Is Tahiti overrated?

My wife and I spent 6 nights in Mo'orea in March plus one night in Pape'ete. It was one of the best weeks of our lives. The main island of French Polynesia is Tahiti. That is where the largest city, Pape'ete, and the airport are located. read more

So if you're asking specifically about Tahiti then yes, I would consider it to be overrated but I don't imagine many people consider that their ultimate destination anyways. Mo'orea; however, was everything that we had imagined. read more

Ben Fogle (traveller, author and TV presenter): Tahiti, in French Polynesia, was one of the most disappointing places I visited. I’d never seen anywhere so breathtakingly beautiful, but it’s so overdeveloped with all these big multi-storey hotels. read more

Read Cruise Critic ardenttraveler's June 2015 cruise review for a Paul Gauguin cruise from Bluff port to the South Pacific. read more