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Porquerolles is one of France’s great natural sites — bring good shoes and a camera. Locate it on the map, book a room nearby in a click, or add it to your travel list to build your itinerary.
About Porquerolles
The largest and loveliest of the Îles d'Or off Hyères, Porquerolles is a car-free island of white-sand beaches, pinewoods, vineyards and fragrant scrub, protected within the Parc national de Port-Cros. Its northern shore shelters gentle, turquoise-watered bays such as the famous Plage Notre-Dame, while the wilder south drops in cliffs to the sea. A small village around a shaded square, an old lighthouse and forts recall its history as a military outpost, and the Fondation Carmignac now brings world-class contemporary art to the island. Explored on foot or by bicycle along shaded lanes, Porquerolles combines Mediterranean beauty, protected nature and a rare sense of unhurried calm — one of the most idyllic islands on the French Riviera.