"Though it’s perhaps more quiet and more discreet than some of its neighbors, Hôtel La Ponche is a significant fixture on the St. Tropez hotel scene. Its small size — just 21 rooms and suites and three apartments — helps it keep its low profile, but in the middle of the last century it hosted everyone from Sartre and Picasso to Roger Vadim and Brigitte Bardot." - Tablet Hotels