Papeete - Sights

Sights

  • Papeete City Tour - Papeete attractions map Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.
  • The waterfront esplanade
  • Bougainville Park (once named Albert Park, in honour of a former Belgian king and World War One hero, is now named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the first French explorer to circumnavigate the globe.
  • Cathedral of Notre Dame of Papeete
  • The Territorial Assembly is the heart of the Polynesian government and contains the Territorial Assembly building, the High Commissioner's residence and also a once popular clubhouse of Paul Gauguin. It was also once the site of the royal residence and palace of Queen Pomare IV of Tahiti, who ruled from 1827 to 1877.
  • Presidential palace
  • The Papeete Tahiti Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • The Monument to Pouvanaa a Oopa (a decorated World War I hero, Tahitian nationalist, and deputy to Paris for the Tahitian Territorial Assembly)
  • The Mairie (town hall)
  • The papeete market

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