Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez takes place Sep 26 - Oct 4, 2026 in Saint-Tropez, France. The dress code is Nautical chic - navy, white linen, a silk scarf. Proper deck shoes matter if anyone offers you a berth, and they often do. Typical cost ranges from 2000 to 8000 EUR per person.
Several hundred boats race off Saint-Tropez each autumn, from pre-war gaff-rigged classics to modern maxis, in a regatta that grew out of an impromptu challenge between two friends in 1981 and was originally called La Nioulargue. Racing runs by day while the village square hosts prize-givings, crew parties and a shore scene that keeps going long after the boats are tied up.
- When
- Sep 26 - Oct 4, 2026
- Where
- Saint-Tropez, France
- Dress code
- Nautical chic - navy, white linen, a silk scarf. Proper deck shoes matter if anyone offers you a berth, and they often do.
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 2000 to 8000 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 20 - 26C, warm Mediterranean autumn with cool evenings
- When to book
- Saint-Tropez drops to shoulder-season rates in late September but Voiles week is the exception and books out by early summer. If you want to sail rather than watch, approach charter brokers or the Societe Nautique in spring - crew places on the classics move entirely by word of mouth.
- Getting there
- NCE (Nice), 1h 45m to Saint-Tropez by car, or 45 min by helicopter; seasonal ferries also run from Nice and Cannes
- Where to stay
- Hotel Byblos Saint-Tropez, Hotel de Paris Saint-Tropez, Hotel Le Yaca
- Official site
- https://www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr
How to attend
Watching is free - the racing is visible from the shoreline and the race village in the old port is open to all. Spectator boat charters leave the harbour daily for roughly EUR 100 - 250 a head and are the only reliable way to see the starts properly. Racing entry is by application to the organising club and requires a qualifying yacht, so the realistic route onto the water is chartering or crewing through a broker.
Watching is free and there is no spectator ticket - the racing is seen from the shoreline and the race village is open to all, while boats take part by application to the organising club.
Insider tip
The racing is almost invisible from the harbour - walk out to the Tour du Portalet or Les Graniers beach around midday and you will see the classics rounding the mark at close range, for nothing.
Get inside Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
Booking matters here: saint-Tropez drops to shoulder-season rates in late September but Voiles week is the exception and books out by early summer. If you want to sail rather than watch, approach charter brokers or the Societe Nautique in spring - crew places on the classics move entirely by word of mouth. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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