Saint-Tropez, Saint Raphaël, Saint Aygulf – the beautiful Côte d’Azur

We have spent 4 fabulous days relaxing on a lovely campsite at St Aygulf – Les Jardins du Mai Tai (N43°24’37” E6°42’29”).  We needed to spend a few days catching up on washing and giving Sonny a good clean inside and out.  As lovely as some of the Aires are that we have been staying on, washing and cleaning can only really be done well on a campsite.

Mel said he needed to go on a campsite for a few days for a rest.  I laughed and reminded him that we were on a never-ending holiday and it was not really hard work – ha! ha!  

I understood what he meant though; when we go on Aires we tend to only spend one night, (occasionally 2) just to visit the places and see the sights and don’t really get chance to just kick off our shoes, put our feet up, soak up the sun and chill.

The smallish campsite is a mix of lodges and 34 large plots for motorhomes/caravans.  It has a nice sized heated pool and whirlpool, pool bar, restaurant, beach volleyball court, boules, table tennis (we love a good table tennis game!) and a well-stocked supermarket next door.  It’s only €17 a night with our ACSi Card but would normally cost €41.60 – we couldn’t afford that on our daily budget!

Campsite pool/whirlpool

On a couple of days we took the scooter out around the coast, first to Saint Aygulf Beach

Saint Aygulf 

the lovely little town of Fréjus, where a kind optician fixed my sun glasses for free (the pin had fallen out)!

Fréjus

And the very pretty Saint Raphaël

Saint Raphaël

And then round the coast to the historic town of Saint Tropez – you need to have a bit of money to live here or indeed to own a boat!  Mel found himself a ‘little’ one down by the marina that he would like to own!

and I found myself a sailing ship!

The town is very old and pretty, with lots of narrow streets.

From the top of the Citadel on the hill, which has crowned the town for the last 400 years, you get a great view across the town and sea.  The maritime museum inside tells the story of the Tropezian sailors, of the fisherman and merchant Seaman and how they shaped the town into what it is today.

As we move on round the coast, we should be in Italy in a couple of days!

Sally x