Friend booked a villa in St. Tropez (specifically, Ramatuelle) from Sat, Jun. 28-Sun, July . It's a 10 min walk from Pampellone beach. She invited me, my husband, and a few other couples to celebrate her 40th. Her planned festivities will be from Sat-Mon. It will be our first time in France and away from the kids this long and I wanted to spend some quality time with my husband on the other days. We don't have to spend the entire time there but since the villa is paid for by my friend for the whole week, I wanted to see if there were day trips from this location close enough to make it back to our villa by the evening each day? I heard traffic is horrible around this time of year so we are open to other options. If we left 27th, I'd prob head back home the following Friday and I wouldn't want to be gone from kids more than a week. Would love some suggestions.
Here are the options were were thinking:
Arrive Jun 27/28 and Tue-Fri visit some other cities nearby that are close enough to make it back to our villa by night.
Go to Paris or another destination a few days before or after St. Tropez
Spend time with friends in St. Tropez from Sat-Mon, visit nearby towns Tue, Paris or another destination Wed-Fri
Hang in St. Tropez first few days with friends, go to Nice and do day trips from Nice or vice versa.