As we drive into the seaside village of Flic en Flac, on the west coast of Mauritius, the sun shines in a cloudless sky. ‘We call this The Magic Place,’ my guide tells me with a smile. ‘Even when it’s ...

Flic en Flac and Wolmar beaches on the island of Mauritius seen from above, with its turquoise lagoon and jungly mountains. While the multicultural paradise of Mauritius, set between Africa and India, ...