Put a ring on it: Five exotic destinations to propose

Put a ring on it: Five exotic destinations to propose You’ve met the woman of your dreams and it’s time to commit. There are plenty of favourite spots you think are ideal for a proposal, but a holiday to somewhere different will make a new memory before you make her your wife. 1. A private sandy atoll in Tahiti, French Polynesia On an archipelago of 118 pristine islands and atolls in French Polynesia, you can pull out that ring on your own private... Read More

Holiday in Moorea, Tahiti

Hollywood often uses stock shots of Moorea’s jagged mountains, deep bays and emerald lagoons Moorea is the first Tahitian island seen by most visitors. It does not disappoint. Since you arrive in French Polynesia at night, the magnificent sight of Tahiti’s sister island is what greets most guests on awakening in their Papeete hotel. This is the quintessential Polynesian dreamscape. Hollywood often uses stock shots of Moorea’s jagged... Read More

Holiday in Bora Bora, Tahiti

One of the world’s most dramatically beautiful islands, the ultimate on everyone’s Tahiti travel wish list. Tahiti’s most famous island is also one of the world’s most dramatically beautiful, the ultimate on everyone’s Tahiti travel wish list; a reasonably large and precipitous land mass crowned by no less than three peaks, all enclosed within lagoon waters of the utmost limpidity. Bora Bora is the embodiment of enchantment and certainly... Read More

Still the best - Le Taha’a Resort & Spa - Tahiti

Still the best - Motu Tau Tau’s Le Taha’a Resort & Spa - Tahiti Motu Tau Tau is unspoiled beyond care. There, Relais & Chateaux Le Taha’a Resort laps a perfect lagoon. Views include one of the world’s most coveted destinations – Bora Bora. Le Taha’a takes privacy and a casual ambience very seriously. The flight from Papeete to Raiatea takes 35 minutes and then it’s complemented by an enjoyable 35-minute... Read More

Inter-Continental Thalasso Resort & Spa, Bora Bora, Tahiti

Inter-Continental Thalasso Resort & Spa, Bora Bora, Tahiti Tahiti has long beguiled travellers with a promise of languid sensuality, tropical seas and lazy days. Now the contemporary Thalasso Spa at Bora Bora, the largest spa in the Tahitian islands, offers a new dimension to paradise. Thalasso brings to Bora Bora a hip and contemporary style. The first in French Polynesia with all over water bungalows. Eighty in total, fanning across the bay,... Read More

St Regis Resort Bora Bora, Tahiti

St Regis Resort Bora Bora, Tahiti The St Regis Resort Bora Bora, is an elegant star in French Polynesia and entrenched itself firmly on the glamour resort list when Nicole Kidman honeymooned at the resort when opening in 2006. A 44-acre private retreat with elegantly appointed Villas, St Regis still boasts the largest Villas in French Polynesia. Protected by a unique saltwater lagoon, the property is exquisitely designed with contemporary interiors... Read More

Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora, Tahiti

Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora, Tahiti Tahiti’s latest luxury addition, The Four Seasons Bora Bora, will transport you to another place: Heaven. From the moment of arrival, warm smiles welcome you to a world of understated elegance. Inspired by Polynesian architecture, the village-like resort blends into a lush world of unsurpassed tropical beauty and takes full advantage of the view from dazzling white beaches to the soaring peaks of Mount Otemanu. Nestling... Read More