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L'Aventure du Sucre

The setting for this gem of a museum is an old factory, itself evoking bygone days and a symbol of all that sugar represents. It lies within the beautiful Beau Plan Sugar Estate, located close to the famous Pamplemousses Botanical Gardens. The approach is impressive, along an avenue of bougainvillea and coconut palms, with a lake bordered by lush greenery, leading to the massive sugar factory, nowadays one of the most spectacular tourist sites on the island. A sugarcane hedge runs alongside the final pathway and to the restored and converted factory. The visit has yet to begin but already sounds of the jungle and ocean waves draws you to a mysterious entrance, through which you emerge into the vast factory, its old machines decked with a thousand lights. There are giant screens, films, a barge floating and the sudden whistle of a railway engine. What awaits you is a superb and interactive tour, helping you to learn more about the island’s history and cultures. Not to be missed is the sugar-tasting of the best of the Mauritian sugar industry, 12 unrefined natural sugars kept for export. They have a real taste to them. The senses also come alight while tasting 9 rums, with their rounded, mellow and nuanced flavors. There is a meticulous process involved. The rums, specially developed for l’Aventure du Sucre by New Grove, are aged in oak barrels from Limousin forests, infused in special sugars or in vanilla, coffee or honey.

Contact Information

Phone:+230 243 7900
E-mail:aventure.sucre@intnet.mu
Website:www.aventuredusucre.com/en

Location

Beau Plan, Pamplemousses, Mauritius.
All, Mauritius
L'Aventure du Sucre
All, Mauritius
L'Aventure du Sucre
All, Mauritius

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