Sights in St Tropez
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Tomb of Émile Olivier
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 Napoleon III until his exile in 1870. Olivier's 17-volume L'Empire Libéral is preserved in the library of Château La Moutte, his former home on Cap des Salins.
Olivier's sea-facing tomb looks out towards La Tête de Chien (Dog's Head), named after the legendary dog who declined to eat St Torpes' remains.
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La Tête de Chien
La Tête de Chien was named after the legendary dog who declined to eat St Torpes' remains. A grisly legend provided St-Tropez with its name in AD 68. After beheading a Roman officer named Torpes for becoming a Christian, the emperor Nero packed the decapitated body into a small boat, along with a dog and a rooster who were to devour his remains. Miraculously, the body came ashore in St-Tropez unnibbled, and the village adopted the headless Torpes as its saint.
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Cap Taillat
Cap Taillat is protected by the Conservatoire du Littoral (which bought it from Club Med after it tried to turn the precious, nature-rich cape into the world's largest Club Med in the 1970s). The tiny spit of sandy land today supports a range of important habitats, from seashore to wooded cliffs, and hides some of France's rarest plant species as well as a population of Hermann tortoises. Can be accessed from Gigaro.
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Plage de Pampelonne
This beach is the continuation of Plage de Tahiti, studded with some of St-Tropez's most legendary drinking and dining haunts. To get here on foot, head out of town along av de la Résistance (south of place des Lices) to rte de la Belle Isnarde and then rte de Tahiti. Otherwise, the bus to Ramatuelle runs about 1km inland along the D93 - from which seven roads lead to the sand.
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La Maison des Papillons
Around 4500 butterflies collected by Dany Lartigue, son of Riviera photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986), are pinned to the walls in La Maison des Papillons. Find the House of Butterflies in the former home of Madeleine 'Bibi' Messager, the first wife of Jacques Lartigue (he had three) who remained in St-Tropez after the couple split.
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Château La Moutte
The Château La Moutte's unmarked entrance is on chemin de la Moutte. In summer musical concerts are held. The library here holds Émile Olivier's 17-volume L'Empire Libéral. Olivier served as first minister to Napoleon III until his exile in 1870. This used to be his home on Cap des Salins.
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Pampelonne Lighthouse
This rocky cape, Cap Camarat, is dominated by France's second-tallest lighthouse, operational since 1831, electrified in 1946 and automated from 1977. The hike up its 84 steps rewards with fabulous views of St-Tropez, this rich green peninsula and the Med.
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Citadel
A 17th-century citadel dominates the hillside overlooking St-Tropez to the east. The views (and peacocks!) are great, and its dungeons shelter a Musée Naval, dedicated to the town's maritime history and the Allied landings in August 1944.
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Musée de l’Annonciade
Displayed in a disused chapel, the Musée de l’Annonciade displays an impressive collection of artworks by Matisse, Bonnard, Dufy and especially Signac, who set up his home and studio in St-Tropez.
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Musée Naval
The Musée Naval is dedicated to the town's maritime history and the Allied landings in August 1944. It is located in a dungeon in the St-Tropez Citadel which overlooks St-Tropez to the east.
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Chapelle Ste-Anne
Chapelle Ste-Anne was built in 1618. The marvellous collection of ex-votive paintings and centuries-old miniature boats inside can be viewed just once a year - on St Anne's feast day (26 July).
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Église de St-Tropez
Sweet-chiming Église de St-Tropez is a quintessential St-Trop landmark built in 1785 in Italian baroque style. Inside is the bust of St Torpes, honoured during Les Bravades des Espagnols.
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Bailli de Suffren Statue
Here a cast from a 19th-century cannon peers out to sea. The bailiff (1729-88) was a sailor who fought with a Tropezien crew against Britain and Prussia during the Seven Years' War.
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Pampelonne Beach
Welcome to the golden sand of France's most chic beach. Pampelonne stretches for 9km from Cap du Pinet to Cap Camarat, a rocky cape dominated by France's second-tallest lighthouse.
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Plage des Salins
Plage des Salins is a long, wide sandy beach, 4.5km east of St Tropez at the foot of Cap des Salins. To get here, follow rte des Salins to its end.
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Plage de la Liberté
Bathers can swim in the buff on aptly named Plage de la Liberté, a nudist beach on Pampelonne's northern end.
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Citadelle de St-Tropez
The panoramas of St-Tropez’ bay from the elevated 17th-century Citadelle de St-Tropez are worth the climb.
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Plage de l'Escalet
Bathers can swim in the buff on the secluded Plage de l'Escalet on the southern side of Cap Camarat.
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Chapelle de la Miséricorde
Chapelle de la Miséricorde was built in 1645 with a pretty bell tower and colourful tiled dome.
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Lavoir Vasserot
Summer art exhibitions fill the 19th-century Lavoir Vasserot, the former communal washhouse.
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Pointe du Capon
Pointe du Capon is a beautiful cape crisscrossed with walking trails.
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Plage de la Moutte
Bathers can swim in the buff on Plage de la Moutte on Cap des Salins.
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