On a quiet side street in the middle of Saint-Tropez, between the port and Place des Lices, is this peachy-orange painted 19th-century townhouse with a very sixties feel. It’s a peaceful pocket of cool, where French hotel moguls Airelles induced a level of service so good that guests never want to leave the Balinese-bed-lined pool. Once the home of Indian Princess Bannu Pan Deï as a gift from her husband General Jean-François Allard, there are nods to their union with detailed mosaics, silk shawls, and stone Hindu and Buddhist carvings mixed in with the glitz of the city. Find regulars returning for their favourite four-poster bed and lots of rosé in the bar.