Any getaway will be brighter if you add shopping to it. French Polynesia is filled with small and large shops, where you can buy high-quality unique products at low prices. These shops are the main places for shopping, as there are very few large shopping centers on the islands. The vanilla market in Tahiti sells such wonderful products as vanilla soaps and candles, honey with vanilla and other edible and inedible things, but equally smelling pleasantly. Local vanilla is used for the manufacture of these products. There is also a Pearl Market in Tahiti. On its first floor you will find on display various items made from white and black pearls, while on the second floor you can choose pearls for your own jewelry and watch the jeweler create this unique product.
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In the workshop of the shop “Farm” in Bora Bora, you can see the process of making pearl jewelry, a huge selection of which is presented in the shopping area, and in Rangiroa, where there is a shop called “ikimasho” selling not only pearl jewelry, but also goods made of bone, coral and semiprecious stones. You will find characteristic in all the decorations of the jewelries, a visible local flavor. “Frederic Missir Creations” in Papeete offers a large selection of jewels. The creative jeweler Frederic Missir makes unique jewelry from different materials. For those who need precisely black pearls, it is recommended to visit “Art'Or Creations” in Pyuna'oia.
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It is also good to bring edible souvenirs from your trip to the wonderful islands. There is fruit candy, honey on exotic flowers, pickled pineapples, among others; the choice of Polynesian delicacies is simply huge! In addition, you should pay attention to the embroidered bags and wallets, the jewelry and candelabra made from shells, colorful pareos and sarafans, bright clothes decorated with images of fish and flowers, charming pillows and bedding sets, perfume monoi oil and cosmetic products from it, as well as pictures of local artists. Stamp collectors can also go to the post office for local stamps.