Beachfront Villas in Saint Tropez

Saint-Tropez has been the Riviera's most glamorous summer address since Brigitte Bardot and Roger Vadim arrived in the 1950s, and its pleasures remain much the same. A house close to the sea, lunch at Club 55 and an evening drink on the port.

Our seafront villas here look over Pampelonne Bay, the three-mile stretch of sand on the Ramatuelle peninsula that is home to the town's legendary beach clubs. Club 55, founded in 1955, still has the best tables on the beach and its own jetty for arrivals by tender. La Réserve à la Plage is the quieter, more refined alternative, while Byblos Beach, Loulou and Bagatelle bring a livelier crowd. Beyond the beach, the old port, Sénéquier's red chairs, the Place des Lices market and the hilltop villages of Ramatuelle and Gassin are all within easy reach.

July and August are spectacular but intense. June and September offer the town at its most enjoyable, with warm water, easier reservations and the Voiles de Saint-Tropez regatta in late September.