Gassin is perched on a rocky hilltop less than 4 km from the sea and has an unbeatable view over all the Bay of Saint-Tropez.

The village has many narrow alleyways (one claimed the narrowest in the world) and stone houses built around the church. Gassin is one of France's most beautiful villages and has won prizes for the quality of its architectural renovations.

The vineyards at Gassin produce prizewinning A.O.C. Côtes de Provence wines.
You will adore strolling through Gassin's quiet streets with their many porticoes and Medieval gates adorned with bougainvillea, plumbago and Virginia creepers.

The first written traces of Gassin... or rather "Garcin", go back to 1234-1235. At the time, the "castrum" or ancient castle occupied today's Rue de la Tasco.
It was surrounded by ramparts or "Barri", which were subsequently used to support the village houses.

Remains of these ramparts can still be seen in certain streets, held up by buttresses, with impressively thick doors and windows.
The name of Gassin (formerly Garcin, Garcinum, Garcino) is thought to originate from a word meaning "steep place". The village was not officially named Gassin until the mid-18th century .

At the turn of the 20th century, the job of postman was highly sought-after in Gassin - the village, which was one of the French Republic's largest administrative "communes", possessed no less than 5 to deliver the mail! It should be mentioned that in addition to the current village, the "commune" extended to Le Dattier (by the beautiful white house you can see on leaving Cavalaire), through Cape Lardier. La Croix Valmer and Cavalaire did not exist at the time !