What to do in Port Louis when it rains
Grey skies over Port Louis are a chance to go deep on its museums and galleries, poke around an indoor market, and find the cosiest café in town.
Museums
Spend a few hours in the city's museums — many are free, and a rainy day is the perfect excuse to take your time.
- Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site RGR3+J6J Ex-DWC Building, 1 Quay St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Blue Penny Museum Dans Caudan Water Front, RFQX+J2C, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Natural History Museum RGP2+PW5, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Mauritius Postal Museum Port Louis Waterfront, RGR2+2M3, Trunk Road, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Intercontinental Slavery Museum RGR2+9VM, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Rajiv Gandhi Science Center RFGM+MRV, Old Moka Rd, Port Louis, Mauritius
Art galleries
Duck into the art galleries; they're quiet, warm and rarely busier than on a wet day.
- Graffiti RGR4+5M6, Emmanuel Anquetil St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- 3A The Excellence of Art RFQV+4QP, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Art Lounge MU, RGM4+3Q6, Edith Cavell St, Port Louis 11302, Mauritius
- Regards Authentic Clothing Solim Nahaboo, Port Louis, Mauritius
- JKS ART MU, 59 Pouce St, Port Louis 11410, Mauritius
Historic sites
Explore the indoor historic sites and their covered galleries.
- Saint Louis Cathedral Bourbon St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- La Tour Koenig Nelson Mandela Centre for African Culture, A1, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Martello Tower RFJC+VQF, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Memoire Des Naufrages Du Stargate RFWQ+C2G, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Lenin Statue Bust RFRQ+6JQ, Port Louis, Mauritius
- National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius National Assembly, Intendance St, Port Louis, Mauritius
Covered markets
Browse the covered market — street-food stalls, local makers and somewhere dry to graze for an hour.
- Central Market Port Louis 9 Corderie St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Pailles Market Place RF6V+G58, Av. Perruche 1, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Parking kinoo square 8 Jummah Mosque St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Az Rose Garden MU, 6 Louis Pasteur St, Port Louis 11308, Mauritius
- Atalian Interactive: Call Centre - Telemarketing BPO & CRM Services Mauritius 57 Labourdonnais St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Autobase Ltd 10 Borneo St, Port Louis, Mauritius
Cafés
Claim a window seat in a cosy café and watch the rain instead of walking in it.
- Adilsons Shop 12, Citadelle Mall, Sir Virgil Naz St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Toast Maker. 5 Royal Rd, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Café LUX* Caudan Port Louis, Mauritius
- Artisan Coffee - Sir William Newton 16 Sir William Newton St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Cafe De La Presse RGP2+F6P, La Chaussée, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Cindy Villa VG92+WWJ, Port Louis, Mauritius
Indoor shopping
Hit the covered shopping streets and centres — everything under one roof.
- Caudan Waterfront Marina Quay, Caudan, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Port Louis Waterfront by Landscope Mauritius RGQ2+J7M, Quay St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- Riche Terre Mall Riche Terre Rd, Pamplemousses, Mauritius
- Citadelle Mall RGP4+RJ9, Sir Virgil Naz St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- EDITH 6 Edith Cavell St, Port Louis, Mauritius
- J. Kalachand & Co Ltd - Pailles Showroom M1, Pailles, Mauritius
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