Electricity

Electricity is 220 Volts... most of the time.

Posts & Tel

Post offices are present in all villages and an airmail would take less than a week to reach destination in Europe, or less than 10 days to the American continent.

The telephone network of Mauritius is well developed and reliable; phone booths can be found almost everywhere. Same applies to the cellular phones where two companies have erected reliable networks.

Telephones can be rented on arrival and roaming agreements exist. International access is automatic.

Internet is quite widely used by hotels and individuals, however there are few internet cafes around. Most hotels offer business centres or at least e-mail services.

Working Hours

Offices are open either from 8.30 to 4.00, Monday to Friday and from 9.00 to 12.00 on Saturdays, or, from 8.30 to 5.00 Monday to Friday.

Shops including chemists open at 9.00 Monday to Saturday and close at different times depending on the region.
In Port Louis at 5.00, in Curepipe and other residential towns at 6.00 except on Thursdays where they close at 12.00. Shops in Port Louis close at 12.00 on Saturdays.

Supermarkets and grocery stores open at 7.30 or 8.00 and close at 7.00.

Banks are open from 9.00 to 3.50 from Monday to Thursday and close at 5.00 on Fridays.

The Bureau de Change are open on Sundays.

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Update July 2013