PRACTICAL INFORMATION
BEFORE ARRIVING ON PORQUEROLLES :
BOOK YOUR BOAT TICKET IN JULY AND AUGUST
BOAT COMPANIES FOR PORQUEROLLES :
• Departing from the Fondue Tower (Hyères):
TLV TVM: www.tlv-tvm.com
• Departing from Toulon, La Londe, La Seyne:
The boatmen of the Côte d’Azur: www.bateliersdelacotedazur.com/bateau-porquerolles.php
• TAXI boat Le Pelican: 06 09 52 31 19
TO PARK AT THE FONDUE TOWER:
• INDIGO car park is the cheapest:
04 94 01 99 28
fr.parkindigo.com/parking/hy-res-83400/la-tour-fondue-83010600
• A few free places going down on the left towards Le Belambra, but be careful you have to come very early in the season and above all not park anywhere because the police are passing…
We will have warned you
BEFORE ARRIVING ON PORQUEROLLES :
BOOK YOUR BOAT TICKET IN JULY AND AUGUST
BOAT COMPANIES FOR PORQUEROLLES :
• Departing from the Fondue Tower (Hyères):
TLV TVM: www.tlv-tvm.com
• Departing from Toulon, La Londe, La Seyne:
The boatmen of the Côte d’Azur: www.bateliersdelacotedazur.com/bateau-porquerolles.php
• TAXI boat Le Pelican: 06 09 52 31 19
TO PARK AT THE FONDUE TOWER:
• INDIGO car park is the cheapest:
04 94 01 99 28
fr.parkindigo.com/parking/hy-res-83400/la-tour-fondue-83010600
• A few free places going down on the left towards Le Belambra, but be careful you have to come very early in the season and above all not park anywhere because the police are passing…
We will have warned you
ON PORQUEROLLES :
– Porquerolles Tourist Office (located on the port of Porquerolles):
Lots of useful information (accommodation, restaurants, shops, walks, viewpoints, etc.)
04 94 58 33 76 – www.hyeres-tourisme.com/les-iles-dor/porquerolles/
– Toilets:
• Behind the tourist office
• At the commander’s villa (out of the village)
• Silver Beach
TO EAT ON PORQUEROLLES :
For us the ideal is to take your Picnic and eat where you want…
Be careful, there is no water point outside the village.
All the snack bars/restaurants are located in the village, otherwise the only beach equipped with a snack bar/restaurant/WC is La Plage d’Argent
04 94 58 32 48
There is a supermarket on the port, and one in the village
The bakery is located on the village square and offers breads and sandwiches
The “Coco Frio” ice cream parlors offer ice cream made directly in Porquerolles with fresh fruit at several points of sale in the port and the village.
VISIT OF THE CULTURAL PLACES ON PORQUEROLLES :
– Maison du Parc National & Jardin Emmanuel Lopez (located at the exit of the village): 04 94 58 07 24 (with possible visit of the restored Porquerolles Mill)
– Carmignac Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art: 04 65 65 25 50
– Domaine La Courtade (visit and wine tasting): 06 16 20 73 83
THE USEFUL NUMBERS OF PORQUEROLLES :
– Porquerolles by bike : 04 94 58 35 47
– Firemen : 18 or 04 94 58 32 15
– Doctor on Porquerolles : 04 94 58 30 05
– Risks of forest fires: access to the massifs is regulated: (map updated every evening)
http://www.var.gouv.fr/acces-aux-massifs-forestiers-du-var-a2898.html
OUR SMALL ADDRESSES IN THE VAR:
– If you need a bike shop (sales and repairs) in GRAND VAR:
FUNWAY VELOLAND (at the edge of the highway, just before the bowling alley).
www.funwayvelos.fr
– Professional photographer in the VAR:
HERVE FABRE PHOTOGRAPHS 06 60 13 04 21 www.hervefabre.com