"The recently renovated 74-room hotel on Tahiti’s signature island is a bargain alternative to the overpriced luxe piles that line the postcard-pretty lagoon like a fleet of five-star taxis. Maitai Bora Bora is on a beach that embodies all the reasons why a traveler would want to make the trek to French Polynesia: think palm trees wafted by the wind, white-sand beaches, and vivid blue-green water." - Mark Ellwood