Villa Hortensias
A favourite for three-generation stays; the flat lawn runs straight to the gate of the sentier du littoral.
An Editor's Côte d'Azur
Four villages, thirty-eight villas, one quiet corner of the French Riviera.
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Antibes & Cap d'Antibes, Èze-sur-Mer and Saint-Tropez — each a chapter of its own, each personally walked, mapped and re-walked by the same concierge team that answers your call.
From the concierge desk, Villefranche-sur-Mer
A letter before you scroll.
It is worth saying plainly, before we name a single village: these four places are not interchangeable. A week in the pinède above Paloma and a week behind the ramparts of Vieil Antibes feel as different as a week in Burgundy feels from a week in the Luberon. They share a coastline; they do not share a rhythm.
Our portfolio numbers only thirty-eight villas in total — eleven on Cap-Ferrat, nine between Antibes and Cap d'Antibes, eight in Èze-sur-Mer and ten from Saint-Tropez to Ramatuelle — because we have visited every one of them twice a year since 2009, and we would rather leave a street off the map than place a house we cannot personally vouch for. What follows, then, is less a destination guide than the page-by-page tour we give our own friends when they ask where to begin.
Each chapter opens with a short field note from the team, then a small portfolio. The full inventory — every floor plan, every chef's kitchen, every gate code — sits behind a single private request.
Chapter I
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
A peninsula of umbrella pines, low stone walls, and the path to Paloma at first light.
Path to Paloma, 7:14 a.m., low season.
Field notes — by Élodie, destination concierge
The peninsula is roughly five kilometres around and yet most guests never see half of it. The eastern flank, above the port, draws the summer crowds; the western flank, facing the Baie des Fourmis and Beaulieu, is where our houses tend to sit. These are not the showiest addresses — but they are the ones with the long gardens, the mature pines, the sea heard from the bedroom window at night.
Three rituals we plan for every Cap-Ferrat stay: an early-morning walk down the pinède to Paloma before the beach club sets its first umbrella; lunch at the fish stand in the port of Saint-Jean, brought back to the terrace; and at least one evening of a chef-led tasting on the lawn — our closing-night signature, offered complimentary.
- Best for Couples and multi-generational families, stays of 7 to 14 nights.
- Walk to Port of Saint-Jean, Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild gardens, the sentier du littoral.
- Tell us if You want a heated pool in shoulder season, or a flat lawn for small children.
Mini portfolio
Villas in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat: 11
Three we are happy to name in print. The remaining eight — including our largest, a nine-bedroom estate on the western flank — are shared once we know your dates and party size.
Maison des Oliviers
Cleaner lines, a chef's kitchen built for serious cooking, and the closest of our Cap-Ferrat houses to the village.
Clos des Citronniers
The smallest of our Cap-Ferrat houses, and the one our team books for couples who want to walk everywhere.
Chapter II
Antibes & Cap d'Antibes
Old-stone mornings, the Marché Provençal at eight, and the sentier de la Garoupe at five.
Marché Provençal, Cours Masséna, eight o'clock.
Field notes — by Mathieu, destination concierge
Antibes is the chapter where guests most often arrive thinking they want Saint-Tropez. By the third morning — the marché done, the Picasso museum quietly visited, the kids asleep after a swim off La Garoupe — they thank us. The rampart town is a working town: fishermen unload at six, the covered market opens at eight, the Vieil Antibes lanes smell of stone and lavender by ten.
Cap d'Antibes, attached to the old town by a single isthmus, is the quieter sibling. The sentier de la Garoupe traces its southern shore; our houses here sit behind old gates on lanes so discreet that even some longtime residents do not know who lives where.
- Best for Families who want a town within walking distance, and guests who care about food.
- Walk to Marché Provençal, Picasso Museum, Plage de la Gravette, the sentier de la Garoupe.
- Tell us if You want to be inside the ramparts, on Cap d'Antibes, or on the Juan-les-Pins side.