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In the centre of the island, to five kilometers in the south of Port-Louis, 17 kilometers length an enormous urban centre extends on four kilometers broad where resides about half of the population . It is composed in fact of several cities: Beau bassin, Rose-Hill, Quatres Bornes , Phoenix, Vacoas, Floréal, and Curepipe. Many people wonder from which this curious name comes from Curepipe. One of the explanations more " scientific" consisted in saying that the place named by a French officer, in remembering its native village of Curepipe in the Gironde. However, after long research, in particular in France, this theory ended up being abondonnée with the profit of an other, much simpler: the site, called in the past Mare-aux-Joncs rings, was a place of halt privileged on the road which went from Port-Louis to the south of the island; the travellers who stopped there benefitted from it to clean their pipe. Curepipe is the capital of manufacture of the miniature boats. One finds there thus in the surroundings (Forest-Side, Floréal and Rose Hill) of many factories and stores. The choice is difficult because very large and, according to the addresses, the prices vary enormously. With some steps of Curepipe, Floréal public garden is the city of the residential districts of all the island. You will be able to admire by far like of almost splendid villas of important personalities like those of ambassadors. The notoriety of Floréal Square is due also to its resolutely industrial city, grace in particular to its famous Musée of the Textile. Once inside you will let yourselves fill with wonder by the manner of manufacturing Tee-shirts or even shirts. By making a Phoenix turn, you will be able to visit, The Mauritius Glass Gallery. You will discover there the universe of the traditional techniques of glass recycled at 100%, but also, the design of glass coloured as well as a small museum retracant the history of glass. This gallery proposes in the same way, of many other products, all different such as mirrors, vases or even tinted lamps… |
