Name: La Bastide De Saint Tropez
Address: Sainte-Maxime, FR

La Bastide De Saint Tropez, Sainte-MaximeLa Bastide De Saint Tropez in Sainte-Maxime, France has a corrected score of 3.9 ± 0.3 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), ranked 4 of 22 hotels we score in Sainte-Maxime. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.1 before correction: Booking.com 4.4, Tripadvisor 3.7.La Bastide de Saint Tropez is a five-star Relais & Châteaux hotel with 26 rooms and suites, set in gardens on the Route des Carles about a kilometre above the town and port of Saint-Tropez. Facilities include a heated pool with a poolside bar and barbecue, a trattoria, a gourmet restaurant, a spa, a terrace and a free breakfast buffet, with a shuttle service into the centre. Ramatuelle beaches, Les Salins Beach and the Citadel are within easy reach. It suits couples and families wanting a quiet base near the action, and rates run from roughly $550 to $1,016 a night for standard rooms. Some guests find the rooms on the small side.What stands out

Quiet gardens a short distance from town

Large heated pool with poolside bar

Attentive, professional family-run service

Free breakfast buffet and shuttle service

Watch out for

Some rooms are quite small

High nightly rates

Better-scored in Sainte-Maxime

Hotel Le Beauvallon, Sainte-Maxime: 4.4 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $2,272 a night. Hotel Le Beauvallon is a historic Belle Époque property in Grimaud, on the waterfront of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez.

Muse Saint-Tropez, Sainte-Maxime: 4.0 ± 0.2 (fair evidence, 2 of 4 platforms), from $992 a night. Muse Saint-Tropez is a five-star hotel in Ramatuelle, on the Route des Marres in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, a short drive from Place des Lices.

Althoff Villa Belrose, Sainte-Maxime: 3.9 ± 0.4 (thin evidence, 1 of 4 platforms), from $616 a night. Althoff Villa Belrose is a five-star hotel on a hillside in Gassin, looking out over the Gulf of Saint-Tropez and the Mediterranean.