Scenarios and venues in Saint-Tropez
Meeting formats and venues we work with: five-star hotels in the centre, signature restaurants, theatres, private spaces.
A day on Pampelonne
The main daytime scenario in Saint-Tropez from June to September. Meet around noon or one, lunch at a beach club — Club 55 for the calm version, Loulou for the restaurant one, Verde Beach for the middle ground, Nikki Beach for the loud one — then loungers, the sea, rosé, and back into town around six. The drive from the port to Pampelonne is twenty minutes along the Route des Tamaris, forty in August. The format usually runs 4-6 hours, often continuing into the evening.
Club 55
Boulevard Patch, Plage de Pampelonne, Ramatuelle
The oldest beach club on Pampelonne, running since the mid-fifties. Lunch only. Wooden tables under a canopy, a basket of raw vegetables with anchovy paste, fish, rosé — and no loud music. The crowd arrives from the yachts by tender. Nobody…
Loulou Ramatuelle
Plage de Pampelonne, Ramatuelle
Lunch on the sand done the Paris way: restaurant service, Mediterranean cooking, music that's there but never covers the conversation. The crowd is a little older and calmer than at Nikki Beach. One of the most fitting daytime addresses for…
Verde Beach Saint-Tropez
Route des Tamaris, Plage de Pampelonne, Ramatuelle
Light cooking — vegetables, fish, grill — a bright interior, music in the background by day and louder towards the evening. The midpoint between a calm lunch and a party. Along the same stretch is Indie Beach, the quietest club on Pampelonn…
Nikki Beach Saint-Tropez
Route de l'Épi, Plage de Pampelonne, Ramatuelle
A daytime disco on the sand: DJ from noon, champagne, sunbeds, and by four o'clock dancing on the loungers. The season runs roughly from May to early October. The complete opposite of Club 55, and the choice between the two should be made d…
La Réserve Ramatuelle
Chemin de la Quessine, Ramatuelle
A hotel, spa and villas on the slope above the sea in the commune of Ramatuelle: contemporary architecture, a panorama across the whole shore as far as Cap Camarat. Not an urban format at all — quiet, spa, long days, few people. Ten minutes…
Tip:
book the table yourself and early (weeks ahead in July and August); tell the model which club exactly — the wardrobe for Club 55 and for Nikki Beach are not the same
A day on a yacht
Plenty of people come to Saint-Tropez by sea and never use the roads at all. The scenario: boarding in Vieux Port at môle Jean Réveille or by tender from the anchorage, a run along the Pampelonne shore, a stop in the coves at Cap Taillat or l'Escalet, lunch on board or a beach club approached from the water, back by sunset. For longer runs — Port-Cros and Porquerolles. A day format, occasionally two.
Club 55
Boulevard Patch, Plage de Pampelonne, Ramatuelle
The oldest beach club on Pampelonne, running since the mid-fifties. Lunch only. Wooden tables under a canopy, a basket of raw vegetables with anchovy paste, fish, rosé — and no loud music. The crowd arrives from the yachts by tender. Nobody…
Le Girelier
Quai Jean Jaurès
A fish restaurant right on the Old Port quay, running since the middle of the last century. Bouillabaisse, whole grilled fish, rosé, and the yachts two metres from the table. The classic port evening, and the one we use to introduce most cl…
Loulou Ramatuelle
Plage de Pampelonne, Ramatuelle
Lunch on the sand done the Paris way: restaurant service, Mediterranean cooking, music that's there but never covers the conversation. The crowd is a little older and calmer than at Nikki Beach. One of the most fitting daytime addresses for…
Tip:
the name of the boat and the captain's name are agreed in advance, a firm condition; say whether you'll be staying the night on board, it changes both the packing and the format
Dinner on the Old Port
The most frequent evening scenario. Meet in a hotel lobby or on the quay, dinner on Quai Jean Jaurès — fish at Le Girelier or dinner with a show at L'Opéra — then a walk through the old town and the citadel, or on to a club. A 3-4 hour format. The port in the evening is the main stage of the town: a front-row table is worth booking ahead.
Le Girelier
Quai Jean Jaurès
A fish restaurant right on the Old Port quay, running since the middle of the last century. Bouillabaisse, whole grilled fish, rosé, and the yachts two metres from the table. The classic port evening, and the one we use to introduce most cl…
L'Opéra Saint-Tropez
Résidence du Port
Dinner with a show by the New Port: a dark room, live acts between courses, and by midnight the evening moves into music and dancing. A specific format — not for a quiet conversation but for an evening with company. One of the few addresses…
Hôtel de Paris Saint-Tropez
Traverse de la Gendarmerie
One of the few large hotels inside the town itself, two minutes from Place des Lices and five from the port. A rooftop pool with a glass floor above the lobby, a terrace looking over the tiled roofs of the old town. A town format: everythin…
Cheval Blanc St-Tropez
Plage de la Bouillabaisse
A small hotel right on the water at the entrance to town, on Bouillabaisse beach. An intimate format — few rooms, a quiet crowd, a pine garden opening onto the beach. Inside is La Vague d'Or, three Michelin stars. Runs seasonally, from spri…
Tip:
the cobbles of the old town and stilettos don't mix, and the model has been warned; after sunset the sea pushes cool air in even in August
Dinner at La Vague d'Or
Three Michelin stars, a terrace over the water on Bouillabaisse beach, a long tasting menu. The most formal gastronomic scenario in the bay: dinner takes three to four hours and leaves no room for anything else that evening. A long or cocktail dress for the model, shirt and trousers for the guest. Book 3-6 weeks ahead in season.
La Vague d'Or
Plage de la Bouillabaisse (Cheval Blanc St-Tropez)
Three Michelin stars, the cooking of Arnaud Donckele — the highest gastronomic address in the whole bay. A terrace above the water, a long tasting menu, dinner that takes three to four hours end to end. The most formal scenario in Saint-Tro…
Cheval Blanc St-Tropez
Plage de la Bouillabaisse
A small hotel right on the water at the entrance to town, on Bouillabaisse beach. An intimate format — few rooms, a quiet crowd, a pine garden opening onto the beach. Inside is La Vague d'Or, three Michelin stars. Runs seasonally, from spri…
Tip:
don't try to squeeze a club in afterwards, the format stands on its own; an aperitif on the hotel terrace before you're seated makes sense
A night at Les Caves du Roy
The night scenario of the town. Dinner in the port or at L'Opéra, then the Byblos around midnight, into Caves du Roy from the Avenue Foch side, table booked in advance. The room peaks after one and empties around four. The club is seasonal, running from spring to the end of September. Face control is real: dress and heels, nothing beachy.
Les Caves du Roy
Avenue Paul Signac (Hôtel Byblos)
The club in the basement of the Byblos, running since the late sixties and still the town's main night address. Seasonal: spring to the end of September. Mirrors, strobe, champagne, music that takes no risks. The economics of the evening ar…
Hôtel Byblos Saint-Tropez
Avenue Paul Signac
Opened in 1967 and the town's principal address ever since. Not a tower but an ensemble of ochre and pastel houses around a patio and a pool, built to read as a Mediterranean village. Inside is Les Caves du Roy, the club the whole Saint-Tro…
L'Opéra Saint-Tropez
Résidence du Port
Dinner with a show by the New Port: a dark room, live acts between courses, and by midnight the evening moves into music and dancing. A specific format — not for a quiet conversation but for an evening with company. One of the few addresses…
Le Girelier
Quai Jean Jaurès
A fish restaurant right on the Old Port quay, running since the middle of the last century. Bouillabaisse, whole grilled fish, rosé, and the yachts two metres from the table. The classic port evening, and the one we use to introduce most cl…
Tip:
if you're staying at the Byblos the scenario closes itself — it's five minutes back upstairs; the club table is booked separately and in advance
A weekend in Ramatuelle
A day or two in the hills above Pampelonne. Base — La Réserve Ramatuelle, Villa Marie, Messardière or a rented villa in Gassin. The programme: breakfast on the terrace, a day on the beach or by the pool, a rosé tasting at Château Minuty in Gassin or lunch in the village of Ramatuelle, evening in town, night, morning. All costs for accommodation, travel and meals are on the client; the model's fee is separate and agreed with the manager.
La Réserve Ramatuelle
Chemin de la Quessine, Ramatuelle
A hotel, spa and villas on the slope above the sea in the commune of Ramatuelle: contemporary architecture, a panorama across the whole shore as far as Cap Camarat. Not an urban format at all — quiet, spa, long days, few people. Ten minutes…
Villa Marie Saint-Tropez
Chemin Val de Rian, Ramatuelle
A small hotel in the pine woods on the hill above Pampelonne bay — an Italian villa in a Mediterranean garden, a terrace over the water, a pool set in greenery. Quieter and more intimate than the addresses in town, and still ten minutes fro…
Château de la Messardière
Route de Tahiti
A late nineteenth-century château on the hill between the town and the beaches, with a park of several hectares and a view over both the bay and Pampelonne. The most "out of town" of the big Saint-Tropez hotels: quiet, pines, space — and te…
Lily of the Valley
Colline Saint-Michel, La Croix-Valmer
A hotel on the hill above Gigaro beach in La Croix-Valmer, twenty minutes south of Saint-Tropez. Built around health and sport: spa, training, kitchen. A calm crowd, a slow rhythm, a view over the bay and the islands.
Club 55
Boulevard Patch, Plage de Pampelonne, Ramatuelle
The oldest beach club on Pampelonne, running since the mid-fifties. Lunch only. Wooden tables under a canopy, a basket of raw vegetables with anchovy paste, fish, rosé — and no loud music. The crowd arrives from the yachts by tender. Nobody…
Tip:
agree it 3-7 days ahead, two to three weeks in August; between the hills and the port it's twenty minutes, forty at the peak of the season
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
The regatta of classic and modern sailing yachts at the end of September is the last big week of the season. The port fills with sail, the quay with people, evening receptions run one after another, and for a few days the town turns back into August. Companion service on those days means a daytime programme on the water or along the quay and a dense evening one: dinner, reception, club.
Le Girelier
Quai Jean Jaurès
A fish restaurant right on the Old Port quay, running since the middle of the last century. Bouillabaisse, whole grilled fish, rosé, and the yachts two metres from the table. The classic port evening, and the one we use to introduce most cl…
Les Caves du Roy
Avenue Paul Signac (Hôtel Byblos)
The club in the basement of the Byblos, running since the late sixties and still the town's main night address. Seasonal: spring to the end of September. Mirrors, strobe, champagne, music that takes no risks. The economics of the evening ar…
Hôtel Byblos Saint-Tropez
Avenue Paul Signac
Opened in 1967 and the town's principal address ever since. Not a tower but an ensemble of ochre and pastel houses around a patio and a pool, built to read as a Mediterranean village. Inside is Les Caves du Roy, the club the whole Saint-Tro…
Cheval Blanc St-Tropez
Plage de la Bouillabaisse
A small hotel right on the water at the entrance to town, on Bouillabaisse beach. An intimate format — few rooms, a quiet crowd, a pine garden opening onto the beach. Inside is La Vague d'Or, three Michelin stars. Runs seasonally, from spri…
L'Opéra Saint-Tropez
Résidence du Port
Dinner with a show by the New Port: a dark room, live acts between courses, and by midnight the evening moves into music and dancing. A specific format — not for a quiet conversation but for an evening with company. One of the few addresses…
Tip:
these are peak dates — book ahead, terms on request; after Les Voiles the town shuts down for winter in roughly two weeks