A highlight (and a major landmark, with its big chimneys) near St-Louis is this old sugar refinery, about 1.5km west of the centre. You can tour the refinery, one of only two on the island still functioning, during the cane harvest (July to December).
Sucrerie du Gol
Réunion
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