Le Saint Geran - Patricia Lepic

30 years of a genuine paradise...Palaces are common on Maurice Island, where celebrities gather and the magazine hotel cliche fits them all perfectly. Yet Le Saint Geran has been distinguishing itself now for 30 years, offering more than just luxury, idleness and gastronomic meals. Located in the heart of a private peninsula, the 2.5km white sand beach, 4,000 coconut trees and perfumed exotic gardens make the site heavenly. But above all, the hotel authenticity comes from the staff's subtle combination of elegance, discretion and hospitality. Generation after generation, employee's families are succeeding one after the other, proving their genuine attachment. Customers fidelity never failed either. Through portraits, anecdotes and recipes from men and women who made Saint Geran's reputation; this legendary Mauritian hotel tells us the secret of its success with warmth and emotion. In order to go further on this travel to the ends of the Indian Ocean, the reader is given a selection of spices including pepper and vanilla.