Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez Saint-Tropez (; "" in Provençal dialect) is a town on the French Riviera, west of Nice in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Saint-Tropez was a military stronghold and fishing village until the beginning of the 20th century. It was the first town on this coast to be liberated during World War II as part of Operation Dragoon. After the war, it became an internationally known seaside resort, renowned principally because of the influx of artists of the French New Wave in cinema and the Yé-yé movement in music. It later became a resort
San Tropez (song) short slide guitar solo from guitarist David Gilmour and an extended piano solo by keyboardist Richard Wright at the end. In a review for the "Meddle" album, Jean-Charles Costa of "Rolling Stone" described "San Tropez", along with "A Pillow of Winds", as an "ozone ballad". He further described the two as "pleasant little acoustic numbers hovering over a bizarre back-drop of weird sounds." "Classic Rock Review" described "San Tropez" as "a jazz-inflected pop song with a shuffle tempo." They went on further saying "["San Tropez"] adds another diverse dimension to the album with its easy-going crooner-like melody and atmosphere." San