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Colonial houses Colonial houses, Mauritius Original colonial architecture is fast becoming a thing of the past, but it is still possible to find; in Port-Louis, the capital, for example. © Bamba Sourang / OT Ile Maurice

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Actual private museums, the houses of the old planters are generally found on the hills of the island, in the heart of beautiful gardens. Built on ground level, they have a veranda - an open gallery, along the façade and under which the dwellers of the house kept cool. In order to get a better idea of this type of house, the best thing to do is to pay a visit to the Domain of Eureka (see picture). Situated in the north, in Moka, this residence belongs to the family of the French writer Le Clézio. Transformed into a museum in 1986, it displays beautiful furnishings of the East India Company. The owners have even rearranged some of the outbuilding into a guest house. So it is possible to stay on this exquisite estate.

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