9 Best Places to Shop in Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia

This boutique, which is not far from the "wine cave" or wine cellar of Vin de Tahiti, sells single pearls, bracelets, necklaces, pendants, and earrings, as well as a selection of artwork.

There's an on-site boutique selling single pearls and pearl jewelry. Free tours of the pearl farm are easily arranged.

If you want to visit a pearl farm, check out Hinano Pearls, about 19 km (12 mi) south of Rotoava. To arrange a visit, call or e-mail the owners.

Apart from buying food items, you can pick up sunglasses, pareos, and Tahitian shirts and board shorts. It's across the road from Les Relais de Joséphine.

Pick up a pastry, a croissant, mineral water, and other groceries at this store next to the Catholic church.

Tikehau might be isolated but spa junkies can rest assured—body wraps, facials, and massages are offered at Tikehau Pearl Beach Resort's Manea Spa.

Manihi Pearl Beach Resort's Manea Spa is the only spa on the island and offers enough treatments to keep guests happy for days. Therapists use the famous monoi oil (copra oil infused with tiare flowers), which is said to work miracles on the skin, in several massages involving hot volcanic stones and even black pearls. Massages start at 8,500 CFP for 30 minutes; the Manea Manea treatment of body wrap, scrub, facial, and massage is a pricey 33,000 CFP.

Manihi Pearl Beach Resort has two boutiques: a pearl boutique with single pearls and jewelry and a gift shop with souvenirs such as mother-of-pearl items and clothing.

If you like pearls, you'll be able to buy individual pearls and pearl jewelry at Pearls of Havaiki. They also have an array of mother-of-pearl pieces.