This private St Tropez shore excursion visits St Tropez and the canal town of Port Grimaud, with free time built in for lunch.
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 and later bought her house, La Madrague, along the water, turning a small fishing village into a favorite of designers, artists and film stars. Its narrow alleys are lined with boutiques, cafes and haute couture shops winding down to the picturesque harbor, where luxury yachts moor alongside working fishing boats.
If you are interested in art, you can visit the Musee de l'Annonciade, a former 16th century chapel built in 1548 and converted into a museum in 1955, now home to an impressive collection of paintings by Pointillist and other avant-garde artists who worked from St Tropez's harbor in the early 1900s.
Next you visit Port Grimaud, a planned canal town built starting in 1966 by architect Francois Spoerry that has grown into roughly 7 kilometers of canals and 2,400 houses, often nicknamed the Venice of Provence. You stroll through the village past brightly painted houses with Roman roof tiles, linked by waterways, footpaths, small squares and footbridges, with time here to relax over lunch.