This full-day private St Tropez shore excursion visits the port town of St Tropez, the hilltop village of Grimaud, and canal-lined Port Grimaud, and is the most popular tour for first-time visitors to St Tropez.
After meeting your driver guide, you begin your tour of the world famous resort city of St Tropez. Saint-Tropez has been a Riviera legend since Brigitte Bardot filmed And God Created Woman here in 1956, turning a small fishing village into a favorite of designers, artists and film stars, with alleys of boutiques and cafes winding down to a harbor where luxury yachts moor alongside working fishing boats. If you are interested in art, there is time to visit the Musee de l'Annonciade, a former 16th century chapel converted into a museum of Pointillist and other avant-garde paintings.
Next you visit Grimaud, a medieval hilltop village with the ruins of the Grimaud Castle overlooking the sea, built in the 11th century and altered through the 15th before being demolished during the Wars of Religion, and Saint-Michel Church, a 12th to 13th century Romanesque church that is a classified historical monument.
Finally you visit Port Grimaud, a planned canal town built starting in 1966 by architect Francois Spoerry that seems like a second Venice, with homes, cafes and shops set directly on canals. You stroll through the village past brightly painted houses with Roman roof tiles, linked by waterways, paths, tiny squares and footbridges, with free time for lunch or shopping if you wish.