We had the best ever holiday based just 4-ish miles from Saint Tropez in Port Cogolin. There is easy access to the wonderfully glamorous Saint Tropez via car or via the the great fun and regular water taxi just a short walk from the apartment.
The beaches are totally marvellous along the stretch of coast literally right by Saint Tropez. I have seen people talking about the Pampelonne beach but from our experience there were about 5 fantastic beaches right next to each other. Our favourite was the Tahiti beach which was great for the kids, crystal clear water, a lovely beach bar and perfect white sand. Parking at beaches was plentiful and easy access (costs 4 euros).
The apartment was exactly as described and was a perfect base for us (2 adults and two kids). There was a great DVD player and TV so don't forget to take DVDs if the kids like watching them at night. The bedrooms and bathrooms were clean and tidy and the small kitchen area served us perfectly. We didn't use the balcony much (mainly to hang out our towels and washing), but it was large and has a good sized table with four chairs. There was a good view from the apartment and the pool was a good size and shape (bigger than it looks in the photo).
I have no complaints whatsoever with the apartment.
The Port Gogolin area was great for us too, you can walk to the massive Casino supermarket in five minutes and to the large funfair in 10 mins. There are two restaurants right in the Port area (like 2 mins walk) which we ate at and both were excellent and very well priced (good Pizza's).
Make sure you rent the parking space from Sarah, its well worth it and needed as the walk to the public car park is a bit far with shopping and stuff.
If you fancy a big day out we did two, we went to Aqualand in Frejus it was massive with loads of great flumes and pools, we also went to Cannes (hour drive), the shopping there was amazing and atmosphere and excitement of the pace blew us away. My wife bought new sun glasses in the Chanel shop arrrhhh
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