Travel Reference
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cocks!) are fantastic. Its dungeons shelter a
Musée Naval
, dedicated to the town's mari-
time history and the Allied landings in August 1944.
BEACH
Beaches
About 4km southeast of town is the start of
Plage de Tahiti
and its continuation, the fam-
ous
Plage de Pampelonne
, studded with St-Tropez's most legendary drinking and dining
haunts.
Just east of St-Tropez,
Plage des Salins
(rte des Salins)
is a long, wide sandy beach at
the southern foot of
Cap des Salins
.
At the northern end of Plage des Salins, on a rock jutting out to sea, is the
tomb
of
Émile Olivier (1825-1913), who served as first minister to Napoléon III until his exile in
1870. It looks out towards
La Tête de Chien
(Dog's Head), named after the legendary
dog who declined to eat St Torpes' remains.
Further south,
Pointe du Capon
(S of La Tête de Chien)
is a beautiful cape criss-
crossed with walking trails.
Sentier du Littoral
A spectacular coastal path wends its way past rocky outcrops and hidden bays 35km south
from St-Tropez, around the Presqu'île de St-Tropez to the beach at Cavalaire-sur-Mer and
beyond to Le Lavandou (60km). In St-Tropez the yellow-flagged path starts at La Ponche,
immediately east of Tour du Portalet, and curves around Port des Pêcheurs, past St-
Tropez's citadel. It then leads past the walled
Cimitière Marin
Offline map
Google map
(marine cemetery) to the tiny
Plage des Graniers
and beyond.
The tourist office has maps with distances and walking times (eg to Plage des Salins,
8.5km, 2½ hours).
WALKING
Tours
Les Bateaux Verts
( 04 94 49 29 39;
www.bateauxverts.com
; quai Jean Jaurès)
Boat trips around
Baie
des Cannebiers
(dubbed 'Bay of Stars' after the celebrity villas dotting its coast) are ad-
vertised on billboards along quai Suffren at the Vieux Port. From April to September Les
Bateaux Verts trips include Baie des Cannebiers (adult/child €9/5); Calanques de l'Estérel
BOAT TOUR
