Cozy studio Le Cèdre, Port de Saint Tropez

Hotel Description

Look, I’ll be honest – when I first walked up to Le Cèdre on Rue Sibille, I wasn’t expecting much from what looked like just another converted building tucked into Saint-Tropez’s maze of narrow streets. But you know what? Sometimes the best places are the ones that don’t try too hard to impress you from the outside. This little studio sits about a five-minute walk from the famous port (and I mean actually five minutes, not travel-website five minutes), which means you’re close enough to stumble back from those waterfront cafés but far enough to avoid the worst of the summer madness that turns the main drag into basically a very expensive pedestrian traffic jam.

The studio itself is… well, it’s cozy in the way that Europeans mean cozy, not the way Americans mean it – so don’t expect a sprawling suite, but everything you need is there and actually works properly. The bed’s comfortable enough that I didn’t wake up cursing my life choices, and there’s this little kitchenette that’s perfect for making morning coffee while you listen to the sounds of the neighborhood waking up. What really won me over, though, was how quiet it gets at night. Rue Sibille isn’t one of those streets where delivery trucks rumble past at 6 AM or where you hear every conversation from the sidewalk café below. You’re in the heart of Saint-Tropez but you can actually sleep, which – trust me – is not something you can say about every place in this town during peak season.

The thing about staying here is that you end up feeling less like a tourist and more like someone who just happens to live in Saint-Tropez for a few days. You’ll walk past the same boulangerie every morning (grab the pain au chocolat, seriously), you’ll figure out which route to the port avoids the crowds, and you’ll discover that little wine shop on the corner that locals actually use. The owner was genuinely helpful without being pushy – answered my questions about parking (there’s a public lot about two blocks away, which is honestly as good as it gets in this part of town) and gave me the kind of restaurant recommendations that didn’t feel like they came from a tourism board pamphlet. I mean, sure, it’s not luxury in the five-star hotel sense, but it’s got that thing where everything just works the way it should, and sometimes that’s exactly what you want when you’re trying to figure out why people fall in love with the French Riviera in the first place.

Rooms

• Estimated price from: $144. One-Bedroom Apartment with 1 double bed for Max persons: 2

Reviews

• Superb – Jan from Belgium – 2 February 2025 (9/10)

  Little gem in the historic old town of Saint Tropez.
  
  What could be improved: The entrance is shabby and it’s in an old building at the third floor, but great that they put a nice little apartment in it.

• Very good – Rob from Ireland – 9 October 2024 (8/10)

  The central location and comfy bed
  
  What could be improved: The living area felt a bit bare

• Super week-end – Christian from France – 3 November 2024 (10/10)

  Idéalement situé pour tout faire à pied
  
  What could be improved: Tout nous convenait

• Parfait pour découvrir St Tropez – Stephanie from France – 23 October 2024 (9/10)

  Excellent emplacement / appart très cosy et propre /

• Studio très bien conforme à la description – Luc from Belgium – 15 October 2024 (9/10)

  La proximité du centre de saint tropez
  
  What could be improved: L’accès à la mezzanine

• Exceptional – Zita from Hungary – 13 October 2024 (10/10)

  A város sétáló utcáján van, pár lépésre a kikötőhöz.
  
  What could be improved: Nem lehet parkolni még a közelben sem. A szállást nehezen lehet megtalálni, kicsit a külseje íjesztö, de a lakás már kiváló.

• Superb – Veronique from France – 25 September 2024 (9/10)

  Emplacement idéal appartement très cosy.

• Buena ubicación y nada más – Nicolas from Chile – 1 July 2025 (7/10)

  Muy buena ubicación
  
  What could be improved: No hacen aseo , no había shampoo. El edificio tiene mal aspecto y queda en un cuarto piso sin ascensor

• Beautiful studio, right in the center of old Town with easy access to the restaurants. – Nicole from United States – 19 July 2025 (10/10)

• Very good – Daniel from Switzerland – 8 April 2025 (8/10)

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