The peninsula
Gigaro sits on the southern shore of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, facing the islands rather than the port.
Same light, same sea, the same twenty minutes to town. Fewer people, and a coastline that can never be built on again.
The coast below
The coast below the house belongs to the nation and will never be built on. Views like this one are not being made any more.
Looking out
The Îles d’Or lie on the horizon: Levant, Port-Cros and Porquerolles, with the Baie de Cavalaire to the west.
The house sits at the top of the hill facing the Île du Levant. That is the sentence Côté Sud opens its article with.
Down the road
Quiet is not the same as remote. Everything the peninsula is known for is twenty minutes away, and almost none of it comes up the hill.
On the same road.
Philippe Starck’s first hotel on the Côte d’Azur, opened in 2019. A Leading Hotels of the World member; Gault&Millau 2025 wrote that it “deserves every superlative”. Chef Vincent Maillard. A neighbour, not an affiliation.
At the foot of the hill.
Sand, pines and a handful of beach restaurants where the protected coast begins. The shortcut down is shared with guests, not published.
About fifteen minutes by car.
The beach clubs of the peninsula’s busy side. Close enough for lunch, far enough for quiet nights.
About twenty minutes by the route des Plages.
The port, the market on the Place des Lices, the Citadelle. In summer, leave earlier than you think.
Drive times are estimates. Summer traffic adds to all of them.
Getting here
Drive times are estimates. Summer traffic adds to all of them.