PRICE:
Frommer's Recommended

Located between Fare and the airport, this pension has some features that make it seem more like a cost-conscious resort. It sits beside a white-sand beach, although the lagoon here is so rocky and shallow that you cannot wade in for a swim. You can take a dip in the pool, though, which resides in a beachside lawn in front of the restaurant. The latter is open daily for breakfast and lunch, and occasionally for island feasts and Tahitian music after dark. You can order a cold one at the bar and escape the midday sun under the tin roof of a fare potee, or outdoor lounge, beside the pool. The 20 units here are evenly divided between bungalows and hotel-style rooms, all in tropical gardens rather than on the beach. The bungalows are more expensive, but come with kitchens and separate bedrooms. Accommodations are spartanly attired, but tin roofs, tile floors, porches, and simple bathrooms with hot-water showers are common to all units. You'll get a fan, but not window screens. Pension Vaihonu Océan is a short walk away.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Tahiti & French Polynesia, 1st Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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