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This outstanding property, steeped in history, bathes in sunlight on a hill facing the picturesque medieval village of Biot, celebrated for its pottery and hand blown glass manufacture. The original bastide, bordering a small local road, dates from the 18th century and was twice enlarged in the 19th and 20th century.
Now lovingly restored using the noblest of traditional materials and colours, it is one of the most charming historic residencies of the French Riviera.
The bastide of 1000m2 situated in a garden of 10.000 m2 provides an entrance hall, guest toilet
double reception room with a view to Biot and the Alps beyond, a fireplace and a loggia,
spacious fully equipped country kitchen, six twin bedded bedrooms, as there are the master bedroom with its own loggia, bathroom and shower room, the main guestroom in the 18th century part with its en suite shower room, the red bedroom with its own terrace and en suite shower room, the blue bedroom with en suite bathroom and two bedrooms sharing a shower room.
The orangery, decorated with trellis and frescoes, provides intimate shaded dining and protection for delicate exotic plants, overlooks a small square pond filled with water lily’s and tropical lotus flowers and dominates the swimming pool, the garden, its terraces and beyond.
This exceptional property is paradise for garden lovers as it is set in a famous fifty year old Mediterranean garden, much photographed and widely acclaimed in numerous garden books.
From the house and its murmuring fountains the garden manifests itself in strong architectural outlines and rises in terraces up a slope which is slightly concave in form. As main axis a citrus tree alley, paved with pebbles, leads to a baroque wall topped with a graceful deep perspective in tall cypresses. Below is the green garden with a double arabesque in boxwood interspersed with myrtle-crowned Anduze jars, facing a rectangular fountain throwing up a slender jet of water.
All in all this property is an enchanting place for inspiration and reflection, a world of its own.
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