PORT-LOUIS · MAURITIUS
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We distinguish reference research from information checked on the ground. These pages are an editorial first edition, prepared on 22 September 2026. Confirm changing details directly with the relevant venue.
Editorial references
SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Caudan parking facilitiesUnited Docks · Park & RideCaudan · Food and drinkGrand CantonMauritius Now · Central MarketIntercontinental Slavery MuseumMauritius Now · Port LouisLe Caudan WaterfrontUNESCO · Aapravasi GhatBlue Penny MuseumMunicipal City Council of Port LouisMetro ExpressMauritius Ports AuthorityMauritius Ports Authority · History of the PortRepublic of Mauritius · History and cultureJummah MosquePort Louis · Reference bibliographyPhotography
The market portraits, market conversation, food counter and Chinatown street-food photographs were supplied by Henri Fayolle. Each carries a visible © Henri Fayolle credit. Copyright remains with the photographer.
The homepage waterfront image was selected from Travel S Helper. Its source is credited directly on the photograph.
The aerial photograph of Port-Louis is by Arne Müseler, photographed in 2022. Our resized and cropped renditions are shared under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 DE licence. It shows the city at the time of the photograph.
Photo Arne Müseler / arne-mueseler.com · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE · croppedOriginal photograph and licence
The photograph of Aapravasi Ghat is credited to Z. Thomas in the existing Andan editorial library. Other street, food and waterfront photographs come from the Andeor and Editions collections. Their original attribution records are retained in the project’s photography register for publication review.
The photographs of Fort Adelaide and the Rémy Ollier memorial are by Karsten Ratzke. The Blue Penny Museum photograph is by Benoît Prieur. These three photographs were released under CC0 on Wikimedia Commons.
The PDF also features archival photography from Golden Tiffin’s 2017 Port-Louis article, by Thahmina Haseen. The complete photography credits are on the guide’s final page. Golden Tiffin
Maps
Map data and tiles are provided by OpenStreetMap contributors. Markers are editorial location references, not surveyed entrances or a verified pedestrian route. External directions open a separate mapping service.
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