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Pampelonne is the kind of beach considered a Saint-Tropez beach by most people. [2] It is a long, mostly sandy beach, located about 5 km south-east to Saint-Tropez. Only half of the beach belongs to the commune of Saint-Tropez, but famous beach clubs – strictly speaking located in Ramatuelle – often use the term Saint-Tropez beach.
Plages du Prado was the venue for the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. [2] For the occasion, the summer stadium's capacity was increased to 8500 seats, against 4500. normally. Over the course of the tournament, it hosted 16 teams competing for the crown of World Champions. All group matches and knockout matches were played there.
There is no airport in Saint-Tropez, but there is a charter service to and from clubs, the town and Tropezian beaches by helicopter. [25] The nearest airport is La Môle – Saint-Tropez Airport located in La Môle , 15 km (9 mi) (8 NM) southwest of Saint-Tropez. [ 26 ]
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The territory was called the Comté de Nice after 1526, and thereafter its language, history and culture were separate from those of Provence until 1860, when it was re-attached to France under Napoleon III. Provence retained its formal independence until 1480, when the last Comte de Provence, René I of Naples, died and left the Comté to his ...
It has one beach at Canadel and another at Le Rayol. Carla Bruni , model, singer and wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy , visited the beach at Canadel before she became famous. For many years until 2007, there was a swimming race around the headland from one beach to the other but it was stopped after health and safety concerns.
Juan-les-Pins (French pronunciation: [ʒɥɑ̃ le pɛ̃]; Occitan: Joan dei Pins) is a town in the commune of Antibes in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera , it is situated between Nice and Cannes , 13 kilometres (8 mi) to the southwest of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport .
Sanary-sur-Mer's coastline has a number of small beaches; it is an active village all year round, unlike most small towns on the Mediterranean coast. Sanary-sur-Mer is one of the sunniest places in France, with an average of only 61 days of rain, mostly in winter, as well as major solar radiation (6,156 MJ/m2/yr), comparable to Sicily .