Domaine de Terre Blanche and St Tropez, and one hour from Monaco. Domaine de Terre Blanche The Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort is located at Tourrettes, Var, just southeast of Fayence in the Provence region of France. Sean Connery owned the property for 20 years before he sold the château and its surrounding 266 hectares to Dietmar Hopp in 1999. Hopp transformed the property into an exclusive golf resort with luxury properties, two championship golf courses, the Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort and a world class spa. It was ranked as 5th in the CNN Money dream vacation home guide. The domaine
Saint-Tropez internationally renowned as the setting for such films as "And God Created Woman", which starred French actress Brigitte Bardot. In May 1965, an Aérospatiale Super Frelon pre-production aircraft crashed in the gulf, killing its pilot. On March 4, 1970, the French submarine Eurydice, whose home port was Saint-Tropez, disappeared in the Mediterranean with 57 crew aboard, after a mysterious explosion. The English rock band Pink Floyd wrote a song named "San Tropez" after the town. Saint-Tropez was also mentioned in David Gates's 1978 hit "Took the Last Train", and in Aerosmith's "Permanent Vacation". Rappers including Diddy, Jay-Z and 50 Cent