History of the place
Rising above the sea of green sugar cane fields, like a great ship at anchor, the old Beau Plan sugar mill, relinquishes her role of history-maker for that of history-teller.
Pamplemousses district is one of the oldest in the island. It is where Governor La Bourdonnais built his dwelling, where Pierre Poivre first dreamt of his garden, and where, in the churchyard, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre chose the final resting place for Paul and Virginie. To this day one can stroll in the village, and observe the quiet everyday life there.

L’Aventure du Sucre
Our adventure starts right here—behind the façade of the factory building—with tales woven around the life story of sugar, for long the main product and activity on the island. Here will be found the roots of our people, going back five centuries, and the history of the island itself, and its varied cultures. It will be a reflection of our own society, a mirror in which we shall see ourselves and which we shall offer to the visitor so that he too may try to know us.

There are more ways than one to translate our intentions. One could say that the actual production of sugar is but “the top of the iceberg” since the word sugar conveys a multitude of various aspects. Within the rest of the iceberg lie the histories of the peopling of Mauritius, of the changes in its economy and commerce and of the agronomic study of sugar production.

The Sugar Adventure is for all ages—and as much for the sugar technician as for the historian, the simply curious or the knowledgeable, for the engineer or the tourist. It has been conceived so as to be of international, as well as local, interest.
It is the product of investment by promoters from the private sugar sector meant to be of service to all. Behind such a simple word as “sugar”, the Sugar Adventure has attempted to reveal the very soul of Mauritius.