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🏛️ Culture, history & markets · South-West
Matthew Flinders monument (Baie du Cap)
A monument on the south-west coast to the English navigator Matthew Flinders, held prisoner on the island by the French from 1803 to 1810.
🚗 From the villa30 min · 19.2 kmoff-peak estimate
⏱️ Time needed30 min – 1 hnot counting the drive
🕓 Best time of day☀️ Morning · 🌤️ Afternoon
💰 PriceFree
Captain Matthew Flinders, the first to circumnavigate Australia, stopped in Mauritius in 1803 on his way home, not knowing Britain and France were at war again. The French governor held him for six and a half years. The monument stands on the coast road near Baie du Cap, by the Macondé viewpoint.
Getting there
Driving route from the villa
🚗 By car: 30 min (19.2 km) off-peak. Directions in Google Maps ↗