Bora Bora’s story begins long before the first luxury bungalow rose over its lagoon. The island was once part of a patchwork of smaller kingdoms that made up the broader region now known as French ...

Hyperbole seems to surround Bora Bora, French Polynesia. (Locals often refer to it with a singular "Bora.") Author James Michener called Bora Bora "the most beautiful island in the world," which ...