Les Restanques du Golf de St Tropez
Key Features:
- A prestigious location, with extraordinary panoramic views of the sea and the village of Saint-Tropez.
- 3km from the beach
- A typical Mediterranean village.
- Children Clubs from 5 to 18 year-old.
Geographical location
• In the Var, 9 km from Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Tropez.
• Grimaud, a medieval Provençal village, nestling in the heart of the Maures mountains, and beside the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.
• Port-Grimaud, the internationally renowned lake city.
• Close to one of the mythical spots on the Côte d’Azur: Saint-Tropez.
The resort
• A superb, 25-hectare landscaped estate, with extraordinary panoramic views of the sea and the village of Saint-Tropez. Enclosed, guarded grounds.
• A typical Mediterranean village.
• A large choice of accommodation: apartments, houses, villas and “bastides” (typical Provençal cottages).
• Car highly recommended.
Sport & Leisure
• “A la carte” children’s clubs for each age group: Club Baby (3-35 months), Club Mini (3-5 years), Clubs Kid's and Junior (6-8 years and 9-12 years) and Club Teens and Fun (13-15 and 16-18 years).
• Environmental awareness-raising for children and young people in partnership with the WWF in children's club once a week.
• The teen meeting with the new “Le SpOt” concept. Open during French school holidays. Music, videos and activities. Exclusively for young people, geared towards their budget and expectations.
• One free activity for adults during the day as well as evening entertainment.
• A 1600 m² leisure pool complex (wave pool, geyser, play pool, swimming pool, artificial beaches, shaded wooden terrace) surrounded by exotic, fragrant plants.
• Fencing, dancing, tennis, magic, fencing, synchronised swimming and circus lessons (depending on the time of year). Courses to book when reserving accommodation: tennis all season and Show Academy.
YOUR RESORT
Situated on the top of the hill, the apartments overlook the Gulf or the leisure area. They are divided into small buildings with round-tiled roofs and warmly coloured facades, embellished with archways, balconies and shutters.
Situated in the Village, the Houses blend in with the overall architectural style. They are located near the lake in landscaped grounds.
The Villas are spread around the lake and blend in with the vegetation. They are elegant, one-floor dwellings with a high level of comfort. Each villa has air-conditioned bedrooms and a garden.
The Bastides are large, elegant, comfortable apartments with air-conditioned bedrooms.
Useful information
382 apartments, 57 bastides, 92 villas and 27 houses.
Official classification: 3 stars
Opening hours: 1 main reception open round the clock.
Languages spoken at reception: English, German, Italian
Tourist tax payable on site: 13 and over: € 1.10/p/d
Children under 13: free
Amenities
• In the village : 2 payphones (Telecom cards), 2 lifts, 2 launderettes (paying); 7 washing machines and 3 tumble dryers, token-operated.
• Leisure see activities paragraph.
• Shops in site: 1 restaurant, 2 in high season, Takeaway meals from “La Calade”. Open throughout the season, Shop with newspapers, tobacco and basic essentials. Open all season.
• Pierre & Vacances car park
2 free covered car parks and 1 free outdoor car park, subject to availability.
ACTIVITIES
WATER SPORTS
- A 1600 m² leisure pool complex adorned with palm trees, tropical and Mediterranean plants and a bamboo grove. Open all season (7 days a week), supervised during game sessions.
- 1 wave pool with geyser (1050 m² - 0 to 1.72 m deep), unheated, open all season.
- 1 swimming pool (420 m² - 1.40 m deep), open all season plus 1 play area for children (0.20 m to 0.75 m deep) with lagoon and 2 water slides (with 0.90 m catch basin).
- Solarium around the pools equipped with deckchairs and sun umbrellas available free of charge at the poolside, subject to availability.
SWIMMING POOLS
- “La Calade” swimming pool
- 1 unheated swimming pool (270 m² - 0.60 m deep – near the restaurant) with 700 m² of artificial beach, open all season.
- Sun umbrellas available at the poolside, subject to availability.
- The Hotel Villas swimming pool
Unheated swimming pool + jacuzzi (150 m²), open all season. Located near the villas and strictly
reserved for guests staying in the villas and the bastides.
Deckchairs available, subject to availability.
BEACHES
Public sandy beach, accessible by car (3 km from the village)
LAKE
Artificial lake (1.3 hectares) at the entrance to the complex, with row boat hire.
LEISURE FACILITIES
Games area
Archery range: 3 stands with 3 fixed targets, instructor-led.
Pétanque, table tennis, volleyball.
1 children’s playground
Several walking paths, botanical circuits
BMX area, used by the Children’s clubs
2 volleyball courts, open to all
Multi-sports pitch, free entry
Rollerskating area (free)
Tennis (paying)
3 porous concrete tennis courts (2 floodlit): € 10 / hour.
Lessons available during all the season..
- Open air theatre (700 seats)
- Le SpOt
Room for teenagers only (adult free), open at evenings during French school holidays. It includes: a "cool zone" (= a calm zone with sofa), a large screen, a drinks machine and everything to have fun: mixing desk, spots, disco… Numerous activities offered at night.
CHILDREN’S CLUBS
Club Mini (3 – 5 years), Clubs Kid's and Junior (6 – 8 and 9 – 12 years) open all season and Clubs Teens and Fun (13 – 15 and 16 – 18 years) opens during the French school holidays.
(Book when reserving accommodation – for details and rates, see price tables.)
Infrastructure 100 m² room close to Main Reception - 2 dormitories and covered terrace 60 m² room close to Main Reception 130 m² room, toilets, close to game areas Room close to Main Reception + games area
General activities Discovering life in the company of others, alertness games. For older babies, outdoor games and motivity activities Team games, manual activities, puppets, preparing and producing a show Team Sports, sports tournaments, open air games, preparing and producing a show, archery, tennis etc… Team Sports, sports tournaments, open air games, preparing and producing a show, archery, tennis etc…
Specific activities Discovering tastes, discovering motivity. Tennis, walks, paddling pool, small-boat outting. Tennis, football, circus initiation, hockey, treasure hunt, orienteering race, mini-trampoline, walks, fair. Tennis, football, darts, grass hockey, cicus initiation, orienteering race, bike rides, beach excursions, multimedia activities.
Languages guaranteed French, English, German
Booking advantages :
To have the best choice on children's clubs session times and activities, please plan the sessions before 10 a.m. on Sundays.
ADULT ENTERTAINMENT (free)
On Sunday morning, you are invited to an information Forum during which the Pierre & Vacances’ activity team will present the village’s activity programmes.
Entertaining programme: During French school holidays: 4 to 6 daytime activities and 6 evenings performances per week. Other periods, 2 daytime activities and 3 evenings performances per week.
Day: 1 introductory archery session, Fitness sessions: weight training and aquagym (July / August), 5 days a week, Sports events: ping-pong, tennis, pétanque, beach-volleyball, basketball and football tournaments.
Evening: Theme evenings in the open air theatre (every evening in July/August except Saturday): 1 revue show, magic, circus, children’s show (once a week) during the French school holidays.
- 2 “special event” evenings on 14 July and 15 August.
• Paying activities: Boat trips on the sea, Multimedia centre (April/July/August), Massages and relaxation, Jet-ski courses, Watersport basis..
SEASONAL ACTIVITIES: Halloween: fancy dress evening and special disco evening
SPORTS COURSES
Book when reserving accommodation – for details and rates, contact the office.
TENNIS, CIRCUS, MAGIC, SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING, FENCING, SHOW ACADEMY (to the fore: singing, microphone, dancing, self-expression on stage, self-expression through movement.), OTHER COURSES (book on site), DANCE
Places Of Interest
The resort & the surrounding area
The medieval village of Grimaud, the Romanesque church of Saint-Michel, the Rue des Templiers, the castle ruins, the Chapelle des Pénitents, the Chapelle Saint-Roch, the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de la Queste, Saint-Roch windmill, the Pont des Fées (bridge of fairies) and the lake city of Port-Grimaud. A small tourist train runs to Grimaud and Port-Grimaud.
The Corniche des Maures coastal road, the Route des Crêtes (route of the peaks), Hyères and the Iles d'Or (Islands of Gold), the Verdon gorges, Saint-Tropez, Gassin, Sainte-Maxime.
Leisure
Water sports: Sainte Maxime Water sports centre offers catamaran and sailing courses (+33 (0)4 94 96 07 80)
18-hole Golf courses within a 2-30 km radius including:
- Beauvallon Golf Club: 18 holes (2 km) (+33 (0)4 94 96 16 98)
- Sainte Maxime Golf-Club: 18 holes (10 km) (+33 (0)4 94 55 02 02)
- St Andréol Golf Club in La Motte: 18 holes (30 km) (+33 (0)4 94 51 89 89)
Special rates: 10% discount on these 3 golf courses for Pierre & Vacances guests
- Pitch and Putt golf course at the Pierre & Vacances residence "Les Parcs de Grimaud" (€ 12.30)
Horse-riding: "Relais équestre de la Mène" at Grimaud
Thalassotherapy: "La Thalassothérapie Thalgo" at the Pierre & Vacances residence "Les Calanques des Issambres", 14 km
Go-karting: Grimaud circuit (2km)
Events
May/June:
- “Fête de la Laine” (Ascension) in Grimaud.
- “Les Bravades de St-Tropez”: an old Provençal tradition with processions and tributes to the military past of St Tropez (12 km).
July/August: World Music Festival in Grimaud.
August:
- Jazz Festival in Ramatuelle (14 km).
- Ramatuelle Theatre Festival.
Shops
All shops and services in Port-Grimaud (2 km) and Grimaud (5 km).
Superstore and shopping centre at La Foux crossroads (3 km).
Doctor’s surgery and pharmacy in Port-Grimaud (2 km).
HOW TO GET THERE
By road
Weather information ? +33 (0)8 92 38 02 83 / traffic information ? +33 (0)826 022 022
From Paris (870 km): A8 motorway "La Provençale", Le Muy exit. Then take the D25 for Sainte-Maxime. Pass through Sainte-Maxime and take the N98 towards Saint-Tropez as far as Saint-Pons-Les Mûres. 300 m after the 1st roundabout, take the D244 on the right, in the direction of Plan de la Tour. Follow the signs for "Les Restanques du Golfe de Saint-Tropez". N.B.: the Pierre & Vacances holiday resort "Les Restanques du Golfe de Saint-Tropez” and the residence "Les Parcs de Grimaud" are next to each other and should not be confused.
By train
FREJUS / SAINT-RAPHAEL TGV RAILWAY STATION (29 km)
Travel information ( 3635.
Transfers by SODETRAV buses ? +33 (0)4 94 95 24 82 (change in Sainte-Maxime) or by taxi.
TOULON TGV RAILWAY STATION (66 km)
Travel information ( 3635.
Transfers by SODETRAV buses ?+33 (0)4 94 95 24 82 / 4 94 65 21 00 (change in Sainte-Maxime) or by
taxi.
By plane
TOULON-HYERES AIRPORT (49 km)
Travel information ? +33 0825 018 387
Transfers by SODETRAV buses ? +33 (0)4 94 95 24 82 or by taxi
NICE-COTE-D'AZUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (86 km)
Travel information ? +33 (0)820 423 333.
