Category: Islands

Île du Gaou Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Île du Gaou is a tiny protected peninsula near Six-Fours-les-Plages on the French Riviera, connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway and covering just 14 hectares of Mediterranean scrubland. Founded as a nature reserve in the 1970s, it sits roughly 60 km east […]

Île de Ratonneau Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Île de Ratonneau is one of the four Îles du Frioul, located just 3.5 km off the coast of Marseille in the Mediterranean Sea, reachable in under 25 minutes by ferry. The island covers roughly 90 hectares and sits at near sea level, forming […]

Île de Piana Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Île de Piana sits within the Golfe de Porto on Corsica’s dramatic west coast, a village of around 500 residents perched at roughly 420 metres elevation above UNESCO-listed red granite calanques. Founded in the medieval era and officially classified among Les Plus Beaux Villages […]

Île Sainte-Marguerite Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Île Sainte-Marguerite is the largest of the Lérins Islands, stretching 3,200 metres long and 950 metres wide, sitting just 700 metres off Cannes’ Palm-Beach headland in the Bay of Cannes. The island sits at only 22 metres above sea level and is famously known as […]

Île des Embiez Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Île des Embiez sits just 27 metres above sea level in the Mediterranean off the port of Le Brusc, part of Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var department. With a permanent population of just 10 people, this privately managed island is one of the most intimate […]

Île de Porquerolles Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Île de Porquerolles is France’s largest island in the Îles d’Hyères group, covering 1,254 hectares off the Var coast of Provence, with a permanent population of just 200 residents. The island sits at 38m elevation and is reachable in 15 minutes by ferry from […]