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International tourist mecca, St. Tropez's mythical tame has played a largepart in the renown of the whole Côte d' Azur.
In St. Tropez everything is famous :
- Beaches : Bouillabaisse Beach, Caneliers Beach, Salins Beach; there are at least 40 on the peninsula.
- There is the Place des Lices where movie stars and local stars get togettier to play a game of boules or sip Pastis under the plane trees.
Everybody, of course, wears their leather Tropéziennes sandals !
St. Tropez became "St. Trop" when the show business people, artists and writers all fell under the spell of this charming little port in the 1950's.
In the summer one could bump into Picasso, Francoise Sagan, Jacques Prévert and many others, With the arrival of Brigitte Bardot in the 6O's the myth was installed for good. Since then St. Tropez has become the in vacation spot for chic Parisians and the international Jet Set.
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