According to an old Tahitian proverb, “The well-trodden path is not always the right path.” When it comes to travel, that is most certainly the case. Though the world is full of destinations du jour, ...

French Polynesia had been on my bucket list ever since I learned of its existence, and last August, I finally made it there. My partner and I spent 16 days traveling across this dreamy French overseas ...

Hawaiians revere Tahiti as part of their ancestral homeland, referred to as Kahiki. But with French Polynesia’s capital, Papeete, located more than 2,700 miles south of Hawaii’s capital in Honolulu, ...

A dream landscape emerged as our dinghy sped through turquoise waters toward the uninhabited South Seas islet of Tapu. Here, on a triangular speck of sand and coconut palms at the bottom of the world, ...

Beneath a grapefruit tree on the road that rings the Polynesian island of Rurutu, my six-year-old daughter stuck out her thumb. The first car, a Mini-Cooper, stopped and the driver greeted us in ...

The idyllic French Polynesian island of Bora Bora is a haven for honeymooners, but this romantic vacation spot in the South Pacific Ocean is an equally spectacular destination for families, too. Many ...