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Hotel Byblos in Saint-Tropez offers luxury accommodations on
the French Riveria–just not to me
May 11, 2010 15:11 - By: Zach Everson
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Last month plate tectonics joined lunar
eclipses and Johnny Weir not returning
my calls in my top three things I hate
but have no control over. From April
23-26 I was supposed to visit Hotel
Byblos, one of the few French five-star
hotels, in Saint-Tropez on a press trip.
But then Iceland decided to pair its
economic disaster with a natural one
and my butt was stuck in Louisville.
Not familiar with Saint-Tropez? Here’s
a primer from the sometimes-accurate
folks at Wikipedia:
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The pool at Hotel Byblos, just one of many wonderful features I
missed because of the volcano in Iceland.
It is located on the French
Riviera, and it is known today for
its famous and extremely wealthy
summertime guests. It has been
dubbed the ‘playground to
jetsetters, fashion models, and
millionaires’, and it is mostenduringly known as the place
the iconic Brigitte Bardot
“discovered” and for its role in the
liberation of southern France
during World War II.
Not feeling sorry for me yet? Keep
I probably would've slept well in a room like this one.
reading to discover what I missed out
on experiencing at one of UpTake’s celebrity hotels of the week, which is located smack dab in the midst of
all that poshness:
all of its 44 rooms and 47 suites are uniquely decorated and all have a garden or pool view
on-site Byblos Spa by Sisley Cosmetics (a treatment here would have been part of my trip)
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restaurants Le B. and Le Spoon
Byblos, the latter of which has a
wine list of more than 300 vintages
(and as the restaurants’ names
start with “Le,” you know they have
to be good)
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24, while it’s probably gauche of me
even to mention, Hotel Byblos’s rates
range from 325 € a night for a single
room to “on request” for its Suite
Rivieria.
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Avenue Paul Signac
83990 Saint-Tropez
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33-4-94-56-68-00
saint-tropez@byblos.com
A treatment at Spa Byblos by Sisley Cosmetics would've been a great
way to recuperate from the stress inherent in luxury travel.
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Photos: Alas, not taken by me but rather courtesy Hotel Byblos
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Zach, sad, so sad. What a hoot though. Not that you couldn’t go. That’s depressing. But, that you
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