Another beautiful day and sadly the day we have decided to move on – that is not to say we won’t be back as it has been so peaceful at this Aire and ideally located, but for now, onwards and a short drive to the outskirts of St Tropez.
We find roadside parking on the way into town and decide to not try and get any closer as there is a continuous stream of traffic heading that way. It only takes us about 20 minutes to walk down to the shore and may be another 10 into the old town proper which envelopes the main Marina.
We follow the crowds around the marina checking out the millions of pounds worth of craft moored there…
And then follow the coast line to visit the 3 small beaches – Plage de la Glaye….
Plage de la Ponche….
And on the edge of the town – Plage de la Fontanette….
The beaches themselves are not really very exciting but the beautiful almost tumble down peach houses that surround them are just beautiful.
As I suspected the main old town with it’s Gucci and like designer shops was very busy (the shops themselves not so much maybe the bouncers on the doors is a bit off putting to some?) but as we soon find out it is very easy to loose the crowds by just heading away from the main port and into the myriad of little streets running away from the centre….
Though busy I would agree that it is a stunning little town. We meandered our way back to the van and pressed on the short distance to our next stop – St Maxime….
No where near as busy or indeed as beautiful but nevertheless we enjoyed a lovely walk along the sea front promenade (a lot of the beaches are not dog friendly) with just enough sea breeze to keep us cool and checked out all the beaches on the way….
Plage de Croisette and de Maxim on the way into town….
Plage de Club Nautique and Plage de St Maxime on either side of the bridge in the centre of town….
And finally Plage de Saudan, a rather forgotton little bit of sand on the far side of the marina and town….
It is by now getting incredibly hot and the van was like an oven so we had to wait a while with all the doors open for it to cool down enough to be bearable as we drove the short distance, via a supermarket to our campsite for the next 3 nights at St Aygulf.
To give the van a chance to cool down before we settled in we took a brief walk to check out the 3 beaches in the immediate vicinity – Plages de la Galliarde, des Eclaireurs and de la Galliard Ouest….
The main sandy one and the one immediately outside the site, unfortunately is not dog friendly which is a real shame after being so spoilt last week on Plage de Pampelonne – but I’m sure we will cope.
Today’s stats:
- Miles driven – 27
- Miles walked – 9
- Beaches – 11
- Food – £25.86
- O/N – £23.12
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