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Villa Charlotte

Price:

$607,050

Ref No : CVL27

Features:
Ever youthful Côte d’Azur

Côte d’Azur – a legend all around the world, where beauty and tradition blend to perfection. From Saint-Tropez to Monaco, the French Riviera unfolds its many facets, whether festive, musical or simply refined Elegance. Ever since it was “discovered” the magic of this famous coast has drawn celebrities of all kinds, from Winston Churchill to Graham Green, from Picasso to Miles Davis.

Villa Charlotte still opens onto its own grounds surrounding a private swimming pool. The garden is filled with Mediterranean flora that preserves this peaceful atmosphere. Majestic phoenix palms, cypresses and nettle trees form arbours shading ornamental lemons trees and flowers in a lush and cool haven.

Already a magnificent property in the 19th century

At the end of the 19th century this patrician house was set in extensive wooded grounds with ornamental ponds. Its illustrious former owners included Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen and his wife, born Charlotte of Prussia, sister of Emperor Wilhelm II and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. A great lover of flowers, she added many rare plants and turned the grounds into an enchanting garden filled with statue, marble benche, gazebo…

At the heart of that most English of Cannes’s quarters

The British were among the first to build houses here, surrounding them with extraordinary gardens, this peaceful English country atmosphere still permeates the Oxford quarter. Just a few minutes from the Croisette Villa Charlotte now opens its doors to new residents in quest of this traditional of peace and quiet seclusion.

Oxford a very fashionable neighbourhood

A few minutes though the Oxford quarter, lies the heart of Cannes, with its Casino, Port and Beaches. Cannes is easily accessible from all over Europe by way of the rail station, though Nice Cote d’Azur International airport 20 minutes away, by the A8 motorway or by private flights to Cannes Mandelieu airport.

Properties from £ 188.860 to £ 607.050.

For more details please contact A La Maison International at 0207 486 7474 or 0787 949 5521.

D e t a i l s :-

The elegance of light, airy modern architecture

The sober, architectural lines of Villa Charlotte seem designed to celebrate light. Its façade with its sculpted vertical lines reinforce the feeling or privacy of the individual loggias and terraces opening onto the grounds. The swimming pool with its curved edges and overflow, set like a jewel in this lush green setting, and the broad sunny terrace, beckon with a promise of magical joy.

Cannes is part of a living legend.

Cannes proudly lives up to its reputation as “the most beautiful bay in the world”, a setting enjoyed by sophisticates from around world for over two centuries. With its Rue d’Antibes and its prestigious designer labels, Forville market, the quiet charm of the Suquet quarter and fine villas of the California district, Cannes the beautiful basks between the blues of the sky and of the Mediterranean.