It features in the dreams of loved-up couples the world over and is in hot demand with just married couples as a honeymoon destination scented with Tiare flowers.

Rising from the seas in the heart of the South Pacific, Bora Bora is the jewel of French Polynesia: a tiny speck of an island a 50-minute flight from Tahiti, encased within one of the planet’s most beautiful lagoons.

Bora Bora is simply the epitome of romance. Its hotels offer a wonderful sense of privacy with their chic overwater bungalows and floating villas with direct access to the sea, while their terraces afford breath-taking views of blazing sunsets.

Framed by coral reefs, Bora Bora and its necklace of Motus (islets) uncoil into white sandy beaches great and small.