Rose-Hill

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Rose-Hill is the third largest town in Mauritius, and is capital of the Lower Plaine Wilhems. It is a major commercial centre, second only to the capital Port Louis. The Arab town is a favourite place for cheap shopping.

Rose-Hill came to being at the end of the 18th century when malaria was spreading in Port-Louis. People moved their residences to the higher plains where the cooler climate kept most mosquitoes away. Rose-Hill and Beau-Bassin were then the new places to be and until the mid 1900’s Rose Hill and especially Beau-Bassin had plenty of wonderful colonial houses.

Today, Beau-Bassin / Rose-Hill is just another busy town of Mauritius with very few of these luxuriant properties. It is by far the largest residential town of Mauritius inhabited by all ethnic groups.