Château de Sable Ave. des Anthemis, Cavalaire-sur-Mer; 33-4/94-00-45-90; www.chateaudesable.net; doubles from $223. Les Moulins de Ramatuelle If you like St.-Tropez, but in measured doses, consider this food-driven, stylishly groomed five-room property, set in a vineyard two miles from town. Rte. des Plages, Ramatuelle; 33-4/94-97-17-22; www.christophe-leroy.com; doubles from $242. Hôtel Le Manoir One of the three Porquerolles islands off the coast south of Château de Sable, Île de Port-Croswhere everything seems to happen in slow motionhas just this one wistful, colonial-flavored, Maughamesque place to spend the night. Île de Port-Cros; 33-4/94-05-90-52, fax 33-4/94-05-90-89; doubles from $335. La Grande Maison The long-running success of this sprawling, foursquare bastide in the countryside a half-hour from St.-Tropez rests on its table d'hôtes and five inviting guest rooms, done in a hybrid Provençal-Indonesian style. Domaine des Campaux, Rte. du Dom, Bormes-Les-Mimosas; 33-4/94-49-55-40, fax 33-4/94-49-55-23; doubles from $105.
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