"Saint-Tropez - fishing village and Jet-Set" Top 5 Page for this destination Saint-Tropez by gabyne

Although it became famous due to French films with Brigitte Bardot in the Fifties and got the centre of Jet-Set, Saint-Tropez is still a small and idyllic fishing village.

It is said that the area has a very special light so there are a lot of painters living and working there. And it is true - the colours are much more vivid there - I have no idea, why... ;-)

pictures at the port

The painters have their pictures exposed right at the port where you can look at them while they're painting their next oeuvre.

You can find classic pictures of French landscape - Cote d'Azur, Provence, Camargue but also modern art, mostly oil or acryl but also water colours.

On my last visit mid of May I was lucky to be there when Saint-Tropez held celebrations for its founder, the Roman militarist Tropez. About 100 men in 17th or 18th century uniforms did a parade and fired with old guns.

• Pros:still the idyllic fishing village it was 50 years ago
• Cons:expensive, overcrowded in high season
• In a nutshell:This is real mediterranean flair!