Villa Basquiat occupies one of the most coveted positions available to any private residence in the South of France: a prime address in Saint-Tropez, the storied fishing village turned global symbol of Mediterranean glamour that has never, despite its fame, entirely lost the quality of light and the quality of life that made it famous in the first place. Here, on the Cote d’Azur at its most brilliant and most concentrated, Villa Basquiat offers five bedrooms for up to ten guests, a private pool, and the full suite of services that a property of this standing demands, and is available to book through The Luxury Rental.

Saint-Tropez occupies a peninsula that juts south into the Mediterranean between two extraordinary bays, and the light it catches is unlike any other on the coast. Painters discovered this in the 19th century. Brigitte Bardot made it famous in the 20th. In the present century, it remains genuinely special: a place where the old port still operates, where the Tuesday and Saturday markets still fill the Place des Lices with the best produce in the Var, and where a morning walk through the narrow lanes of the old town still offers the authentic textures of a Provencal fishing village that happened also to become one of the most photographed places in the world.

The villa has been designed and furnished to meet the expectations of guests accustomed to the best. Five individually decorated bedrooms, each offering quality linens, excellent natural light, and a calm that the property’s positioning makes possible even in the height of summer, provide accommodation of the highest standard. Four generous bathrooms serve the property throughout. The spaces flow easily from the intimately personal to the comfortably social, accommodating a group of ten with room to breathe and places to be alone.

The pool terrace is where the day organizes itself most naturally: morning laps, midday lounging in the Mediterranean sun, afternoon swims between excursions to the beach or the old port, and long evening aperitifs as the sky turns from blue to the extraordinary gold that the Var produces at dusk. Housekeeping and private chef services are included, ensuring that the daily rhythm of meals and domestic life requires no thought whatsoever from guests. The chef works with the magnificent local produce of the Var and the Provence coast to produce meals that are equal to the setting.

Saint-Tropez itself provides almost unlimited pleasure: the legendary beaches of Pampelonne, the Annonciade Museum with its collection of early 20th-century masters, the Citadelle with its harbor views, and the seemingly inexhaustible supply of excellent restaurants that has made this the dining capital of the French summer. The town is small enough to know well in a week and rich enough to keep revealing new pleasures to guests who return each season.

The Luxury Rental is proud to offer Villa Basquiat to guests seeking an authentic Saint-Tropez experience at the highest level, and recommends this property especially to those who want the full combination of private pool, personal chef, and proximity to one of the world’s great coastal towns.