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French Polynesia
Triplandio French Polynesia guide covers 4 travel guides with 1 city across 16 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 16 self-guided walking tours in French Polynesia with 54 POI, spanning 48.6 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data French Polynesia
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 French Polynesia
Tourists
89.4K/y
GDP/cap
$22.4k
Life Exp
84.2 yrs
Population
282.5K
Currency
XPF Fr
Language
French
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food French Polynesia
Local Flavours of French Polynesia — Explore recipes, history, our unique food flavour DNA graph and more.
Starter
Fish & Seafood
Poisson Cru
Tahitian raw fish salad
pwah-sawn kroo
· Tahitian raw fish salad
Raw fish marinated in lime and coconut milk.
Main course
Meat
Poulet Fafa
poo-leh fah-fah
· Chicken with taro leaves
Chicken simmered with coconut milk and taro leaves.
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Starter
Fish & Seafood
Pahua Taioro
pa-ha-wa tah-ee-oh-roh
· Fermented clams in coconut
Clams marinated with fermented coconut.
Snack
Vegetarian
Firi Firi
fee-ree fee-ree
· Tahitian coconut doughnuts
Sweet coconut-flavored doughnuts, deep-fried.
Main course
Fish & Seafood
Chevrettes au lait de coco
shev-reht oh leh de koh-koh
· Shrimps in coconut milk
Shrimps cooked in a creamy coconut sauce.