One of my favorite things about Rodrigues Island is that the speed limit is ... market in “town,” officially the municipality of Port Mathurin, where fruit preserves, dried fish and octopus ...

A new Rodrigues Museum will open in the capital, Port Mathurin, in December, as part of a new Heritage Trail, and new hiking circuits are in the pipeline. This island isn’t unknown to me.

Across the island, Rodrigues is a place of quiet pleasures. From Port Mathurin, the road meanders along the north coast, heading nowhere in particular, past the tiny settlement of Anse aux Anglais ...

An island escape is the perfect holiday ... My final morning was spent exploring Rodrigues’ main town, Port Mathurin - which was hosting a loud and colourful Creole festival, complete with ...

The island is only 16km across at its ... Sign up In the capital, Port Mathurin, you can discover Rodrigues's traditional music and dance, known as sega tabour. There's a lively market selling ...

According to my guidebook, Anse aux Anglais is one of the island ... www.tourism-rodrigues.mu) occupies a delightful former colonial governor’s residence in Port Mathurin.

The island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean has been battered by Tropical ... which ensured Rodrigues has a prolonged onslaught from the cyclone. Winds in Port Mathurin, on the north coast, gusted ...