It's the Polish Riviera! Forget St Tropez - head to seaside Sopot for glitz and glamor at a fraction of the price
Tristan Rutherford says the seaside resort of Sopot has a "southern French vibe". He stays at the Sofitel Grand Sopot where off-season rooms cost £80 a night. author-section byline-plain">By Tristan Rutherford for the Daily Mail
Sugar Daddies devour caviar blinis. Bottles of Moët flow in nightclubs. Everything is perfectly normal in Sopot on the Polish Riviera.
This seaside town has had a southern French feel since Frenchman Jean Haffner founded a sauna and beach cabins here in 1823.
The big difference with Cannes or Nice, apart from the temperature, is that everything is remarkably cheap. I'm staying at the Sofitel Grand Sopot hotel in the heart of the resort, where past guests include Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo.
Come August, rooms here cost £200 a night, dropping to £80 in low season.You could barely have lunch in Cannes for that .
Deckchairs line the 4 km long beach of Sopot, leading to the longest wooden pier in Europe, which acts as a kind of walkway over the sea. Bikini-clad women cling to chihuahuas as sleek yachts dock alongside. Ray-Bans hipsters walk around and offer jetski rides.
Beyond the pier sits Mamuszki 15, a restaurant with 200 loungers on the golden sand. It has its own sauna and a Balinese massage studio, located where Jean Haffner built his b...
Sugar Daddies devour caviar blinis. Bottles of Moët flow in nightclubs. Everything is perfectly normal in Sopot on the Polish Riviera.
This seaside town has had a southern French feel since Frenchman Jean Haffner founded a sauna and beach cabins here in 1823.
The big difference with Cannes or Nice, apart from the temperature, is that everything is remarkably cheap. I'm staying at the Sofitel Grand Sopot hotel in the heart of the resort, where past guests include Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo.
Come August, rooms here cost £200 a night, dropping to £80 in low season.You could barely have lunch in Cannes for that .
Deckchairs line the 4 km long beach of Sopot, leading to the longest wooden pier in Europe, which acts as a kind of walkway over the sea. Bikini-clad women cling to chihuahuas as sleek yachts dock alongside. Ray-Bans hipsters walk around and offer jetski rides.
Beyond the pier sits Mamuszki 15, a restaurant with 200 loungers on the golden sand. It has its own sauna and a Balinese massage studio, located where Jean Haffner built his b...
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