The French Polynesian Windward Islands (Îles du Vent) -
People come to French Polynesia to live it up in stylish resorts, scuba dive in lagoons teeming with tropicalfish, gorge on the uniquemix of French and Polynesian cuisine and, basically, experience a little French chic mixed with South Pacificcharm.
For more than 200 years, Tahiti has represented the tropical-paradise myth for Europeans. It's French Polynesia's biggest, most famous and historically interesting island.
The Windward Islands of French Polynesia include Tahiti, Maiao, Mehetia, Moorea and Tetiaroa. The islands enjoy warm, tropical weather all year round. The winter season is May through October but severe tropical storms are rare in the French Polynesian region.
The area is also world renowned for it's black pearl exports.
You really feel like you are far from the madding crowd and noise here. That's one of the best attributes of the SouthPacific. It's a lot of flying but it's definitely worth it!
Tetiaroa Feb 22, 2008 16:24:14 Tetiaroa, one of the Society Islands, is an atoll located 59 km (36.5 miles) due north of the island of Tahiti. Tetiaroa is administratively part of the commune (municipality) of Arue. Tetiaroa has just a single inhabitant: Marlon Brando's son Tei...
Tahiti Feb 22, 2008 16:23:58 Tahiti is the largest island of the Windward Group (Îles du Vent) and largest of the Society Islands with an area of 1,042 km² — making it also the...
Moorea Feb 22, 2008 16:23:46 Moorea, located 13 km off the northwest coast of Tahiti, is a steeply-eroded mountainous island of 132 km² in area — the second largest of the Wind...
Mehetia Feb 22, 2008 16:23:33 Mehetia is a very young active stratovolcano 110 kilometres (68.4 miles) east of Taiarapu. It has an area of 2.3 square kilometres (0.89 square mil...
; "Îles du Vent")
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