attitude's boat runs twice a day, if you sign up. On other platforms, several hundred reviews mention the staff, the beach and how clean it is. Its postal address says Belle Mare, but the hotel is in Trou d'Eau Douce.

On the coast road in the heart of the village, this residence opened in 2012 and has thirteen units by the sea, with a private stretch of beach. Each has its own kitchen with a fridge and microwave, and a continental or English breakfast is on offer.

On two other platforms, more than 400 reviews averaging over 9 talk about the sea views, the location, daily housekeeping and a manager guests often mention by name. It's the place to shop in the village and catch the public boats to Île aux Cerfs, without being tied to a hotel.