Best French Overseas Territories

French Polynesia leads the French Overseas Territories ranking with 1429 ELO points over 42 duels, ahead of Réunion and New Caledonia.

The top three reveals a clear divide in traveler preferences. French Polynesia stands 134 ELO points ahead of Réunion, a substantial margin that reflects the archipelago's strong appeal as a dream destination. Réunion and New Caledonia share identical ELO scores at 1295 but diverge in performance: Réunion wins 64% of its duels compared to New Caledonia's 57%, suggesting voters face harder choices when Réunion enters the arena. The Caribbean territories Guadeloupe and Martinique occupy the middle ground with 1215 and 1204 ELO respectively. At the bottom, Saint Pierre and Miquelon closes the ranking at 1060 ELO with a 34% win rate, indicating these North Atlantic islands struggle to match the tropical allure of higher-ranked territories.

This ranking draws from 804 duels judged by 35 players across 10 contenders, updated 12 October 2026. The voting reveals how France's scattered territories compete for traveler attention, from Pacific atolls to Caribbean beaches to Indian Ocean volcanoes. Each duel asks voters to choose between two destinations, building a collective portrait of which overseas France most captures the imagination. Cast your own vote to shape this ranking and see how your dream destination measures up against the community's preferences.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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