The Times

More like a private house that a hotel, the 45-rooms Villa Marie sits in its own pine forest just outside the village of Ramatuelle and is favoured by the more discreet A-listers. The restaurant terrace overlooks the sea and is famous for its rockfish with citrus fruit, sea bass carpaccio with coriander and saffron, and john dory with fennel, orange and saffron. It's easy to forget that the heaving gridlock that is St Tropez is just ten minutes away. You won't want to leave the effortlessly chic rooms which open out on the patio or pine forest, with the sea in the backgroung.