A week exploring France’s Mediterranean coast offers a touring holiday without a bus, a sailing trip without millionaire prices, and Riviera beaches without crowds
November 2014
Why I love …
Chef Nina Parker on Saint-Tropez
The chef and writer on the gastronomy, style and enduring glamour of the Côte d’Azur town
July 2014
French riviera: private beach clubs at risk under demolition plans
Authorities are serving notice to private operators that buildings must be demolished once permit comes to an end, says lawyer
January 2010
Jeanne d'Arc glimpses her future: a servant for the rich of St Tropez
Residents call for venerable ship to be used as helipad to clear airspace of troublesome flying taxis
August 2009
Like St Tropez before Bardot
Marseillan can't claim to have the celeb clientele, glam bars and designer shops of its famous Riviera cousin, but that's why it's special, says Ian Belcher
June 2009
Cut-price classics
Sarah Turner's guide to living a millionaire lifestyle on a student budget
August 2008
Travel writing competition 2008
Family: Get-out claws
Dad's childhood crabbing skills are revived on a family trip to Wales, writes Jane Gallagher
April 2008
Top 20s
20 boutique hotels by the sea
We asked four hotel gurus to reveal their favourite Mediterranean boltholes - from a stylish pad in St Tropez to a cheap but chic Corsican retreat
March 2008
My crap holiday
St Tropez, with storms and a single parent
My crap holiday: Sleeping under canvas for the first time at 49 was brave but probably a bit daft
June 2006
A little piece of history
The bikini is 60 next month. Where better to get the word on the latest styles than St Tropez, its spiritual home.
