Balaclava
No one can remember if Balaclava gets its name from a corruption of a place name in the local patois or the famous battle in the Crimea, Ukraine; but the area is located where the Citron River flows to the Indian Ocean, at the southern beach tip of the resort of Pointe aux Piments. Resorts of surpassing luxury include Le Oberoi, Le Meridien Ile Maurice, Maritim Hotel Mauritius, Grand Mauritian, La Plantation Resort Mauritian, InterContinental Mauritius and Angsana Mauritius. For the most part, Balaclava event venues are to be found in these same resorts.
Named for the first prime minister of Mauritius, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) has no direct flights from North America but has several direct ones from Europe. The airport, which is approximately 45 miles southeast of Balaclava, is talking about building a second runway.
There are no convention venues in Balaclava, but this is a relatively small island, so resort guests are no more than nine miles south of the Swami Vivekananda International Conference Center in Port Louis, which has a 35,000-square-foot convention hall and a 20,000-square-foo…