Villa Tour

This road map of Flic en Flac shows the location of Villa Tour (the green oval) and our house (the red oval).

Driving directions: coming from the right on the Flic en Flac road (heading West), veer to the left soon after the Total station (black oval); then take the first right down the hill to a roundabout (which has some statues of dodo birds); turn left onto Avenue Petite Marie and continue to Avenue du Radar; turn left onto Avenue du Radar and drive all the way up the hill; turn right. Our house is the third one on the left and Villa Tour is a couple of blocks further on the right.

This map shows our house at the top (North), and the Villa Tour at the bottom (South) left, with the pool at the West end.

Notice sugarcane fields on the righthand side (East).

This map shows the Villa Tour in the center. You can easily see that it is mostly surrounded by vacant lots.

This picture was taken from across the street, looking South towards the house.

The roof forms a large deck, with great views of the ocean. The small room holds the washing machine. On top of its roof is the solar hot water heater.

The lot extends a bit to the West (towards the righthand side of the picture), where the pool area is at the West end of the house. Just off the picture is a gate that you could back into to unload the car near the kitchen. The wall is then higher around the pool area.

This picture is of the pool area, and was taken by standing next to the high wall along the North side of the property, near the West end, and holding the camera up high above the head while standing on tiptoe.

The pool area is raised a few steps above ground level, so the wall which appears fairly low from within, is actually much higher from without.

This is the main entrance gate.

You can see that although the wall is not very high here, it is high enough to offer privacy even if the front door were propped open.

You can see the name "Villa Tour" and the house number "269" on the plaque beside the gate. Also prominently displayed is a warning that the house is protected by a 24 hour security system.

This picture is of the East end of the house, showing the mailbox and electric meter.

Just to the left and barely out of the picture is the gate to a single parking spot at the Southeast corner of the lot.

The picture shows the high wall on the North side, towards the West end of the lot.

The pool area is on the other side of this wall, with the street behind the photographer.

This house is directly across the street at the East end of the house.

The block opposite the house on the street to the North is mostly empty lots.

There is an empty lot on the West side, then a house which appears to be vacant.

You can also see that the lot on the South side (lefthand side of picture) is empty.

Looking South from the Southwest corner of the wall around the lot, you can see the nearest construction site.

On the lefthand side of the picture, you can see two empty lots on the South, then the house of a nephew of the owner, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

This picture is looking South from our front gate, down the road which runs along the East end of the Villa Tour.

The Villa Tour is the low-profile yellow house with brown trim in the center of the picture.

The mountain dimly visible above the house after the Villa Tour is Le Morne Brabant, an iconic Mauritian landmark located at the Southwest corner of the island.

Another shot looking North from the front gate of the Villa Tour. Our house is white with red trim, just to the right of the center of the picture.

This is the high wall on the North side of the lot which shields the pool area from the street. It is at least six feet high at this point.

This picture was taken from the house across a vacant lot on the West end of Villa Tour. It shows the high pool area wall from the outside.

The mountain in the background is Montagne du Rempart, a prominent landmark while driving towards Flic en Flac from the East.

This picture was taken just outside the nearest construction site, and shows the Southwest corner of the lot. The pool area wall is highest at that corner, from the outside.

This picture is also taken from the nearest constuction site, showing the South side of the wall around the Villa Tour.

This picture shows the wall on the North side of the nearest construction site.

The mountain in the background is the Tourelle du Tamarin, a major landmark when driving South from Flic en Flac.

Taken just to the right of the previous picture, showing the interior of the nearest construction site.

This picture was taken from our front porch, showing a constuction site across the road to the West.

This is zoomed in from the previous picture and shows the work in progress.