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Saint-Tropez old town and its yacht-filled bay from the citadel
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Côte d'Azur

The light really is different here. Two hundred years of dreamers, artists and the jet set couldn't be wrong.

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A way of life

Two faces, and we know both of them.

There's the Riviera of yacht week and red carpets — real, and sometimes spectacular. And there's the one that takes knowing someone: the chef in Èze whose family has cooked there since 1947, the Bellet vigneron who still harvests by hand, the cove near Villefranche where you swim in October without seeing a soul. We do the second one.

300+ days of sunshinedozens of five-star hotels200 km of coastline100 events a year
The perched medieval village of Èze high above the Mediterranean
Belle Époque, artists, and old stone

The coast that painted itself.

Matisse, Chagall and Picasso all chased the same light along this shore. Queen Victoria and Grace Kelly took the sun here; the medieval village of Èze still clings to its rock above the sea. From belle-époque casinos to the ramparts of Saint-Paul-de-Vence, history and glamour are woven into every terrace.

We open the doors behind the postcard — an after-hours tour of the Villa Ephrussi, a signature scent blended with a master perfumer in Grasse, the perched village at dusk when the day-trippers have gone.

A Provençal market stall of spices and produce
Where the light meets the plate

The Riviera table.

The best meals aren't always the starred ones. Sometimes it's bouillabaisse in a harbour shack, the fisherman who caught it three tables over.

A bowl of Mediterranean seafood soup

From the sea

Bouillabaisse
The saffron fish stew, served in two courses — broth first, then the catch.
The daily catch
Rascasse, loup, dorade — landed that morning along the coast.
Leucate to Menton
Oysters, sea urchins, and a glass of something pale and cold.
A Niçoise-style tuna and egg salad

The flavours of Nice

Salade niçoise
Tuna, egg, olives, the real thing — and never a potato in sight.
Pissaladière
Caramelised onion and anchovy tart from the Cours Saleya.
Pan bagnat
The Niçoise sandwich, eaten with both hands on the beach.
A glass of pale pink rosé

Rosé & the rare reds

Provence rosé
Pale, dry and chilled — the taste of a Riviera afternoon.
Bellet
Nice's own tiny AOC, hand-harvested, almost never leaves the region.
Bandol
Age-worthy Mourvèdre reds, tasted at the estate.
Rows of lemons and oranges at a Menton market

The sweet & the citrus

Tarte tropézienne
The cream-filled brioche Bardot's film crew made famous.
Menton lemons
A whole festival built around them — the sweetest in France.
Mirazur & Le Louis XV
When you do want the stars, they're among the world's best.
Yachts on the deep-blue Mediterranean off the Riviera coast
Every Riviera we design is different

No two of our journeys are the same. Tell us yours.

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Monaco glittering at dusk between the sea and the cliffs
Monte-Carlo after dark

The stage where the world comes to be seen.

Formula 1 through the streets, the Yacht Show in September, the Casino lit like a jewel box — Monaco packs more spectacle into two square kilometres than anywhere on earth. We watch the Grand Prix from a yacht deck above the track, and dine where royalty and Hollywood always have.

A sketch of what we\'d build you

Journeys we've made here.

Six we've designed here. Open one to see how it goes.

A superyacht in the old port of Saint-Tropez below the bell tower
Anchored in the blue
A day the deck never ended
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The belle-époque facade of the Casino de Monte-Carlo
A jewel box
The Casino, and the car to match
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The Baie des Anges and Promenade des Anglais in Nice
The bay of angels
A swim before the city woke
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The Cannes Croisette at golden hour, palms and the grand hotels
Palms and red carpets
The Croisette in the golden hour
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A quiet cove with umbrella pines at sunset near Cap d'Antibes
The cove no one finds
Umbrella pines and still water
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The Cours Saleya market and pink clock tower in Vieux Nice
Flowers and figs
The market under the clock tower
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Marie Tesson, founder
A travel house — not a tourism office

Why us.

Anyone can book you a sun-lounger on the Croisette. We hand you to the people who are the Riviera — the chef in Èze whose family has cooked there since 1947, the Bellet vigneron who harvests by hand, the skipper who knows the cove near Villefranche. The Riviera works best when you stop performing it — and that only happens when you know the right people.

iTwenty-five years of real relationshipsNot suppliers on a commission — friends who open their own doors.
iiAround fifty journeys a year, never off-the-shelfEach built from nothing. We turn most inquiries away.
iiiMarie reads every inquiry herselfA real conversation, and a reply within two days — or nothing at all.
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Tell us the Riviera you want to feel.

A yacht to a cove no club can reach, a table in Èze at sunset, the Grand Prix from a deck above the track, a scent blended just for you in Grasse.

Marie reads every inquiry herself and writes back within two days.

No itinerary · No brochure · A real conversation
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