Saint-Tropez
Gone are the onlookers and the celebrities, gone are the glitz and glamour, the traffic jams and the hustle and bustle. Out of season, Saint-Tropez is a completely different place. It’s a chance to rediscover a village full of charm, with its colourful streets lulled by the sea.
An emblematic destination
Saint-Tropez is a small fishing port that came out of obscurity thanks to the painter Paul Signac, who discovered the village in 1892. Dazzled by the light, he decided to settle there. He was soon joined by his friends, all drawn by the light: Matisse, Marquet, Derain, Bonnard, and then by many prestigious writers, Maupassant, Colette, Eluard, Sagan..
But it was the cinema that turned Saint-Tropez into a myth, with, among others, the saga of the gendarmes played by Louis de Funes and Michel Galabru and, of course, the icon among icons, Brigitte Bardot, sublime in "Et dieu créa la femme".
Discover Saint-Tropez out of season
But it's outside the summer crowds that you discover the real Saint-Tropez, the one that the painters and stars of the 1960s came to seek out.
In April, May, June, September or October, there's no need to show off, as the "myth" reverts to the small fishing village of yesteryear. A village, a real village, revealing all its charm and gentleness. Take a stroll through its colourful streets, flower-filled alleyways, squares, markets and museums.
You'll climb up to the Citadel, go down to the marine cemetery and stroll along the port where you can relax on the terrace of a café.
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