St Tropez in one of a handful of place names known around the world, and for many, the very mention of the name conjures up images of the ultimate hedonistic jet set resort. The millionaire playboys are very much there in force, dining on the decks of their huge yachts in the harbour or ensconsed in enormous villas on the nearby peninsula.

While St Tropez may have lost some of the magic it had in its glory days of the fifties and sixties, it's still somewhere that everyone should visit at least once. Sitting at one of the famous cafes on the old port, drinking a beer, offers a "people watching" experience unequalled anywhere else in the world. Like many of the Riviera's famous resorts, St Tropez began life as a small fishing village, and visiting in the winter months it's possible to see what the town must have been like before the celebrities arrived.