Travel This Year: Ile de Porquerolles

Only 10 minutes by ferry from the mainland, this four-mile-long under-the-radar Mediterranean island is an unexplored refuge with mountain-biking trails, sandy beaches and a single rustic vineyard offering free daily wine tastings. Mostly national parkland, the car-free island has one idyllic village where you’ll hear the clinking of both pétanque boules and glasses of pastis. The place to stay is Le Mas du Langoustier, an upscale hotel perched between two coves on the western end of the island.

From “52 Places to Go in 2017” by Ingrid K. Williams for New York Times; Photo by Andy Haslam (@andyhaslamphoto) 

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