HOTEL BYBLOS

If Brigitte Bardot put Saint-Tropez on the map, then Hotel Byblos was designed to keep it there. Sadly for Lebanese billionaire Jean-Prosper Gay-Para, who built the hotel in 1967 to woo Ms Bardot, his grand gesture didn’t result in reciprocated love. The hotel has maintained its star quality, however, with Beyoncé, George Clooney and Lady Gaga among its guests, and its nightclub, Les Caves du Roy, is where Mick and Bianca Jagger had their wedding party. With 91 rooms and a splendid cocoon-like spa, the hotel has bold, colourful decor throughout with striking features by ceramicist Roger Capron.

From €357 (£300), room only.

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