Surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, and the Alpilles mountain range, the villa’s lush grounds and pool-with-a-view are just part of the draw. Sleeps: 14 Price: from about $55,553 for a one-week stay, or about $3,968 per personĪ rare mix between eye-catching contemporary architecture, ancient stone walls, mosaic-tiled floors, and warm Provençal tones, this eight-bedroom house faces a craggy limestone cliff and the impressive medieval Citadel of les Baux-de-Provence. In keeping with the spirit of the place, there’s an extensive gym for toned-body maintenance and, best of all, a high-tech open-air cinema with a giant screen that springs magically from the ground. The sleek modern interiors of the seven bedrooms-which includes one kids’ room with three beds, plus two bedrooms in the guesthouse-are uncluttered and unpretentiously elegant. With a staff of four on hand, limo service, and a helipad for quick getaways, you may still prefer to lounge on a sun bed by the heated pool or take the wooded path to the beach, a five-minute walk to Le Club 55. It’s owned by a renowned European collector, so the walls and 108,000 square-foot garden area are filled with astonishing museum-quality contemporary works from Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, and Damien Hirst, rivalled only by the enchanting unbroken vistas of Pampelonne Bay. What puts this low-slung villa a cut above the multitudes of swoon-worthy holiday homes near St Tropez has everything to do with art. Sleeps: 10 Price: from about $13,792 for a one-week stay or about $1,379 per person Villa Paradise’s unabashedly glamorous luxury sits neatly among what former Eze resident Friedrich Nietzsche found unforgettable about the site: the natural beauty of pastel pink and orange sunsets. Of course, it was dreamed up as a place to entertain.

There’s also a state-of-the-art fitness room where you can work out with a coach, an adjacent tennis court, and a range of bespoke services, from private chefs to boat hire. The turquoise Mediterranean remains the star attraction in the open-plan kitchen, airy living room and minimalist bedrooms. From the indoor/outdoor pool jutting out over the cliff, you see a glorious medley of ever-changing sea-and-sky blues and a complete sweep of the coast. There’s something hypnotic about the jaw-dropping view from this white-on-white glassed-in villa, wedged between the rocky pinnacle of medieval Eze and the pebble beaches, which may be why French rappers and prime-time TV shows have singled it out for shoots.

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