PORT MATHURIN WALKING TOUR
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This cultural tour of the capital, which lasts about 2 hours and 15 minutes, starts from the beautiful café opened by Claire and Christian in the center of Port Mathurin. Since it all started here, on the spot where the city was later built, this walking tour is one of the best introductions to the country. Like Rodrigues Friendly's other immersive and unique tours (on a day trip), the walk is brilliantly led by Christian who knows how to bring to life every single building and how to make every single reference to the past exciting. Anecdotes and explanations abound throughout the fifteen stops in the alleys of the small pocket capital, built on the water and no bigger than its 2 km2. Christian's words bring back to life the men and events that have marked and shaped the destiny of the island. It was in 1691 that François Leguat established the French colony on the banks of a river. Christian recounts the influence of Father Gandy, that of the Creole house "Centre Carrefour" built in 1872 by the Church, the importance of the post office where letters were delivered by auction, the role of the Residence that adorns an object that we all regularly carry in our pockets, the incredible history of the cannon that comes from Mesopotamia or the Rodriguan flag with its nine symbols... and so many other "little stories" that, as the brochure says, "take us far away. Favorite 2023!