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( 04 94 97 00 63; 9 quai Jean Jaurès; mains €30-50; noon-3am Tue-Sun)
This
celebrity-loved portside restaurant with sand on the floor is a place to see and be seen. The
food is so-so.
ST-TROPEZ BEACH RESTAURANTS
St-Tropez' seaside scene is defined by its restaurants (which blanket the sand), and they're all wildly different.
Mattresses (€15 to €20) and parking (€5) are extra. Most open May to September (call ahead); all are marked on
the tourist office map. Book lunch (well ahead) at any of the following.
Club 55
( 04 94 55 55 55;
www.leclub55.fr
;
43 blvd Patch, Pampelonne; meals €60; Apr-Oct)
The
longest-running club dates to the 1950s, and was originally the crew canteen during the filming of
And God
Created Woman
. Now it caters to celebs who do
not
want to be seen. Food's nothing special.
Nikki Beach
(
www.nikkibeach.com/sttropez
; rte de l'Epi, Epi Plage)
Favoured by dance-on-the-bar celebs (ie
Paris Hilton) who want to be seen. Goes til midnight.
Plage des Jumeaux
( 04 94 58 21 80;
www.plagedesjumeaux.com
; rte de l'Épi, Pampelonne; mains €22-29;
lunch Thu-Mon year-round, lunch & dinner daily Jul & Aug;
)
First choice for families, with playground
equipment and beach toys; tops for seafood.
Aqua Club
(
04 94 79 84 35;
www.aqua-club-plage.fr
; rte de l'Epi, Pampelonne; mains €22-29;
Jan-
Oct)
Friendly mixed gay/straight crowd; the most diverse by far.
Moorea Plage
( 04 94 97 18 17;
www.moorea-plage-st-tropez.com
; rte des Plages, Tahiti; mains €15-29)
Ideal for conversation and backgammon; tops for steak.
Liberty Plage
( 04 94 79 80 62;
www.plageleliberty.com
; chemin des Tamaris, Pampelonne; mains €17-19;
year-round)
Clothing optional - eat naked.
Pearl Beach
( 04 98 12 70 70;
www.thepearlbeach.com
; quartier de la Bouillabaisse; lunch/dinner menus
€30/70; mid-Feb-Dec)
and
La Bouillabaisse
( 04 94 97 54 00;
www.alpazurhotels.com
;
menus €45;
mid-Feb-Oct)
, on the way into to town on rte de St-Tropez, are family-friendly.
Drinking & Entertainment
Dress to kill. And bring more money than you think you'll need. Many places close in
winter, but in summer it's party central seven days a week.
To tap into the local gay scene, hit Chez les Garçons (
Click here
)
.
Sénéquier
CAFE
