Cheapest Rooms - French Polynesia: Tahiti: Now Boasts Luxury Hotels and a Wide Variety of Cuisine

Compared with the 6 million who go to Hawaii, 00 people visit Tahiti per year, only 100, still. Additional police surveillance has kept crime down as well as assured tourists that they don?t need to fear for their safety in Papeete. Papeete holds a unique position of which its tourist board is only beginning to take advantage, as the capital of all 118 French Polynesian islands. It now boasts luxury hotels and a wide variety of cuisine, touristy town travelers got stuck in since all flights to French Polynesia stop there, though Papeete used to be little more than an overpriced.

Some hotels offer shark-sighting trips, if you want to see them from a safe distance, however; beware of sharks. Providing easy access to warm water custom-made for swimming and snorkeling, many hotels sit right on the beach. Fills the rooms with a heady gardenia-like scent, " Tahiti?s omnipresent official flower, "Le tiare. Which shows off a swimming pool with a floor made of sand, and Le Meridien, sofitel, including Sheraton, this might change when they realize that resorts galore beckon in Papeete.

It is now dispelling rumors that kept away tourists, while Papeete may not yet have convinced the rest of the world of its allure. From fish to pizza to scrumptious crepes, "Les roulottes" serve all manner of food. " restaurants that prepare food out of vans, stop at "les roulottes, to enjoy Papeete?s culinary delicacies as the Tahitians do. The local marketplace, command shoppers? attention at Le March?, especially fresh vanilla, distinctive foods and spices. And "poisson cru" (raw fish flavored with lime juice and coconut milk), papaya pudding, a traditional Tahitian meal may include shrimp.

How much would your travel plans be affected if someone criticized your destination?

I would disregard the criticism. Not at all.

I would remember the criticism but would not let it impede my travel plans. Very little.

I might spend less time at the destination than I had planned. Somewhat.

I would go somewhere else. Very much.