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11 Chemin du Pinet
St. Tropez
France
83990
Tel: 33 4 94 97 04 37
In a quiet neighborhood on the Cap du Pinet, the 42-room Benkiraï is for those who love St-Tropez best at arm's length. The centerpiece pool is ringed by a teak sundeck, with a cluster of metal-and-glass umbrellas by the bar. The snug rooms are cosmonaut chic: Floors are buffed cement and furniture is built-in, rounded, and covered with cornflower-blue or taupe Formica. Aside from a few irritations—knobless closet doors have only an indentation marked push, and service, though smiling, is spacey, typical of St-Tropez's "I'm much too beautiful for this job" attitude—these rooms are well thought-out, from the TV and DVD-CD player in a pedestal fixture at the foot of the Frette-sheet–covered bed, to a blue night-light in the bathroom. A beaded curtain separating bedroom and bath is operated by flipping a switch. The hotel's restaurant scene is fabulous, and the Thai food's even better.
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