Villas in the Cote d'Azur were the destination of choice for two of the 2009 X Factor judges, Cheryl Cole and Danni Minogue. The X Factor continues to wow British audiences and given the recent worldwide success with the previous X Factor winner Leona Lewis, it is easy to see why.
The program’s unique ability to find real talent, catapulting people like Leona from relative obscurity to huge wealth and success has many of us transfixed.
An important part of the process is the stage where judges chose the three best from his or her nominated group and prepare for it in a villa or country home. This year the judge's have chosen houses in Ireland and Barbados together with two from the French Cote d'Azur, something that emphasizes the importance of the area as a symbol of luxury;
Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud chose to take her group to a beautiful villa in Cannes, well-known for its film festival. Danny together with former Spice Girl Emma Bunton set about making there hard choices in the grounds of a stunning villa in St. Tropez, which sprung to fame in the sixties and has been a home for the rich and famous ever since. The weather was beautiful and the two destinations offered the perfect setting for the selection process.
The Côte d'Azur is often known as the French Riviera and stretches along coast from Marseilles to the Italian border and has many glamorous resorts including Grimaud, Grasse, Saint Maxime, Antibes, Juan les Pins and Menton. The amazing climate is one of the major at tractions on the Cote d'Azur and year round sunshine has led to the development of a charming outdoor cafe and restaurant culture that complimented by a host of high quality facilities day and night.
The name "Azur coast" is symbolic of the warm, wonderful, blue Mediterranean Sea found along the coast where beautiful beaches intersperse with fantastic rocky coves and lovely ports where fantastic yachts are moored.
Villas du Monde - Villas Worldwide offers a range of over 60 holiday villas with pools for rent in the Cote d'Azur region of France together with a superb selection of over 1000 around the world. There are daily flights from the United Kingdom to Marseilles and Nice, taking around two hours.