Saint-Tropez (10)
22.01.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Mayor insists he is not overspending in 2012
The Mayor of Saint-Tropez Mr Jean-Pierre Tuveri has announced an exciting multi-million euro budget for 2012.
A figure of 50,982,943 euros has been estimated for the overall budget, which is to cover general running costs as well as major investments.
Read more … Budget details released
31.12.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Happy 100th birthday to the torpedo!
One of the only industrial companies of its kind in the area is set to celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. The French state shipyard Direction des Constructions Navales, Systemes et Services (DCNS), belonging to the Saint Tropez torpedo factory, will be 100-years-old. Read more … 100 years of torpedos
30.12.2011
Provence & Côte d’Azur: The party is well and truely over for le Voile Rouge
Apart from Paris Hilton's disappointment, what else could go wrong for legendary beach club the Voile Rouge? Founder of Association Cap Pampelonne and head of Niourlago beach in Saint-Tropez Khaled Khoudair is openly outraged at the club's demolition in December. "This will destroy a cult that took the world by storm. It is all too typical for France, destroying things that are good." Read more … End of an era
10.12.2011
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Mystery surrounds death at home of Hôtel de Paris proprietor
It was his love of art for which billionaire hotelier Claude Dray was known, but it was in real estate where he made his fortune. And among the 76-year-old's prestigious projects, was the reconstruction of the Hôtel de Paris in Saint-Tropez. Sadly, Mr Dray will never see this project realised.
Read more … Hotel owner murdered
08.12.2011
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Closure of Saint-Tropez party beach club
The beach club La Voile Rouge, notorious for its party-loving, champagne-drinking celebrity clientele, has been demolished by French authorities.Read more … Party's over for La Voile Rouge
14.11.2011
Provence & Côte d'Azur: The party is over for a Riviera hotspot
The Saint-Tropez beach club, La Voile Rouge, notorious for its party-loving, champagne-drinking celebrity clientele, has been ordered to close by French authorities. Read more … Closure of Saint-Tropez party beach club
25.10.2011
Provence & Côte d'Azur: The first of nearly 300 highly anticipated new builds is available for purchase
Newly built apartments in the centre of Saint- Tropez will be up for grabs from the beginning of October.Read more … New development up for sale
22.09.2011
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Hundreds descend for Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
As the sailing season begins to draw to a close in the Mediterranean, Saint-Tropez hosts one of the biggest events in the region: Les Voiles de Saint Tropez on 24th September to 2nd October.
Read more … Season’s great finale
22.08.2011
Saint-Tropez: Photograpy book reminds us of why the world fell in love with the ancient fishing village
Tourism Director Claude Manis-calco knows why everything is a little bit more expensive in Saint-Tropez than in other cities along the Côte. “You just have to understand that less than 6,000 people pay for an infrastructure used by five million visitors every year," he says in the recently published Ger-man photography book Mythos Saint-Tropez (The Myth of Saint-Tropez) by Helge Sobik.Read more … The Myth of Saint-Tropez
