Summer
St Tropez
Côte d'Azur, France
St Tropez wrote the rulebook the other resorts follow — Pampelonne in the morning, the port at dusk, a late table where the night begins. IYKYK holds beds at the clubs that started it all and tables in the rooms that stop answering the phone in August.
Hotels
Cheval Blanc St-Tropez
Port end — LVMH house, Dior Spa
Hôtel Byblos
Village centre — the 1967 original, Les Caves du Roy below
La Réserve Ramatuelle
Ramatuelle clifftop — villas, Nescens spa
Dining
La Vague d'Or
Cheval Blanc — Arnaud Donckele, three Michelin stars
Club 55
Pampelonne — the beach lunch since 1955, family-run
La Ponche
Old town — the storied Riviera table, reopened and immaculate
Beach Clubs
Loulou Ramatuelle
Pampelonne — the address of the moment, lunch into afternoon
Verde Beach
Pampelonne — long tables, live sax, sundowner sets
Indie Beach
Pampelonne — quieter, barefoot, no bottle theatre
Events
Les Caves du Roy at Byblos
Nightly in season — Bob Sinclar and Jack-E residencies
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
Late September–October — classic yacht regatta in the bay
Les Bravades de Saint-Tropez
Mid-May — the town's 500-year-old naval festival
Nikki Beach White Party
Late July — Pampelonne's long-running centrepiece
Travel
Flights
Nice (NCE), or La Môle (LTT) for private
Transfers
Helicopter Nice–St Tropez, chauffeurs to Pampelonne
Private charter
Day boats from the old port