To make matters more surreal, on the sun lounger directly next to us sits Gary Lineker, his presence challenging the band to work up the courage to ask for a photograph.
When I arrived, I was slightly aghast to be told that there was no electricity, no internet and barely any mobile reception, but this soon gave way to gratitude for the peaceful silence as I lay on a sun lounger outside my lodge, sipping fresh mint tea, unable to take my eyes off the surrounding landscape, all rolling, pastel pink mountains and olive trees.
Life revolves around the beach – pootling from sun lounger to seafood restaurant is about as active as it gets.
He's just returned from Goa – his girlfriend is a yoga teacher and wanted to practise there – and while he now has nearly 100 employees, he spent the last month or so running the business literally from his sun lounger.
Renters may have less interest in the upkeep of these properties, and may be more likely to drag on to the porch that wobbly lounger with splitting vinyl upholstery.
Every chair, lounger, settee and four-poster, muslin-draped bed has been sited for maximum enjoyment of the views.
The Brexit break is a £2,370-per-person jaunt for those who would rather learn the finer points of the EU's many treaties than sip margaritas on a sun lounger.
There are public and private beaches and one of the ritziest of the latter variety is the Castel Plage (25) at quai Rauba-Capeu (00 33 493 852 266; www.castelplage.com), where you can lie next to the young and beautiful on a sun lounger for €10 (£7.15) per half-day.
It's cheesy, albeit well-intentioned; but "Way Back Home" is irredeemably naff, full of pompous blather about "a nation with its back against the wall" and "that good old-fashioned British way, with a proud and thoughtless grace" – fine sentiments indeed, especially from a poolside lounger in Los Angeles.
One ofV Cthe pair of beaches is kept pristine, without even a lounger in sight (one morning, I almost burned my back lying on the sand).
Blair couldn't make the do, sending instead a video message from his sun lounger (not really): "To be given this award for the contribution that I've made, in my way... is an especial honour," he said.
