St Tropez II

As I mentioned before, the St Tropez area is very popular! Here we have a lovely, modern style villa, again in St Tropez. Soon to be sold by my colleage Pia Frei, out of the RHF office on the Place Celli in the center of Saint Tropez. And not only our clients love it there! I am very fond of St Trop also, we sail there a lot and are looking forward to the "Voiles de Saint Tropez" in October - a big prestigeous, international regatta, with a lot of fun on the glamorous "land" as well! Sailing and then partying with colleagues and celebrities, who wouldn't like that....

This is a pic of an earlier Voiles de St Tropez... I'll keep you "posted"

St Tropez

The coming posts will all be about villa's in (the neighbourhood of) St Tropez! This trendy, vibrant area is very popular all of a sudden with Riviera Home Finders' clients!
The villa shown here is painted by the talented aquarellista Marina Teding van Berkhout - from the Marina Artists Team - worth a compliment as she made it look like the fantastic house that it actually is...
It has a terrific seaview

Of course it has all luxury and quality finishings, a 60m² salon, 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, cave, floor heating and air conditioning...

It also has an independent appartment and a poolhouse, with the pool , which measures 11 x 4.50 meters and has a large sun terrace.

The villa is constructed with a main house and two wings so that it can optimally profit of the sun
If you want to be where the action is, go look on our site, in the St Tropez area - we have a couple of houses left but they are selling fast! Watch this space for more...

Villefranche II

The town "Villefranche" dates back to 130 BC. It was officially established by Charles II, Duke of Anjou, in 1295, to protect the coastline from pirate attacks. The Citadelle, the venue where "my" Salon took place, was created to defend the port and the coastline even better, by the duke of Savoy. The construction started in 1566, based on and using a quite new defense system that integrated innovations of artillery and the use of gunpowder... It is trapeze shaped, the long sides along the sea, a deep canal around it and you need to cross a bridge to enter.
In 1965 the town bought back the citadelle and nowadays it houses the city hall, museums and an open air theatre. The population of Villefranche is around 7000 - still a small town!

Inside the citadelle - an art salon going on.

The Villefranche beach

Outside the citadelle

A nice little corner with my work

Villefranche I

Last week I've participated in a big "Contemporary Art" exhibition - in the Citadelle of Villefranche. I have been there every day from 10AM to 8PM and I'm very impressed by the village... It is truly one of the most extraordinarily beautiful -and happy- spots that I've ever been to.
Quite busy and lively, lots of true old french style, beautiful houses and squares with restaurants and terraces. There are several fabulous beaches, with view on small, bigger and really big boats and of course...the sun!

Our Expo was in the Citadelle, built in 1557. It is an old fortress, with a couple of museums, the town hall and an open-air theatre. And a beautiful park and garden, where people have romantic picnics in the shade when it is too hot on the beach. Always open for everybody. It looks so real, you feel as if you enter the 16th century when you walk over the bridge. More about the Citadelle in a later post, have to go there again to remove the paintings (the expo has finished) but as you may have noticed, I like it there, very much! If Riviera Home Finders ever opens a Villefranche office - I'll be the first volunteering to work there!