205: St Tropez, France

Loved it, loved it , loved it!!  Definately has to be included in the 1000 places to see before you die book. Bridgitte Bardot arrived in 1956 to film And God created woman...and never left. Easy to see why.  Its a lovely town but the gawking factor is extremely high. Bronzed bodies, bra-less silicone everywhere, totties teetering off multi million pound boats on 6 inch stilettos, champagne bottles flowing, glamour clothes. Ah yes- this was surreal heaven sitting for hours watching the passerbys.

The book recommended going to Senequier cafe on the portside to watch the parade of "various aesthetic stages of beach and resort chic that they could never get away with at home." And so duly we waited for an outside table and watched the show. Lost hours here admiring the boats, the women and the dogs!





The cafe on the port

The boats (and the disgorging of their passengers) was the highlights.  Incredible boats from speedy ones to old sailing yachts. All werent less than 60feet each- we peered in a few to admire their gyms, their toys, their flowers, their paintings in their dining rooms. It was a whole different life 



Only drawback of St Tropez...................dont drive in!!  We were fortunate and was stuck in traffic for about 30 mins. However its one road in and one road out....on our way out after lunch.....the line of cars waiting to come in stretched for over 1 hour of driving. Unbelievable. And there was no accident!!  Biggest problem is parking in the tiny little fishing village.  Far better to park in the bay around the corner and come in by boat!