Hotel Byblos

You’ll be pushed to find anywhere more chic than this iconic hotel, in the centre of Saint-Tropez – built in 1960 by a Lebanese billionaire after he became smitten by the town’s most famous local, Brigitte Bardot.

Six decades on, Byblos remains effortlessly hip. Its charming, Provencal-style rooms and suites are built into a cluster of typical Saint-Tropez-style ochre and salmon-coloured houses; there’s a heated outdoor pool and a 24-hour restaurant, supplied by the adjacent vegetable garden.

On summer nights, it’s party time for the glitterati at the Byblos’s outrageous, bling-fest of a club, Les Caves du Roy. If you want the ultimate Saint-Tropez nightlife experience, look no further – but prepare to upset your bank manager along the way.