Cities — French Polynesia

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• Society Islands — The main archipelago: Tahiti the capital, dramatic Moorea, sublime Bora Bora.
• Tuamotus: the diving atolls — 77 scattered coral atolls — Rangiroa and Fakarava are among the world's finest dive sites.
• Marquesas: the wild archipelago — Remote mountainous islands, the graves of Gauguin and Brel on Hiva Oa, monumental tikis.
• Bora Bora, the pearl of the Pacific — Mont Otemanu, the turquoise lagoon and the overwater bungalows: the world's honeymoon icon.
• Moorea, the dramatic island — 30 minutes by ferry from Tahiti — Mont Rotui hikes and humpback whales from July to October.