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The Blue Penny Museum is one of the Mauritius attractions, situated in Caudan Waterfront and specialised in the Mauritius Island’s art and history, but especially on the philatelic history of this state. The museum has two of the rarest stamps in the world: the one penny orange stamp and the two penny blue stamp, both from 1847, estimated at 1 million dollars each. The address is: Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis and is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10.00 to 17.00. The Central Market is also one of the Mauritius attractions. The diversity of the locals from Port Louis is much more evident in the space of the Central Market at which you can go from the Farquhar Street, near to the harbour. The Central Park of Mauritius has a unique work of its iron parts built to praise the queen Victoria.
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Chinese, Indian, Muslims-all of them sells their fruits, herbals and other things in this place. It is recommended to visit the market in the morning, before the hottest period of the day (it opens daily, at 06.00, including Sundays). Chamarel doesn’t have to be missed from the Mauritius attractions list.
In the South-West of the island, a road twists and turns from the Case Noyal village to the fascinating geological attraction the Seven Coloured Earth.
Here you can find a large variety of coloured sand with blue, green, yellow and red land particles resulted from the volcanic rocks.
Close, a splendid waterfall offers the visitors a wonderful view in the middle of luxuriant vegetation. The Mauritius attractions list includes the Natural History Museum.
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It hosts a very important exhibit for the natural history of Terra: a replica of the legendary Dodo bird, which totally disappeared at the end of the 17 th century. The Dodo bird could be found only in Mauritius and was discovered by the Portuguese explorers around 1505.
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The address of the museum is: Chaussee Street and the program is from Sunday to Monday from 09.00 to 17.00. The museum is closed on Wednesdays. The Royal Botanical Gardens from Pamplemoussses are also important Mauritius attractions. These spectacular gardens, the main touristic attraction of the island are situated at about 11 kilometres North-East from the Port Louis and the access is made with buses travelling in this direction.
Today, these gardens are officially called the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoollam Botanic Gardens, in the honor of the last country’s prime minister but they are best known with the anterior name. The land of these gardens is protected by an iron guard that won a prize at an international competition from Crystal Palace in London, in 1862 when it was built.
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The gardens were arranged for the very first time in 1735, around the Mon Plaisir hall. Later, the house was bought by the Pierre Poivre, which brought diverse plants species from all over the world. You can see palms, fruit-trees, aromatic plants, mahogany trees, pandanus and a lake with huge water lilies from Amazon. The daily program is from 09.00 to 18.00.
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