The town of sainte maxime, an elegant and charmful destination

Between 1920 and 1940, Côte d'Azur was a laboratory of prestigious and innovative architectural achievements thanks to fortunate sponsors. Sainte-Maxime is one of the rare cities of the Var department to preserve a rich architectural heritage dating from the 1920 to 1940 thanks in particular to the architecte Rene Darde (1883-1960). He was the head of the neoregionalism of Provence movement and worked on the Côte d' Azur and in particular in Sainte-Maxime.

All the beaches of Sainte-Maxime offer on more than 10 km, a fine sand and limpid shores for a sea considered to have no tide, ideal for the children.

The Castle of Grimaud The St. Michel's Church, built during the Roman era Notre Dame de la Queste (11th Century), the Penitents' Chapel (15th Century) the Pont des Fées (which means "fairy bridge" - even this name shows that the process was nearly magic), which made it possible to conduct water from a hill at a distance of 3 kilometres to the village The St Roch's Wind Mill, built in the 17th Century Port-Grimaud where the architect François Spoerry realized in 1966 a visionary and ambitious project : the marina or "lake-dwelling" city. Today Port-Grimaud is one of the most frequented places of France with its quays of a total length of 12 km lined with gardens and "fishermen's houses" where boats can be moored. A real architectural contemporary success

Amazing landscapes await you in a particularly wild area! Coastal walk along the Peninsula of Saint-Tropez: The famous beach of Pampelonne, the Capes Camarat and Taillat. Then continuation by the paradisiac Bay of Briande with its turquoises water till the Cape Lardier.

The church of Saint-Sauveur-Saint-Etienne with its double name (because of its two naves) was built at the beginning of the XI century. The Sellier Museum, the old residence of the Cogolin lords. The Chapelle Saint-Roch, which in the VII century gave shelter to the white penitents Bellevue Square for a magnificent panoramic view of the city

Only a few miles away from Sainte-Maxime, the famous islands of Porquerolles, Cros Port, the Levant Port and the Embiez Port, where underwater fishing is prohibited, shelter an abundant fauna and imposing underwater funds.

The parish church, with its façade surmounted by the statue of Saint Tropez.

The oldest building in Saint-Tropez is to be found: La Tour Guillaume The Old Port where you can still see several traditional fishing boats (pointus) The imposing mass of Tour Jarlier, the corner stone of the two perpendicular walls which ran down to the sea, completing the fortifications in the late 15th century, and providing an excellent look-out facility on the landward borders of the village.