Sailing : Club Nautique de Sainte-Maxime : Windsurfing, sailing, optimists and catamarans. Lessons, beginners and advanced. Plage de la Croisette.see the directory

Golf de Sainte Maxime : par 71 by 6155 meters, spectacular and technical course. The first nine holes slope down the valley with a magnificent panaroma over the Bay of Saint-Tropez. Adjacent to a luxury hotel complex.see the directory

Scuba diving : Qualified divers will take you to visit the wonders of the Plateau des Sardinaux (5 to 40 meters deep). At the Rabiou beacon, maiden dives to visit the sites of l'Arche, la Cathédrale or Les Brisés.see the directory

Markets : Monday morning, food market, avenue Georges Pompidou. Thursday morning, food and local produce market, place du Marché. Friday morning, place Jean Mermoz.

Horse riding : see the directory

"Petit Train des Pignes" : Scenic railway taking visitors to the "Colline du Sémaphore" (signal station hill). 35 min. guided tour from Easter to October (information at the Tourist Office) contact Tourist Office

Aquascope : March 15-September 30, 7 days a week. 30 min tour in a glass-bottomed boat departing from the port.see the directory

Aqua Land : Aquatic amusement park - wave pool, slides, paddling pool, restaurant. Parc de Loisirs des Bosquettes, Route du Muy. Please ask for off-season opening times.see the directory

"Parc botanique des Myrtes" : 7,5 acre park with over 60 varieties of exotic plants (some are over one hundred years old). Children's games and botanical footpath on Avenue Jean Moulin, on the way to Saint-Tropez via the coast road.see the directory

Maxim’Autruches : Ostrich farm - By-products for sale at the farm. On the Le Muy road on the way to the motorway. (Phone: 04 94 96 75 30)
Open all year round, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm and from the 15/06 to 15/09 every day from 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm and during school holidays.

Take a walk : Length: 45 minutes on foot in Sainte-Maxime. click here

1) Starting out from the Tourist Office, Promenade Simon Lorière. Head along the promenade Simon Lorière then Avenue Général de Gaulle, then turn right onto Quai Condroyer to the Harbour Master's Office, with its original ship-like design.

2) Puis revenir par la galerie marchande, traverser l'avenue du Général de Gaulle. On arrive alors à la Tour Carrée où est situé le musée des Traditions Locales.
(Phone : +33 (0)4.94.96.70.30). L'histoire de Sainte-Maxime et du Golfe de Saint-Tropez est retracée à travers l'archéologie, la mer, l'économie, les traditions et le folklore ou encore la littérature et la musique.

3) The parish church dated 1762 is situated opposite the museum. It was extended between 1861 and 1869, then fully restored in 1938. Of note: the altar, bell tower and Provençal nativity scene.

4) As you leave the church, turn right and go back up Rue Jean Aicard then take Rue Paul Bert on the left. Further on, take Montée de la Résistance on your right until you reach the indoor market where you can buy local produce.

5) On your right, on Place du Marché square, is a fountain by the sculptor Gérard Zislin. Go down Rue Courbet, then take the Rue des Sarrasins on your right where you will come to a square of the same name (a monastery used to occupy this space). Continue to Place Louis Blanc - a historian and French politician (1811-1882) who devoted his life to helping the working classes.

6) Take Rue de Verdun leading to Avenue Jean Jaurès in the town centre - the town's main shopping street. Head along Avenue De Lattre de Tassigny, then cross over to the "Plage du Casino" beach and walk to the Memorial in the gardens on Promenade Simon Lorière, carved by the sculptor Jean Portal in memory of the Allied Landings on August 15th, 1944.

GUIDED WALK : 8 € for adults, free for children under 10.
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Sea-life at "La pointe des sardinaux" : at 3.00 pm December 9th 2006
The Goats at Cros du Mouton : at 2.00 pm March 18th 2007
Mimosas and plants of the world at the Botanical Gardens : at 2.00 pm February 10th, 18th, 23rd and March 4th 2007

Prior booking required.contact Tourist Office

But the best thing to do in Sainte Maxime on this lovely sandy beach is to laze in the sun which is after all a perfectly normal activity when on holiday