luxury bastides with pool for sale Nice, France

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A luminous villa with outbuildings, swimming pool and garden in the area surrounding Grasse. Set on a hillside, this property boasts a remarkable south-facing position, with panoramic views over the valley and the sea on the horizon. The main villa, built on a first, fairly wide terrace, backs directly onto the rock. It is accessed via a small driveway off a main road, which leads to just above the villa. There is space for two cars. After this there is a staircase that goes alongside a separate studio apartment leads directly to the main entrance. The solid hillside residence was built by an architect in the 1960s in an Art Deco style. A rectangular block with a large, slightly bevelled base and a predominantly single-sloped roof is joined to a circular space edged by circling balconies. These provide a wide range of views over the green hills to the sea through high French windows, punctuated by the regularly spaced posts that support the upper storey and the flat roof. The rectangular section has a two-slope tile roof, with the front slope much wider than the back slope. Remarkable traces of the rock on which the building sits can be seen in the kitchen and the wine cellar, providing not only decoration but also temperature regulation. The materials used are classic and sober, with plastered walls and waxed concrete floors covered with parquet. In addition to the studio, the site also features two other independent buildings: a two-room house and a small workshop. An esplanade has been laid out to the south, with a swimming pool and access to a green area. Finally, there is an orchard garden on the lower terrace.

A delightful villa with a lush 6,500m² garden in the town of Opio in south-east France, next to the Château de la Bégude and its golf course. The property takes up one of the estate’s highest plots. From here, it offers a spectacular view: from some spots, you can even see the Mediterranean sea in the distance. Moreover, the plot lies at the edge of the estate, advantageously positioned beside the forest that surrounds the latter. You enter the property via a driveway lined with vegetation. Two car ports stand beside this driveway. The house’s rear elevation then comes into view. This side of the dwelling includes the main entrance and a scullery entry. Two vast terraces extend on the house’s other side, facing south. One terrace is for meals and guests and leads down to a swimming pool at a lower level. The other terrace runs alongside the bedrooms. The garden is terraced with two dry-stone retaining walls and embellished with an abundance of plants. Tall, old trees tower among flowerbeds and clusters of lush shrubs. At the back, beside the forest, there is a pétanque court and a timber hut. The villa was built in the 1970s. It is rectangular and south-facing. It seamlessly links the rooms to the garden, which extends around the dwelling. The reception rooms and bedrooms connect to the terraces outside. The wing of bedrooms is edged with a small terrace of tomette tiles that leads into the garden and takes you round to the main terrace too. At the back of the house, the other rooms include several bathrooms and a kitchen with a remarkably spacious pantry that you can enter from the driveway. Traditional high-quality construction characterises this house. From the lounge, you can see exposed beams of the timber roof frame that crowns the villa. Local tiles cover the roof with respect for the typical Provençal style of single-storey villas in the region, yet a feature that makes this particular dwelling stand out is a protruding section upstairs that houses a special bedroom with its own bathroom and an office. The house’s thick walls are punctuated with broad picture windows on its south side.