The golden triangle formed by Villefranche-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a well of magnificence.
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is an ode to love, an unmissable place that seems straight out of a fairy tale, surrounded by lush gardens with plants from five continents, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful Renaissance residences on the French Riviera, born from the visionary passion of its hostess for art and travel.
The eccentric Baroness Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild put no less than 40 architects to work and, in seven years, built a mammoth villa in which the colour pink predominates, and is found practically everywhere.
The seven gardens of the residence are exceptional: from the Spanish to the Japanese, from the Florentine to the French, made to resemble the deck of a ship (the baroness obliged her 30 gardeners to wear sailor’s clothes), to the garden of love, in which musical fountains are activated every 20 minutes.
Finally, if you are fascinated by luxurious residences, keep in mind that just 2 km away is the Villa Grecque Kérylos, an incredible early 20th century villa designed to perfectly reproduce an Athenian villa from the 1st century B.C. and thus showcase life in ancient Greece.