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Saint-Tropez
A legendary Riviera fishing village turned jet-set playground, known for its pastel harbor and Pampelonne Beach.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France · Europe
Le Lavandou is worth a stop: 20 minutes from La Londe-les-Maures, 55km from Corniche de l'Esterel.
Le Lavandou is a town located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. With a population of 5,902, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Le Lavandou sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Le Lavandou to your route.
Le Lavandou (pronounced [lə lavɑ̃du]; Occitan: Lo Lavandor) is a seaside resort town and commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. Le Lavandou derives its name either from the flower lavender (lavanda in Provençal) that is prevalent in the area, or more prosaicallyRead more
from the local form of the Occitan name for lavoir, lavandor (for lavador, a public place for washing clothes).
The (then) village is where the famous popular song A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square was written in the summer of 1939. The words were by Eric Maschwitz and the music by Manning Sherwin, with its title "stolen" from a story by Michael Arlen. The song had its first performance in a local bar, where the melody was played on piano by Sherwin with the help of the resident saxophonist. Maschwitz sang the words while holding a glass of wine, but nobody seemed impressed.
In the spring of 2002, an attempt was made to find the bar where this classic song was first performed with the view to having a blue plaque set up. With the help of the local tourist office, elderly residents were questioned, but it proved impossible to establish the venue.
In September 2000, the mayor passed an unusual bylaw making it illegal to die in the town. The mayor described his own bylaw as "absurd ... to counter an absurd situation"; the "absurd situation" was that with the town's cemetery already full, a court in Nice had denied permission for a new cemetery because it would mar the beauty of the selected site.
After the fall of nobility, the title of Duke of Lavandou was passed on the Governor of Provence and Languedoc, and from there by primogeniture to the Duchess of Gandia. She married Lev Obolensky in 1980 and had a son, Arnaud Henry Salas-Perez, Prince Obolensky, who became Duke of Gandia, Languedoc and Lavandou, making a Russian prince the titleholder for Le Lavandou.
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Le Lavandou is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe. The coordinates are 43.1370 latitude, 6.3660 longitude.
Le Lavandou has a population of approximately 5,902 people, making it a town in France.
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landmark
A legendary Riviera fishing village turned jet-set playground, known for its pastel harbor and Pampelonne Beach.
27 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A 584 m limestone mountain looming over Toulon, climbed by a narrow corniche road of tight hairpins beloved of the Tour de France; the summit offers superb views over one of Europe's finest natural harbours.
35 km · about 40 min drive
racetrack
French Formula 1 circuit near the Côte d'Azur famous for its distinctive blue and red run-off stripes.
48 km · about 55 min drive
coastal drive
A spectacular coastal road winding through the red porphyry rocks of the Esterel massif between Cannes and Frejus.
55 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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