Travel Guide Saint Tropez

Throughout the world, this trading and fishing port, which enjoyed great prosperity in the ^17th and ^18th centuries, but which nothing had predisposed to its new vocation as the capital of the jet set, has become a myth. From its foundation to the ^21st century, the history of Saint-Tropez is first and foremost linked to the sea. Formerly a commercial and fishing port, the city is now a meeting place for stars and showbiz personalities. But, as a tourist guide to Saint-Tropez will tell you, you should not stop at this image alone. The city has many points of interest to see or visit: the old town, built from the end of the ^15th century, with its many chapels and multiple oratories (notably the chapel of Sainte-Anne), the port, with its terraces of large cafés and the luxurious yachts that sway at the quay, the citadel, built on the orders of Henri IV, outside the walls, the citadel, built on the orders of Henri IV, outside the walls, to house a reinforcement garrison likely to come to the aid of the city in case of a siege and which houses a museum of maritime history, the marine cemetery where one finds the graves of old families of sailors, long-distance captains, shipowners, shipbuilders or merchants, but also of famous artists... Finally, Saint-Tropez is also a city of vineyards and olive oil where there are many shopping opportunities. So don't hesitate to visit Saint-Tropez, a pretty Provencal town and the setting for the mythical film Et Dieu... créa la femme, which brought Brigitte Bardot, the town's muse, to the forefront.