pool and tennis courts. An older farmhouse or luxury villa with five or more bedrooms, a pool and a large garden would be nearer €2.5 million says Mr Swannie. Inland from Cannes, Tim Clark of
Leggett Immobilier (08700 115151; ht tp://
frenchestateagents.com) reports increased interest in beauti- ful Grasse as well as the small town of Cabris. ‘Perched high on a hill with sweeping views over
the bay of
Cannes and the Esterel hills, you can find a villa with sea views for less than €600,000—great value com- pared to homes directly on the coast.’
Central The Canton de Fayence, 30 minutes from Saint-Tropez and within one hour of Nice airport, also provides relative value with three-bedroom villas in private gardens from €450,000. ‘The price range between €400,000 and €650,000 is where we are seeing most demand from British and American buyers,’ says Mr Clark. ‘Favourable currency rates and cheap borrowing mean that demand in this “mid” price bracket is as high now as it has been for years.’ Popular market villages include
medieval Fayence and Seillans. This is rural, quiet France, yet, within easy reach, there are watersports on family-friendly, unspoilt Lac de St Cassien and a choice of activities at Terre Blanche, a 740-acre golf, hotel
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and leisure resort in Tourrettes, which has Europe’s largest spa and a David Leadbetter Golf Academy.
West Historic towns and villages above Saint-Tropez and west of Draguignan include Tourtour—known as ‘the vil- lage in the sky’—Cotignac and Lorgues. These form a ‘golden triangle’ with Nice or Marseille airports 75 minutes away and Saint-Tropez and Aix-en- Provence within an hour. Vidauban, south of Lorgues, is
a delight as is Correns, further west and inland, north of Brignoles. For- merly best known as an organic- wine-producing village, Correns came
FOR SALE €2.6m
Roquefort- les-Pins A two-bedroom carefully restored apartment in Roquefort-les- Pins with separate two- bedroom studio in Les Parcs de Saint-Tropez, a quiet gated resort with communal pool and gardens. Savills (020– 7016 3740)
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FOR SALE €25m
Ramatuelle In the hills of Ramatuelle, with exceptional views to Saint-Tropez and the bay of Pampelonne, a beautiful 10-bedroom Provençal villa with large gardens. Knight Frank (020–7861 1553)
to wider prominence when Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie bought the 1,200-acre Château Miraval and married there last year. British buyers choose stone farm-
houses close to these villages, set in at least 2½ acres of land with typical prices, says Chris Moore of Home Hunts, between €800,000 and €2 million. He’s selling a restored six-bedroom mas with separate caretaker’s cottage close to Lorgues for €1,895,000. ‘Avoid villages along the A8 motor-
way corridor such as Les Arcs and Le Cannet,’ cautions Mr Moore. ‘They’re pretty, but with a motorway, a TGV and a departmental road, one has to be careful of the environment.’
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