Tropez beaches

Saint-Tropez beaches are generally divided in 3 parts:

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The "in-town" beaches

This include La Glaye, La Ponche and de la Fontanette. As the Saint Tropez is quite medieval like village/town, the three are small to tiny beaches, located near the heart of the village.[1]

Famous Pampelonne beach

Probably this is beach that most of people consider as a "Saint-Tropez" beach.[2] Basically this is one long, mostly sand beach located about 5 km from St-Tropez. The beach as itself don't even belong to Saint-Tropez administrative region, but clubs like Nikki Beach [3] often use the term Saint Tropez beach.

Most parts of beach have it own parkings, toilets, showers, changing facilities, cafes, restaurants, lifeguard patrols, sun-loungers for rent, and wind-surfing opportunity.

Also most famous clubs are located in many of Pampelonne beach parts. This includes:

The Pampelonne beach is divided into sub beaches like

Plage de Tahiti

This is the beach, that was popularised in the film 'And God Created Woman'. with Brigitte Bardot. The beach is accessed through an unpaved road.[4]

Other near the town beaches

Basically this includes other beaches, considered as near, and linked to the Saint-Tropez. It includes:

Plage de la Bouillabaisse

Located beyond the port and car park. Offers views across the bay to the Maures mountains.

Plage des Salins

It's sometimes wrongly included as part of Pampelonne, but it isn't.[5]

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