Gift ideas Port Louis

A place of culture and showcasing of Mauritian know-how and talent, this space, which is almost adjacent to the Sugar Adventure Museum, is built around a dance studio, several sheds converted into boutiques for local and international designers, and the old foundry masterfully renovated into a jewellery workshop by the brand Patrick Mavros. African Trader promotes high quality African handicrafts, The Octopus redefines the art of high end printing while exhibiting photographers from Mauritius and elsewhere (purchase possible).

A brand new brand created by the Passion Group, known in Mauritius for its original and creative jewellery. It is again the originality and design that inspire the designers of Lifestyle: a shop containing accessories and articles excavated in several countries around the world and is found nowhere else in Mauritius.

Start with delicious teas presented in original bags with superb teapots and transparent tasses. But also functional baskets to contemporary lines and materials for shopping, innovative and sophisticated accessories for home, including kitchen, and a multitude of other practical and fun products such as torches for hunting or diving, waterproof iPods, etc. A shop on the ground floor of the brand new Caudan and products Lifestyle Jewellery from Phoenix and River Black (Creole Brook complex).

Renovated in 2023, the Craft Market is a separate section of the Caudan Waterfront, dedicated to crafts. In a contemporary setting that combines the softness of wood with gracefully curved lines, you'll meet local artisans, happy to share their skills and talents. On two floors, one stall follows another, offering souvenirs in vacoa, rattan, wood engravings and, of course, the national dodo in its many variations. You'll also find organic soaps, sugar cane varieties and more.

This is the must-see wing of the Mall de Bagatelle, Mauritian and industrial in architecture and style, as cheerful and colorful as a local market. In addition to culinary street food stalls (Creole, Indian, Asian flavors...), it features a number of fine Mauritian designer labels (clothing, handicrafts...). We salute this fine showcase of the island's know-how, and fall for a personalized Polly Esther cuddly toy, a beauty product from La Savonnerie Créole, offbeat socks and boxer shorts from Matelot...

Still called bazaar, it is the oldest market of Port Louis. An institution in its own right, it occupies two floors of a covered building and happily spills over into the surrounding streets. If its visit is a must even when you have nothing to buy, the place is also popular for daily shopping as evidenced by the number of locals who go there every day. Food products (fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, vanilla, meats, fish...), clothes and accessories, handicrafts abound. Prices a little higher than elsewhere.