Private water taxi in Hyères, Giens and Porquerolles
Skip the Tour Fondue queue and the summer traffic on the tombolo road. A private enclosed-cabin boat picks you up at Port Saint-Pierre, La Tour Fondue, Port du Niel or Porquerolles harbour, on your schedule — up to ten guests, luggage included.
Indicative pricing.
Prices from, for 1 to 12 guests — firm quote within hours (captain, fuel, insurance, fees included).
Transferts privés entre la rade d'Hyères, la presqu'île de Giens et les îles d'Or
Hyères se navigue comme trois plans d'eau distincts, et c'est ce qui décide du quai d'embarquement. La rade d'Hyères, entre le tombolo de Giens et le cap Bénat, reste abritée par la plupart des vents ; la face ouest, celle de la plage de l'Almanarre, prend le mistral de plein fouet — ce n'est pas un hasard si c'est devenu un des spots de planche et de kitesurf les plus connus de Méditerranée. Entre les deux, la Petite Passe sépare la pointe de La Tour Fondue de Porquerolles : c'est la traversée la plus courte vers l'île, quelques minutes de mer seulement, mais elle est fréquentée toute l'année par les navettes et se traite avec une veille attentive. Nos skippers partenaires connaissent les quais du village de Porquerolles, la baie du Langoustier à la pointe ouest et le port de Port-Cros, et savent lequel reste praticable selon l'orientation du vent du jour. Ils travaillent aussi dans le périmètre du Parc national de Port-Cros, ce qui impose des règles de navigation, de vitesse et de mouillage plus strictes qu'ailleurs sur la Côte d'Azur, et conditionne les escales longues comme les nuits sur zone.
The tombolo is a bottleneck, the sea is not
Everything heading to Porquerolles funnels down the narrow Giens peninsula roads to La Tour Fondue, and in July and August that single access point plus its car parks can cost you more time than the crossing itself. Leaving directly from Port Saint-Pierre, the Ayguade or Port du Niel takes the road out of the equation entirely, and from La Tour Fondue the hop to the island harbour is a matter of minutes.
Scheduled shuttles end, your evening doesn't
The public boats to Porquerolles and Port-Cros run to a fixed timetable, and the last one leaves long before dinner at the island village or at Le Mas du Langoustier is over. A private water taxi is the only way to dine on Porquerolles and sleep on the mainland — or the reverse.
Island luggage, dogs and early flights
Porquerolles has no cars and the mainland side means a shuttle, a car park and a transfer to Toulon-Hyères airport. A private boat takes your bags from the quay you choose, at the hour you choose, and lands you at the closest port to your onward connection.
Where we pick you up.
- Le Mas du Langoustier, western tip of Porquerolles — reachable by its own bay rather than the village
- La Villa Sainte-Anne, Porquerolles — a few steps up from the harbour on the Place d'Armes
- Hôtel Les Glycines, Place d'Armes, Porquerolles — a short walk from the quay
- Le Manoir de Port-Cros — the island hotel, a walk from the Port-Cros harbour quay
- Hotels and villas around Giens and the Almanarre road — pick-up at the nearest of the peninsula's harbours
- Port Saint-Pierre, Hyères — the town's main marina, closest to the old town and Villa Noailles
- La Tour Fondue, tip of the Giens peninsula — the shortest hop across to Porquerolles
- Port du Niel, Giens — a small sheltered cove harbour on the south side of the peninsula
- Port de la Madrague, Giens — on the western shore of the peninsula
- Port de l'Ayguade, Hyères — closest to the Toulon-Hyères airport side
- Port de la Capte, Hyères — on the eastern tombolo beach road
- Porquerolles village harbour — right on the Place d'Armes side of the island
- Port-Cros harbour — inside the national park, for guests staying on the island
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