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Buying on the Riviera: Our Property Guide

Where people buy on the Riviera, town by town, the agencies with offices here and how a French purchase works. We never publish prices.

Where people buy

  1. The back story

    Buying on the Riviera: the back story

    Cap d’Antibes·In depth

    Belle Époque apartments in Nice, villas on the capes, mas in the hills: where people buy, and how a French purchase works.

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  2. Where people buy

    Nice

    Nice·Area profile

    City apartments by the sea and the tram, from the Musicians’ quarter to Cimiez and Mont Boron.

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  3. Where people buy

    Cannes

    Cannes·Area profile

    Apartments on and behind La Croisette, villas in the hills.

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  4. Where people buy

    Antibes and Cap d’Antibes

    Cap d’Antibes·Area profile

    An old town, a resort and a cape of gated villas.

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  5. Where people buy

    Cap Ferrat, Villefranche and Beaulieu

    Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat·Area profile

    A wooded cape and two seaside towns between Nice and Monaco.

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  6. Where people buy

    Saint-Tropez and Ramatuelle

    Saint-Tropez·Area profile

    Village houses in the port, villas on the peninsula.

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  7. Where people buy

    The hill villages

    Mougins·Area profile

    Stone houses with views: Mougins, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Vence and the villages behind Cannes and Nice.

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Agencies and official guidance

  1. Nice and Cannes

    Côte d’Azur Sotheby’s International Realty

    Nice·Estate agency

    Luxury agency with offices in Nice and on La Croisette in Cannes.

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    John Taylor

    Cannes·Estate agency

    A luxury estate agency with Riviera roots.

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  3. International network

    BARNES Côte d’Azur

    Cannes·Estate agency

    BARNES’s Riviera offices.

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  4. International network

    Savills France

    Nice·Estate agency

    Savills’ French residential business.

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  5. How a sale works

    Notaires de France

    France·Official information

    The notaries’ official guide to buying property in France.

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