Chapelle Sainte-Anne and the Môle Jean Réveille Sunrise
While the yachts sleep and the port cafés are still pulling up their shutters, the Môle Jean Réveille — the long stone jetty that curves around the harbour — offers the most tranquil and photogenic view of the town: pink and amber façades reflected in glassy water, with the Citadelle silhouetted against a coral sky. Combine it with a visit to the tiny 17th-century Chapelle Sainte-Anne, tucked into
The sunrise jetty walk
The Môle Jean Réveille is publicly accessible and stretches about 400 metres into the harbour. Walk to its tip at first light and you'll have the entire panorama of the old town to yourself — the same view that inspired Paul Signac to moor here in 1892 and, enchanted, spend the rest of his life painting it.
The jetty is also the best place to watch the daily arrival of the fishing boats returning from night trawls, their decks loaded with rouget, sea bass and the spiny rock lobsters that end up in the town's bouillabaisse that evening.
Chapelle Sainte-Anne
A five-minute walk uphill from the port, this unassuming whitewashed chapel sits in a walled garden of rosemary and wild lavender with a view over the rooftops toward the sea. It is the oldest religious building in Saint-Tropez and is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors — ex-votos and model ships left by fishermen still hang inside.
The chapel is only open on 26 July for the Fête de Sainte-Anne, but the garden wall and the view from the lane outside are worth the detour any morning of the year. Almost no tourist map marks it.
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