Properties by Location

Provence | Côte d'Azur | Côte Varoise | Loire | Dordogne Languedoc | Burgundy | Alps Provence Lubéron (East of Avignon to Apt: Gordes, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Cabrières d'Avignon, Ménèrbes, Lacoste, Bonnieux, Roussillon, etc.). Vaucluse Plateau (North of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue to Vaison-la-Romaine: Vacqueyras, Venasque, Carpentras, Violès, Malaucène, Gigondas and others). Bouches-du-Rhône (Avignon and south: St.-Rémy, Les Baux, Paradou, Eygalières, Maussane-les-Alpilles, Fontvieille, and others). Gard (Northwest of Avignon: Pont du Gard, Uzès, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Pont St.-Esprit, Tavel, St.-Victor-la-Coste, and others.) Côte d'Azur Includes Mediterranean coast (Alpes-Maritimes) from Monaco to Nice and west to Cannes and environs: Eze, Cap d'Ail, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Golfe Juan, Théoule-sur-Mer, Mandelieu, La Napoule, and others. Also covers hill villages lying above the coast: Grasse, Valbonne, Mougins, Biot, Tourrettes-sur- Loup, Vence, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, La Colle-sur-Loup, and others (For St.-Tropez & environs, see Côte Varoise.) Côte Varoise (St.-Tropez & environs) Includes Mediterranean coast (Var) from Sainte Maxime to Le Lavandou: Saint-Tropez, Les Issambres, Cavalaire-sur-Mer, etc. Villages lying inland include Plan dé la Tour, La Garde Freinet, Grimaud, Gassin, Cogolin, Ramatuelle, La Croix Valmer, Bormes-les-Mimosas, and others. Loire A lush, pastoral region south of Paris and east of the Atlantic that takes its name from France's longest river. A fairyland of noble châteaux (Chenonceaux, Azay-le-Rideau, Amboise, etc.); in medieval times a battleground between French and English kings, now a rich agricultural area famed for its fruit, produce and gentle red and white wines (Chinon, Saumur, Bourgeuil, Sancerre, Vouvray, etc.). Towns and cities include Orléans (where the English surrendered to Jeanne d'Arc on May 8, 1429) , Blois, Montrichard, Amboise, Tours, Angers, etc. Dordogne Actually the name of a départment (province) in southwest France, but a term often applied generally to the overall region known as the Périgord, a historic and pastoral area which also encompases the départment of Lot. Includes such towns as Sarlat, Saint-Cyprien, Brive-la-Gaillard, Montignac, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Rocamadour, Gourdon, Bergerac, Saint-Céré, and such villages as Saint-Pompon, Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, Loubressasc, and Carennac. Languedoc Area in south central France lying west of Provence, stretching from the Auvergne to the Mediterranean, including the cities of Montpelier, Béziers and Toulouse. Burgundy Region of eastern France, rich in ancient Roman and French history, bordered on the northwest by the Morvan Forest, on the north by Chablis, the south by Beaujolais, the east by the Alps and on the west by the Loire. Includes the famed wine areas of the Côte-de-Nuits and Côte-de Beaune as well as Côte Challonaise and Côtes Mâconnaise. Produces the world's finest white wines, and red wines unsurpassed for their roundness and finesse. Alps One of France's three great mountain chains, the Alps straddle France's borders with Italy and Switzerland on the east, and the verdant vineyards and vineyards of Burgundy and Provence on the west; they stretch from the Maritime Alps above the Côte d'Azur on the south, to near Basel on the north; they encompass the famed ski resorts of Chamonix, Megève, Val d'Isère, Alpe d'Huez, Courcheval, Méribel, among others; Lakes Geneva (Lac Léman), Annecy and Bourget, and the cities of Grenoble, Chambery, Annecy and Geneva. Mont Blanc, the Alps' highest peak, is 4,807m (15,765 ft).