Papeete is an interesting city to explore for a few days or more. Excellent shopping, museums, and sightseeing tours are just a few of your options. MUSEUMS DAILY MARKET WATERFRONT HARBOR CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES SIGHTSEEING TOURS CITY WALKING   ***Don't miss our TAHITI ISLAND GENERAL SIGHTSEEING & POINTS OF INTEREST- pertaining to the island of Tahiti overall*** MUSEUMS Most of Tahiti's museums are located OUTSIDE of Papeete's city limits and worth checking out if you're a museum buff. Here we list an excellent museum located within easy walking distance to most of Papeete's downtown area. LE MUSEE DE LA PERLE Get Coupon Now ! TSTN EZ Print Internet Coupon Participant. Get the Coupon Now to save 10% off entrance! Located in Downtown Papeete- Centre Vaima- BP 7 98713 Papeete, Tahiti- French Polynesia, Tel- (689) 45.21.22, Fax- (689) 45.48.92     E-MAIL King of the black pearl, Robert Wan's fascinating museum- the only museum of the world dedicated solely to pearls...art, history, mythology, philosophy, and religion are represented as well as technical explanations. Lots of black pearl objects, and specimens of a world class nature from the personal collections of Robert Wan. Open daily from 8am to 7pm, Sundays from 9am to 7pm

(For information on the MUSEUMS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF PAPEETE, please see our comprehensive island section.)

DAILY MARKET

Papeete has a daily market place open to the public for shopping and buying groceries.

This market, locally known as "Le Marche", is in a sense, the heart of the city. It has become a tourist and traveler's sightseeing favorite due to its brightly colored vendors and attractive Tahitian products. Wander among the many stands and displays to find such products as luscious ripe fruits and vegetables, monoi oils and scented soaps, vanilla beans, cakes and pies, fruit preserves, dancing costumes and clothing, woven hats and bags and shell necklaces. 2 floors worth of vendors, including the finest display of floral arrangements of orchids, and anthuriums, marigolds and daisys and other flowers you will ever see.

Located in the heart of Papeete, just one block inland from the center of the waterfront, it's not hard to find.

Open daily from 5:00 am to 5:00 pm, the best times to see it are always early in the morning, especially on Sundays, and also at around 4:00 pm daily when the local fisherman bring in the fresh fish.

CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES

Papeete has a few interesting cathedrals to visit for those interested in religious arts and the churches of Tahiti. The church plays an important role in Polynesian society, as a good percentage of all Tahitians are quite religious. (Read more about the religions and culture of Tahiti in our "ABOUT" Section- Society and Culture).

Here's a list of Papeete's churches:

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