Les Voiles 2027. Nine days of sail in the gulf, with the road and the water planned for you.
Classic yachts and modern maxis race out of Saint-Tropez in the last week of September. The sailing is glorious, and we plan the way in and out of town by car and by boat across the bay.
The regatta
Les Voiles 2027 at a glance
- DatesLate September 2027, to be confirmedNine days, usually from the last Saturday in September. The organisers had not published the 2027 dates when we last checked; the 2026 regatta ran Saturday 26 September to Sunday 4 October. Racing depends on the wind, so the programme moves.
- WhereThe Gulf of Saint-TropezRacing in the bay, with the fleet moored bow to quay in the old port and the Village des Voiles on the quayside.
- The fleetClassics and moderns togetherBoats of a century old race in the same week as maxis. The classics are the reason most people come.
- Nearest airportsLa Mole (LTT) and Nice (NCE)La Mole is about 25 kilometres away. Nice is the long way round the gulf, or twenty minutes by helicopter.
We update this page as soon as the organisers publish the 2027 dates. Racing schedules and the shore programme are published nearer the time and change with the weather.
Next dates
Tell me when the dates are announced
The 2027 dates for Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez are not confirmed yet. Leave your email and we will tell you as soon as they are announced, so the travel can be planned while the best options are still open.
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Getting there
Everything depends on which side you land
Saint-Tropez sits at the end of a peninsula. The road in from the north, the D98a past the salt flats and Port Grimaud, is the only real approach, and in a busy week it carries every arriving car, every delivery and every day tripper. From Nice Airport, about a hundred kilometres away, a clean run is an hour and a half. On a Voiles Saturday with the autoroute busy and the last ten kilometres crawling, two and a half to three hours is not unusual, and we would rather tell you that now than at the airport.
La Mole, the small airfield in the valley behind the gulf, is the answer for anyone arriving by private aircraft in a suitable type. It is around forty minutes from the village by road and the runway suits light and midsize aircraft rather than everything. Helicopter from Nice to La Mole takes about twenty minutes and turns the worst transfer on the coast into a non-event, which is why the helicopters are busy all week.
The other trick the locals use is the water. Boat shuttles run across the bay from Sainte-Maxime and Port Grimaud in fifteen to twenty minutes, and a car can meet you on either side. For an evening in town during Les Voiles it is often faster and always more pleasant than the road.
We run our own cars and employ our own chauffeurs in London and Manchester, with a trusted global network everywhere else. On the Riviera your car is arranged through operators we have worked with for years, briefed by us and managed by us, with one number for the whole trip.
Journey times
To Saint-Tropez in regatta week
| From | Distance | Typical time |
|---|---|---|
| La Mole Airport (LTT) | About 25 km | 35 to 50 minutes by road |
| Nice Airport (NCE), by road | About 100 km | 1 hour 30 to 3 hours |
| Nice Airport (NCE), by helicopter | Direct | About 20 minutes to La Mole, then the road |
| Sainte-Maxime, by boat | Across the bay | 15 to 20 minutes on the shuttle |
| Cannes | About 75 km | 1 hour 15 to 2 hours 30 |
| Monaco | About 125 km | 1 hour 50 to 3 hours |
| Toulon Hyeres Airport | About 55 km | 1 hour to 1 hour 30 |
Planning guidance for the last week of September, not promises. The afternoon into the peninsula and the hour after the prize giving are the slow points.
In the village
The port is closed to cars, and rightly so
The quays are the event. Pedestrian areas around the old port expand for the regatta, the Village des Voiles takes the quayside, and the streets behind fill with parked cars long before lunch. Nobody drives to the boat. What works is a drop-off at the edge of the pedestrian zone, a short walk to the quay, and a pick-up point your chauffeur holds for the evening rather than a space hunted for at eleven at night.
If you are aboard a yacht in the gulf, crew and tender movements matter more than the car. Tell us which quay or which tender landing you are using and we will work to it. Guests arriving from villas at Ramatuelle, Pampelonne or Gassin usually keep a car for the day rather than making two journeys over the hill.
What clients usually book
A car held for the day, and a plan for the evening
- Collection at Nice or La Mole with the chauffeur briefed on the aircraft registration and the handling agent
- A helicopter from Nice to La Mole when the coast road is against you, with cars at both ends
- An as-directed car through the day, waiting while you are on the quay or out on the water
- Transfers between a villa at Ramatuelle or Gassin and the port, morning and night
- Guests moved to and from a tender landing on the yacht's schedule rather than the traffic's
- A day charter in the gulf to watch the racing from the water, which is the best seat there is
Book early
The busiest week of the late season
Les Voiles fills the peninsula after the summer crowds have gone, and the cars, the helicopters and the good tables all go at once. Tell us your dates as soon as you have them.
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Questions people ask
About Les Voiles travel
How long is the drive from Nice, honestly?
An hour and a half on a clear run and up to three hours on a bad afternoon in regatta week. If your timing is tight we will suggest the helicopter to La Mole instead and say why.
Can we land at La Mole?
Many light and midsize aircraft can. The runway does not suit every type and the airfield has its own operating hours, so your operator confirms it. We plan the car around whichever field you use.
Can the car reach the quay?
No, and nor can anyone else's. The port area is pedestrian during the regatta. We drop at the edge of it and hold a pick-up point for later.
Can we watch the racing from a boat?
Yes. A day charter in the gulf is the best view of the week and we can arrange it alongside the cars.
Do you have your own cars in France?
Our own cars and chauffeurs are in London and Manchester, and a trusted global network covers everywhere else. On the Riviera we arrange cars through operators we know and manage the trip ourselves.
