You don’t have to cycle far to find rosé. Sure, you can visit all three, but you’ll want to make the car-free island of Porquerolles, just a 15-minute ride off the coast, your base. If you take a drive along the Giens peninsula-once an island itself that’s now sewed to the mainland by a double strip of sand dunes on either side of the salt marshes-you’ll reach one of Hyères’s traditional fishing harbors, Tour Fondue, which is where the ferry takes off for the Golden Isles. The majority of the tourists here are French (if that tells you anything), and it was the winter retreat of choice for the likes of Tolstoy and Queen Victoria. That’s why most people post up on the shore of mainland France in the town of Hyères, the “original French Riviera,” one of the lesser-visited destinations on the coast between Nice and Marseille. Port-Cros, the smallest of the islands, doesn’t even have accommodations, and options are limited on the biggest island of Porquerolles (which boasts a whopping population of 200). If you’re chartering a boat for a few days, even better. The ideal way of hopping around these coasts is by boat-either on your own or with the help of a captain who can navigate the waters. Port-Cros is a dream for hiking and diving. And only a small sliver of neighboring, electricity-free Le Levant (90% of which belongs to the French army) is open to the public-and it’s mostly a naturist resort. The unspoiled Port-Cros, a national park, was ransacked by pirates up until the 20th century and is now a hiker’s paradise, with nothing but marked trails crisscrossing preserved forests. Porquerolles’s powdery beaches require hikes through pine forests-and there’s (blissfully) not a beach bar in sight. For all those people who'd rather not learn the rules of the road for another country but still want to go beyond metro-serviced, crowded cities when traveling, this one’s for you.Įach of the islands is more rugged than the next. Beyond being remote, since no road connects to them, a couple of the islands are also completely car-free. But at the very southern edge of Provence, before veering into the star-studded spots lining the French Riviera, there’s a trio of islands dubbed “les îles d’Or,” or “the Golden Isles,” that are frequented more by sailors than the party-centric crowd you’d find in nearby Saint-Tropez. It’s going to look a little bit different, and it’s not going to have the same color profile.” Keep in mind that non-leaded crystal can also be referred to as “crystal,” which is confusing, so we recommend contacting the manufacturer directly if you’re uncertain, or if it’s not clearly labeled on the box.When people think of islands off the coast of France, they tend to look west to Île de Ré and the handful of spots strewn around Brittany’s jagged shores. Jane Cook, chief scientist at CMOG, explains, “Barium crystal is far less toxic, but it’s also harder than leaded crystal. While there are many formulas used to make non-leaded crystal, glass manufacturers commonly use additives such as barium. Wine glass makers can also pull it thinner than soda-lime glass, which results in thin rims and flawless bowls and stems. It’s more refractive-that is, super-sparkly––than soda-lime glass, and more expensive. Non-leaded (or lead-free) crystal, not to be confused with quartz crystal, is a type of lead-free glass that’s similar in appearance to leaded crystal (which most manufacturers have moved away from using, since lead is a very toxic, highly regulated material).
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