Saint-Tropez
Former fishing port turned glamorous harbour town of yachts, old quays and a famous cream-filled tart.
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This guide to Saint-Tropez, near Cannes, follows one cream-filled brioche and the Polish confectioner, Alexandre Micka, who settled in the fishing port just after the Second World War. It takes in the arrival of Roger Vadim's film crew and a young Brigitte Bardot, and asks how a village pastry became a brand. Best heard near the Place des Lices, with a pastry window in view.
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