French garden elegance on the Cote d'Azur

French garden elegance in the Cote d’Azur villa Ephrussi de Rothschild.

Located in a wonderful situation on the summit of a peninsula at St Jean Cap Ferrat the gardens of the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild are amongst the most stunning in France.

I visited in November and was surprised at how beautiful the gardens were even so late in the year. You can visit the gardens which in my opinion are the main attraction as well as the villa itself which is fully furnished.

In fact you can combine a visit to the Villa Ephrussi with the unusual Villa Grecque Kerylos on the same ticket. I did the two on the same day and it made for a wonderful day out. The Kerylos is more of an interior visit as there is not much of a garden there.

The Villa Ephrussi de Roschild boasts a magnificent jardin a la francais which is conceptually in the shape of a ship and with the azur blue Mediterranean on each side it works beautifully, especially when viewed from the balcony of the villa itself.

The lower, surrounding gardens take you on a voyage around the world with a range of garden styles including Spanish, Japanese and Florentin styles. These garden styles were those which appealed to Beatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild who owned and conceived the whole project. For more information see villa-ephrussi.com

For more photographs view our Ephrussi facebook album.

For garden lovers this is a must see visit whist on a Cote d’Azur holiday, it is a formidable combination of elegance and beauty and so French Riviera. We have a fabulous range of south of France villas for holidays, which also boast beautiful gardens, if not quite on the same scale as the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Our range of holiday rental properties on the French Riviera combined with our inland villas for rent in Provence allow us to offer you first rate, hand-picked, inspected, reliable self catering accommodation throughout the PACA region of France. Please call (freephone service) or email your enquiry to our experienced holiday advisors who will assist with all your needs as well as provide any additional information you require for visiting the main sights in the area.