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Shopping:
 It may not be generally known, but many of the designer clothes sold in
Europe originate in Mauritius. The textile trade is booming and the visitor can expect
tremendous value from goods brought here at a fraction of the price of those at home.
Cashmere is one of the purchases most Europeans make, not only sweaters and cardigans, but
also suits for both men and women which can be made to measure within two weeks. Cotton,
silk and linen imported from the Far East are used to manufacture finished garments of the
highest quality.
More and more shopping malls are opening all over the island, the
latest is the Caudan Waterfront Centre which has branches of some of the best known
clothing and jewellery shops within its precincts as well as art galleries, a market of
handicrafts and a carpet shop. Curepipe, Rose Hill and Quatre Bornes are all good shopping
centres, as is Phoenix, which has Continent, the only hypermarket on the island. There are
large number of duty free shops which sell jewellery and designer clothing. Port Louis has
a colourful market, which exudes local atmosphere and sells everything from homeopathic
medicines, aphrodisiacs and clothing to fruit, vegetables, fish and meat. There are
supermarkets, minimarkets and boutiques in the many hotels around the island with a wide
variety of goods to cator the visitor's needs.
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