Photos of Port Cros and Porquerolles

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Photos of Port Cros and Porquerolles

Seven hours out of Menorca happily headed to France with fair winds and fair skies

26 Hours after leaving Menorca and 24 hours before a gale, we are in well protected Port Cros

View from Porquerolles harbor.Between here and Port Cros we always found shelter

To our starboard the Mistral is blowing but we are nicely protected from the 35 knots gusts

Boths islands also offer a lot of hiking and biking in beautiful terrain

Looking at mainland France across Porquerolles. After Spain we felt deprived of greenery

The islands are dotted with forts some dating back to Phonecian times

While this resembles the Caribbean, it's only an illusion. . .

No corrals here, but plenty of nice soil and vineyards

Beaches on these islands, which are also national parks, are left in their natural state

A small, very private beach protected from the Mistral

Coming back from the beach Celine taunts me into the chilly water

In they go

Celine did do some complaining. Click for a close up

Cool water and hot sun. . . after 18 months of jumping in at will, this is the last swim

Swim naked