Location: Papeete
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What to do and see in Papeete, Society Islands: The Best Shopping
Papeete is a great base for exploring Tahiti’s lagoons, black- and white-sand beaches and volcanoes. You’ll find a lively nightlife scene centered around the ferry dock. For an authentic island experience, visit Mapuru a Paraita market or Musee de la Perle to find local black pearls.
Restaurants in Papeete
1. Manapearl Tahiti
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 65 reviews
Discover the secrets of the “Le Chemin de la Perle de Tahiti” and how the Tahitian Pearls are transformed into exceptional jewels !! At the end of your visit, you can see our showroom where is exposed a wide selection of necklaces and pearl jewelry made in Tahiti. 1st distributor of jewelery "Made in Tahiti", delivered in more than 80 countries.
Reviewed By BarbaraP132 - Melbourne, Australia
We were told about manapearl by the flight attendant on the way there as she had a coco bracelet that her husband had bought her and it was so beautiful we asked where it came from. The shop is upstairs in the main centre and you have to call to make sure Thibaud is there.He takes you through to a small room where there are many beautiful pieces and loose pearls so you can choose them and he will make whatever you want. His pearls come from his father's pearl farm in Rangiroa .where all the best pearls are cultivated because the water is so clean. He will make whatever you want and then you can pick it up on your way home or he will post it to you. Thibaud is a lovely man and was very helpful and all the pieces that we ordered were absolutely gorgeous ! I would highly recommend to go to Thibaud for the most beautiful pearls in Tahiti and at the best price! He will also ship to you if you order from his website, nothing is a problem. Thank you Thibaud for my wonderful memories of Tahiti every time I wear my Manapearls!
2. Tahia Exquisite Tahitian Pearls
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5.0 based on 51 reviews
Tahia Exquisite Tahitian Pearls was first created in 1993 in Moorea. Today, our brand overlooks 5 jewelry shops on the islands of Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora. Upon visiting us, you’ll be greeted with a large selection of top-quality Tahitian pearls suited to all budgets and harvested locally from our pearl farm in Fakarava. Our friendly multilingual vendors are fully equipped to assist you no matter where you are visiting us from. We also provide a 30 day money-back guarantee, a lifetime upgrade policy, as well as US and European Customer services. It will be our pleasure to help you find the perfect Tahitian pearl to take home as a souvenir of your time on our beautiful islands.
3. Vaimiti Perles
4. Manua Exquisite Tahitian Art
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5.0 based on 26 reviews
Our Gallery features stunning and unique art pieces gathered from the most talented artists of French Polynesia by Raimana POROI, passionated collector. An amazing collection reflecting Tahiti and her Islands’ rich diversity of styles.
Reviewed By Experience689375 - Idaho, United States
Pleasent staff. I am not an expert on polynesian art ,but appear knowledgeable and helpful. Ended up purchasing a nice appearing piece. Many of the works appear quite exquisite.
5. Tahiti Pearl Artists
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Creation, Manufacture, Transformation of jewelry, experts in Tahitian cultured pearls, since 1999 in Tahiti
6. ARL LUC
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5.0 based on 7 reviews
7. Blue Pearl Tahiti
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5.0 based on 52 reviews
The Blue Pearl shop was founded on December 1st, 2010. Originally was near the Quartier du Commerce, then we are moved to the heart of Papeete at Donald Building in a shop that is both more spacious and modern in order to offer our customers a great choice of jewelry in the best possible conditions. Every day we make every effort to give our visitors both a warm welcome and a precise answer. We’ll try to meet your expectations base on your budget offered, we wish to see you found your jewelry with your satisfaction.
Reviewed By Bing676 - Ipoh, Malaysia
I was hunting for loose Tahitian pearls during a cruise vacation around French Polynesia together with my Uncle and when we entered this shop, we were greeted with smiles, unlike a few other shops we visited in downtown Papeete. I saw a nice blue pearl mounted on a men's-style necklace but I didn't like the colour of the necklace, therefore I didn't purchase it. In the end, I didn't purchase anything because I didn't find the pearls with the specific colours that I wanted, but I feel compelled to acknowledge the excellent customer service provide by Madame Turouru Pater, the boutique manager of this place. She was extremely patient with us and we spent 35 minutes looking at the buckets and buckets of loose pearls in the shop, explaining the colours available and answering all our questions! If only half the population on earth were as nice as Turouru, this world would be a much happier place!
8. Laura Perles
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Laura Perles offers exceptional quality Tahitian Black pearls mounted on quality silver and gold jewellery. We always make sure to select the best quality pearls renowned by their lustre, colour and beauty.
9. Tamatea Creation
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Beautiful pearl of Tahiti to mount on unique gold or sylver creation Open on call on sunday Certificat of authenticity Fre taxe
10. Vaima Perles
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
Vaima Perles is one of the oldest and of the most important jewelries of Papeete. Specialized in the pearl of Tahiti, all our creations are made in Tahiti and are stemming from our workshop. We propose a very varied range of jewels, from steel to 18k gold via silver, leather, Acrylic crystal or mother-of-pearl. We also propose the purchase in duty-free
