Lux Grand Gaube

Style

High-life village

Setting

Gaube-smackingly scenic

Superlatives are much deserved at Lux Grand Gaube, a stellar beach resort that’s a Mauritian grand dame. Its geography is irresistible, securing your affections with powder-sand coves, sprawling grounds cleverly plotted to offer privacy and ocean views for all, plus a peaceful peninsula that’s for grown-ups only. Families will love its generous suites and villas, excellent kids’ clubs and child-friendly beaches. Yet there’s just as much to seduce couples, too: the resort’s top-notch spa, raft of restaurants and adults-only pool are sure to impress. Extras such as Scuba diving, seaplane tours and island-hopping by yacht set quite the benchmark for barefoot luxury stays.

Facilities

客室

186, including 68 suites.

Checkout

11am; earliest check-in, 2pm. Both are flexible, subject to availability or an additional charge.

詳細

There are rates for room only, bed and breakfast, half board and all-inclusive.

Also

Two ground-floor superior rooms have adapted ensuites and ramps for wheelchair users.

フィットネスセンター

インターネット接続（無料）

ランドリー

プール

ホテル内にレストランあり

ルームサービス

スパ

At the Hotel

Watersports centre (pedalos, Hobi cats, windsurfers, standup paddleboards, kayaking, water-skiing, wakeboarding, glass-bottomed boat tours); Scuba (extra cost), beach volleyball, tennis courts and tuition, padel tennis, table tennis, bocce ball, golf driving range, bikes for hire, gym, wellness studio, outdoor parcours circuit, mindfulness maze, indoor and outdoor cinemas, pottery studio, sea plane and yacht (both for excursions at extra cost), infirmary, helipad. In rooms: butler service (villas only), free WiFi, cable TV, Lux coffee machine, kettle and teas, minibar, free bottled water, yoga mat, Lux Me bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

Kelly Hoppen interiors ensure all rooms are stylish – spacious, too, starting at a suite-like 50 square metres. Peace-seeking couples will love the thatched beachfront beauty of Prestige Junior Suites, which come with a private Jacuzzi and are set in the adults-only Banyan area. Fitness fiends will love the Wellness Junior Suites, which give you access to a whole host of health-focused activities and amenities. Ground-floor junior suites are smartly dressed in neutral and navy and come with a bathtub looking onto a miniature walled garden. Family suites flaunt ample space and match sophistication with a child-friendly set-up. Or, on an ocean-lapped private beach with its own pool and garden, Lux Villa (which sleeps six) is a butler-serviced showstopper.

Poolside

A tale of two pools, Lux Grand Gaube has a (chlorinated) family pool, near the main beach (and heated in winter), edged by a wooden deck dotted with daybeds and sunloungers. In the adults-only Banyan area, there’s a second ocean-facing pool (no children allowed), fringed by palm trees and also sporting daybeds and loungers and handily near the Rum Tree House and BB’s burger shack.

Spa

Lux Me Spa is ready to revive you from head to toe (Lux Me spa ranges, its products of choice). Its stats are impressive and enough to recommend planning ahead (all facilities require booking): three pools (warm, ambient, cold), 12 treatment rooms, relaxation spaces indoors and out, a steam room and sauna. Check in for a 90-minute signature ritual, including a sugar body scrub, back massage and reflexology, breath work and aromatherapy. This thatch-roofed warren of wellness also has a hair salon and nail bar, plus a barbershop for Mr Smiths (where you can get a whisky with your whisker trim). The gym offers running, cycling, rowing machines and elliptical trainers; its mind and body studio hosts yoga, pilates and meditation classes.

Packing Tips

Let fly-and-flop lazy days be your inspiration: prioritise swimwear and threads to throw over it, plus glamorous options for evening (no heels required though).

Also

A smart-casual dress code for evening (with long trousers for men) means you should pack beyond beachwear and flip-flops.

子供

Very welcome. There are family suites, child-friendly beaches, clubs for both children and teens, babysitting (extra cost) and baby kit provided. Little Smiths can get creative with hands-on pottery sessions.

ギャラリー

Food & Drink

Top Table

The terrace at Bodrum Blue oozes place-to-be cool and comes with ocean views. Picnic tables beneath a banyan tree at Creole Smokehouse make for a memorable lunch. And any table at upscale Inti feels special.

ドレスコード

You’re asked to cover swimwear wherever you dine: opt for flowing linen at Bodrum Blue; cool and casual for the Palm Court and Beach Rouge; save your finery for evenings at Inti. Gents will need longs for dinner and footwear other than flip-flops.

Hotel Restaurant

There are enough restaurants at Lux Grand Gaube that you’ll need to stay at least a week… Open-sided, white-timbered Palm Court is open for breakfast and dinner and comprises a pick ’n’ mix of dining stations including South East Asian fare, Italian, a Teppanyaki table, salad bar and dessert stop. Beach Rouge, nearer the sands, is open for lunch and dinner and is a casual spot for salads, burgers, pasta and more. Upscale yacht club vibes accompany Turkish plates at oceanside Bodrum Blue (lunch and dinner). Pitch perfect for a special occasion, dinner-only Inti is the resort’s à la carte Peruvian restaurant – a smart dining room of chandeliers and marble-top tables where you can linger over ceviche and work-of-art tacos. Then there are the resort’s street-truck-style pitstops: Caribbean fare at Creole Smokehouse, burgers from the shack at (lunch only) BB’s and ice-cream served from a converted car-kiosk at Ici.

Hotel Bar

An open-sided bar with ocean views, Palm Court is a scenic spot for coffee, soft drinks or alcohol (10am–midnight). Lux loves coffee so much that it has an on-site roastery and brews its own – available at Café Lux beside the lobby (7am–11pm). Whether or not it’s a DJ night at oceanfront Beach Rouge, it’s a great spot for apéro hour or after-dinner drinks – with low-slung chairs and tables on the sand (5pm–midnight). A white-sail awning shades the painted deck jutting out to sea at Bodrum Blue – our recommendation for sundowners (5pm–11pm). Choice is the secret weapon of two further bars: banyan-shaded Rum Tree House is a cabana curating 88 types of rum with special tasting sessions available (6pm–11pm); on the beach, the G&T 100 Club scores a century of gins from across the globe (5pm–10.30pm). The Pisco Bar at Inti is the spot to savour a sour or two before dinner (5pm–11pm). French Kiss at Banyan is a restored Citroën van serving liquid refreshment daytime.

Last Orders

The Palm Court is open 7am–10.30am for breakfast. All restaurants serving lunch are open 12.30pm–3.30pm; dinner, uniformly, is served 7pm–10.30pm.

Room Service

A dedicated menu is available 24 hours. Villas come with 24-hour butler service.

Planes

Mauritius International Airport (MRU) is 90 minutes from the hotel by road. Lux Grand Gaube can arrange private transfers at extra cost.

Automobiles

The hotel has a car park and free valet parking.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

An Indian Ocean playground with balmy temperatures and a bucolic interior, Mauritius has much to offer visitors and the hotel’s concierge can arrange a raft of outings beyond the resort. A trip to Black River National Park brings the chance to swim with bottlenose and spinner dolphins. You can ride horses along the beach from nearby stables in Mont Choisy. Pack balance and bravado for kitesurfing in the lagoon off Palmar Beach. To appreciate Mauritius from the air, book a helicopter or seaplane tour. Dinghy sailing with a qualified skipper will take you to Bernache Island for a picnic on the beach. Or spend a day on a private island featuring cocktails under the filao trees, a beach barbecue, tour of the former governor’s grand villa and snorkelling the island’s shallows. The hotel’s watersports centre has (free) pedalos, kayaks, windsurfers, Hobi cats and stand-up paddleboards: sailing tuition and Scuba diving cost extra, but water-skiing and wakeboarding are both thrown in with your stay. Padel tennis is a cross between tennis and squash; there are four floodlit tennis courts at the resort, plus a bocce ball pitch and volleyball at the beach. And you can also hire bikes to explore the countryside around Grand Gaube, take part in ceramics workshops at the pottery studio, or spend time at Studio 17, a dedicated club for teens and their parents with table tennis, other sporting activities and a laidback lounge area.

Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt

This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .