Italian riviera properties

Beaches and St-Tropez's Peninsula Although the beaches begin even before you enter St-Tropez, those famous sandy strands where girls first dared to sunbathe topless (circumventing local indecency laws by placing Coke bottle tops over their nipples) skirt the outer rim of the peninsula. In the summer, minibuses link them with Place Carnot, a good idea as beach parking is as expensive as the beaches themselves. (Note that St-Tropez lost its Blue Flag status in 2001, although most of the crowd here don't bother with swimming.)<br />
Plage des Craniers is within easy walking distance, but it's the most crowded. A path from here skirts Cap de St-Tropez and passes Plage des Salins and the gay beach Neptune, and ends up at the notoriously decadent Plage de Tahiti, the movie stars favourite.Tahiti occupies the north end of the 5 km Plage de Pampelonne, lined with cafes, restaurants and luxury concessions where any swimming costumes at ali are optional.<br />
On the other side of Cap Camarat, Plage de l'Escalet is hard to reach, but much less crowded and free. From L'Escalet you can pick up the coastal path and walk in an hourand a half tothe best and most tranquil beach of ali. Plage de la Briande.<br />
The centre of the peninsula, swathed with Cotes de Provence vineyards, is dominated by two villages of sinuous vaulted lanes and medieval house: Gassin, up a dizzy series of hair pinturns, and below it the larger Ramatuelle. Both were Saracen fraxinets, and both have caught serious cases of artsy fashion flu from St-Trop, but they stili make refreshing escapes from the anarchy down<br />