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 for the European and American "jet set" and tourists. The inhabitants of Saint-Tropez are called "" (), and the town is familiarly called "St-Trop" (). In 599 B.C., the Phocaeans founded Massilia (present-day Marseille) and established other coastal mooring sites in the area. In 31 B.C., the Romans invaded the region. Their citizens built many opulent villas in the area, including one known as the "Villa des Platanes" (Villa of the Plane Trees). The first name given to the village which became Saint-Tropez was Heraclea-Caccaliera, and the mouth of its gulf was named the Issambres. The town owes its current