What's on in Saint-Tropez, France through the year

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Christmas holidays in France

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: The winter shutdown (5 Nov – 25 Mar (usually))

Busy — Winter (February) holidays in France, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: The winter shutdown (5 Nov – 25 Mar (usually))

Busy — Winter (February) holidays in France, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Easter weekend

  4–6 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedClosures

  Easter Monday is a public holiday and the long weekend is spring's first big getaway: motorways and TGVs fill, towns that draw holidaymakers get busy and some rooms are priced up, and many shops close on the Monday. Source ↗

Still on: The winter shutdown (5 Nov – 25 Mar (usually))

Peak crowds — Easter weekend, Spring holidays in France

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Easter weekend (4–6 Apr)

Peak crowds — May holidays and ponts, La Bravade

• Holiday

  May holidays and ponts

  1–25 MayNational holidayCrowdedBook earlyClosures

  1 May, 8 May, Ascension Thursday and Whit Monday are public holidays, and the French bridge the gaps with a day off, the pont. Expect four-day weekends of busy trains, jammed roads and full rooms in towns that draw visitors, and near-total closures on 1 May. Source ↗

• Festival

  La Bravade

  16–18 MayReligious feastCrowded

  Three days of musket salvos, processions and eighteenth-century uniform for the town's patron saint, on the same dates since the sixteenth century. Loud from dawn, and entirely for the locals. Source ↗

Busy — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Season

  Sea warm enough to swim

  10 Jun – 5 Oct · usually

  The gulf is swimmable from June into early October. Pampelonne is the name everyone knows; the small coves on the coastal path east of town are where you can put a towel down in August.

Still on: May holidays and ponts (1–25 May)

Peak crowds — The August crush, Bastille Day (14 juillet)

• Holiday

  The August crush

  10 Jul – 31 AugSchool holidaysCrowdedBook early

  One road in, and in August it can take an hour to cover the last few kilometres of it. The boat from Sainte-Maxime is the way round it, and dinner anywhere in the port is a booking made in spring. Source ↗

• Holiday

  Bastille Day (14 juillet)

  13–14 JulNational holidayCrowdedClosures

  14 July is the national holiday: towns hold fireworks on the evening of the 13th or 14th, often with a firemen's ball, a parade or a concert, and banks, offices and many shops close for the day. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, The August crush

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), The August crush (10 Jul – 31 Aug)

Busy — Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Festival

  Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez

  26 Sep – 4 OctSporting eventCrowded

  Classic and modern yachts race in the gulf for nine days at the end of September, and the town gets a second, better-tempered high season out of it. The mole is the free grandstand. Source ↗

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 5 Oct (usually))

Peak crowds — Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, All Saints (autumn) holidays in France

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Sea warm enough to swim (10 Jun – 5 Oct (usually)), Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (26 Sep – 4 Oct)

Busy — All Saints (autumn) holidays in France

• Closure

  The winter shutdown

  5 Nov – 25 Mar · usually

  Most of the restaurants, the beach clubs and a good half of the hotels close from November until around Easter. The village underneath is still there, and the parking is free. Source ↗

Peak crowds — travelers describe it as peak season, Christmas holidays in France

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: The winter shutdown (5 Nov – 25 Mar (usually))