The St Tropez season has starter with the easter week end...the weather was gorgeous and very windy. As a result, it was a bit chilly on the beach and impossible to get in the water. La Bastide des Salins, the 14 rooms have been refurbish making it even more peacefull and agreable to stay there.
The beachs on Pampelone are not all open at this time. Les Palmiers is still a very good choice: good food, nice people, excellent service, nice boutique. During the winter they have done a bit of refurblish and had some 60's reedition furniture.
For a drink before diner, we higly recommand La Maison Blanche good as before. They ad some more pieces of art and made some other changes with out changing the spirit, well done.
For diner, absolutly do not go to Grand Joseph, food is bad, service even worse. They have manage to put as many table as possible there is no space left for the waiters to move around. And of course it is expensive....
Le Bistro on Place des Lices...you can also forget about this place. They just open...half the list on the menu was not available, the rest was disgusting, the place is badly finish, they probably rush to finish on time. The only stuff we like about this place the staff was nice and the water bar. May be they will get better after couple of weeks...
L'Escale, good food, good service. If you want to see the Jet set this is the place. They have made some change also. Joseph bought also La Marine to be open in May, it will be all back, with black sand on the floor. It will be a meet restaurant.
Senequier, THE bar on the port have done some refurblishment also....red mosaic and grey plastic furniture , overall very cheap looking. Stay on the outside terrasse...anyway it is best for looking at the crowd.
Shopping: for men Lily for men, for women, Lily for women and of course Dolce&Gabbana shop.
If you have time go to Cannes this is a shopping paradise, the shops are located on 2 streets : La Croisette and one street behind.
For more on ST Tropez , check previous post...