Neighbourhoods · Royal Street & its side streets

Chinatown

Old shopfronts, painted walls and flavours carried across an ocean.

Pedestrians beneath red lanterns in a narrow Chinatown street in Port Louis

A CLOSER LOOK

Meet the place.

Give Chinatown more than a photograph beneath an arch. Its character is in the small shops, bakeries, family businesses and food counters that keep the neighbourhood moving. Street art adds another layer to streets that already carry generations of stories.

The Sino-Mauritian food here belongs to Mauritius as much as to the journeys that brought it into being. Pause for boulettes or a sweet from a bakery, and notice how the city’s communities meet through the ordinary act of eating.

Before you go

Shops and food stalls keep their own hours. Visit respectfully and ask before photographing inside a business or a place of worship.

About these notes

Written from the references below. Opening hours, admission and access should be checked with the venue before your visit.

KEEP YOUR CURIOSITY GOING

Another side of the city.

Colourful umbrellas and palm trees between the buildings of Caudan Waterfront
By the water

Caudan Waterfront

Salt in the air, colour overhead. A gentle introduction to the capital.

The waterfront
A trader reads a newspaper behind a vegetable stall at Port Louis Central Market© Henri Fayolle
Food & markets

Central Market

Come to the Central Market with a little appetite and room to browse. A food stop, a look through the produce stalls and time to compare a few souvenirs make a satisfying first visit.

The old city
Aapravasi Ghat behind a white fence and large trees, with a heritage information board
History & culture

Aapravasi Ghat

A place to pause with the histories of migration and indentured labour.

Trou Fanfaron
Your city, a little closer

A few places to begin

Guided tourPort-Louis heritage & street-food walking tourCity historyPort-Louis, Capital City of MauritiusPlaceCaudan WaterfrontPlaceCentral MarketPlaceChinatown
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