The rampart view
The gulf, the tiled roofs and the Maures hills.
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**Worth it**, and it is Saint-Tropez's surprise. The ticket covers both anyway, and the museum has a **modern display** with screens and media, nothing like the dull maritime museums full of ship models behind glass. Its subject is human: the people of this town as sailors, emigrants and fishermen, and how the sea made their lives. Add the section on the **1944 Provence landings**, which surprises many — this coast was a war front. An hour inside after half an hour on the walls is a good division.
Yes, and it is one of the best things in Saint-Tropez with them — for an unexpected reason: **the peacocks**. The meadows inside the walls have peacocks wandering freely and spreading their tails, and children spend longer with them than with any exhibit. Add open space to run in, walls to climb and a view that prompts questions. ⚠ But **the climb up is sloping and tiring** and no good with a pushchair, and the ground inside the walls is uneven. Go up in the morning before the heat.
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It stands on the hill above the town, the **highest point** in Saint-Tropez and the best place in it to look from: from its walls you see the harbour, the tiled roofs, the whole gulf of Saint-Tropez and the Maures hills behind. It was built in the early seventeenth century to protect the coast from raids, its massive hexagonal keep ringed by fortifications and a ditch, and the slopes inside the walls are now meadows where **peacocks** live freely — a surprise children love. Inside the keep is the **Maritime History Museum**, far better than a visitor expects. Its subject is not navies in general but **this town's own relationship with the sea**: how its people lived as sailors, fishermen, traders and emigrants, some of them commanding ships in the Far East and some emigrating to the Americas. The display is modern, with screens, media and models. There is a section on the **landings in Provence** of August 1944 — this coast was the site of the Allies' southern landing, two months after Normandy, a fact many people do not know. ⚠ The climb up to it is **sloping and tiring** in the heat, but short.
The gulf, the tiled roofs and the Maures hills.
The town's sailors, emigrants and traders — a modern display.
The Allies' southern landing on this coast.
1 Montée de la Citadelle, 83990 Saint-Tropez