Dawn swims from your private jetty in Cap d’Antibes, champagne toasts above La Croisette, dusk drives that spill into Saint-Tropez’s lantern-lit streets. A Bluemoon villa is not merely a place to sleep; it is your gateway to shaping a Riviera story exactly as you choose. Our hand-picked luxury villa rentals in the Côte d’Azur place you in the most coveted bays, capes and hilltops, and this guide distils the best ways to savour every sun-kissed moment.
The Côte d’Azur’s most exclusive homes are available through Bluemoon. Whether you dream of an infinity pool above the bay, a twenty-first-century hill-top estate with a heli-pad, or a grand property with its own tennis court, you can explore the full selection or dive straight into the neighbourhoods that matter to you.
Arrive like a local. With Bluemoon you can arrange a fully regulated private-jet charter into Nice, Cannes-Mandelieu or La Môle. London is under two hours, Geneva under one, and Paris even faster. See flight times, aircraft classes and transfer tips in our Côte d’Azur private jet guide.
Sip rosé at La Guérite, indulge in a feast at Club 55, then slip into Cannes for a night-cap at Le Roof or host a soirée aboard your charter yacht in Port Canto. In high season, Cannes, Saint-Tropez and Monaco are ideal for espresso-martini-fuelled nights.
Browse Valbonne’s Thursday market for black-truffle socca, linger over a Provence rosé on Mougins’ hill-top terrace as the bell tower turns gold, then follow the pine-scented lanes of Cap d’Antibes to a barefoot sunset beneath Hôtel du Cap’s steps. Finish at the Michelin-starred Le Figuier de Saint-Esprit with a Mediterranean menu that delights at every bite. These villages swap velvet-rope glitz for Provençal rhythm: café au lait at first light, gallery hopping by bicycle and starry skies that invite quiet conversation. Mougins, Valbonne and Sainte-Maxime move at a slower pace for guests who simply wish to unwind.
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Cannes’ effortless glamour endures no matter the time of year, not just during the famed annual events. Its pale gold Croisette passes Art Deco façades scented with jasmine, then climbs to ivy-draped hill retreats where cicadas hush the harbour’s murmur. Beach-club brunches become days wandering around the hidden galleries and boutiques scattered around. The city offers indie culture, century old villas and a Riviera ease that forever leaves an impression.
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Marble-white yachts idle against the ochre harbour, vintage convertibles wind around roads towards dune-brushed beaches, and linen draped cafés seat those looking to relish in the day. Bohemian salt meets haute gloss: pétanque clicks under plane trees, a surprise jazz set drifts past Dior’s pop-up, and beach-club afternoons slide into candle-lit dinners on hidden terraces. Compact in size yet vast in personality, Saint-Tropez is always reinventing itself.
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Cap d’Antibes feels like a private peninsula built for daydreams: lanes perfumed with Aleppo pine twist past Belle Époque mansions, then spill into pocket-sized coves where the sea is clear as cut quartz. Behind Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, discreet clifftop estates perch on limestone shelves, each with its own ladder into the water and a table ready for sunset. Artists chase the cape’s crystalline light, swimmers float in near silence and garden soirées flicker beneath citrus trees.
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Valbonne swaps shoreline dazzle for village geometry: a tidy grid of stone houses frames a square alive with truffle stalls and espresso chatter. Beyond the arcades, bastides hide behind lavender hedges, vines creep over terracotta roofs and olive terraces hum with cicadas. Sophia Antipolis’ tech campus buzzes just over the hill, yet within these sixteenth-century lanes life prefers to linger over a chilled verre de rosé.
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High above the shoreline, Mougins coils around its hill like a painter’s palette, lanes dotted with sculpture courtyards, spice merchants and sudden viewpoints that frame the Bay of Cannes. Picasso chose the village for his final studio and the creative current endures. Outside the ramparts, cypress-lined drives lead to stone bastides hidden in olive terraces, close enough for a Croisette première yet quiet when the coast is not.
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A perfect horseshoe of cobalt water laps pastel façades that tumble to the sea, while fishing skiffs and tenders share one of the Mediterranean’s deepest natural bays. Cobbled lanes slip beneath ochre archways into a sixteenth-century citadel, balconies drip with bougainvillaea and café tables watch light shift across Cap Ferrat. Evening belongs to terrace dinners, just caught rouget, a chilled Bandol rosé and the gentle clink of masts in the tide.
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