Gassin
Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
After the Saracens were driven out, people moved up from the unsafe shore and built Gassin on a rocky spur some 200 metres above the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. For centuries it lived from olives, wheat and vines; its ramparts survive, and its lanes include L'Androuno, said to be one of the narrowest streets in the world.
Highlights
- L'Androuno, one of the world's narrowest streets
- The ramparts and views over the Gulf of Saint-Tropez
- The chapel of Notre-Dame de la Compassion
- The Paillas windmills on the commune's highest ground
- Vineyard visits and wine tourism in the surrounding estates
Text adapted from Wikipedia (Gassin (FR), Gassin (EN), Gassin (IT)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Population: 2,687
Things to see
- Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Tropez - Pôle de santé du Golfe de Saint-Tropez (FR)
- Château Bertaud (FR)
- Jardin L'Hardy-Denonain à Gassin (FR)
- Pine of Bertaud (FR)
- Polo Club de Saint-Tropez-Haras de Gassin
- chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Compassion de Gassin (FR)
- église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption de Gassin (FR)
- Azur Park (FR)
Events through the year
- Fête de la Saint-JeanOrganised by the parish community at Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
- Feast of Saint LawrenceProcession, Mass sung in Provençal, aubade and a Provençal meal
Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.
Adapted from Wikipedia (Gassin). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Local food & wine
- Gassin olive oilOlive oilPressed from about 3,100 olive trees planted locally
Adapted from Wikipedia (Gassin). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to sleep
10 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 5
- Campsites 5
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Bormes-les-Mimosas · 21 km
- Seillans · 46 km
- Tourtour · 46 km
- Cotignac · 49 km
- Bargème · 56 km