The property, facing north-south, covers an immense rectangular-shaped area of 4.5 hectares. Accessible from the B road to the south via the main entrance, followed by an olive tree-lined lane of nearly 200 metres, the property also has a second, more discreet entrance, located on the north side of the property and accessible via a small public road. Two wooded areas can also be found on the property: one in the northern part of the estate, near the buildings and, the other, in the southwest portion of the property, which is specifically used to conceal the parking lot from the villa during weddings.
The latter, built in 1730 and then meticulously renovated in 2012, displays the classical appearance of a three-storey construction, cadenced by five vertical rows of windows and topped with a hipped roof.
Abutting the northwest side of the villa is a 17th-century building, also renovated, which includes a professional kitchen on its garden level and a caretaker’s flat upstairs. As for the villa, it is preceded by a glass entrance porch, which opens onto an entrance hall and includes two living rooms on its garden level, three other sitting rooms, a nuptial suite and a study on the first floor, while the occupant’s private living quarters, with four bedrooms and accessible via an independent staircase, are on the second floor. As for its exterior, a large gravel patio runs along the length of the façade and is decorated with a circular ornamental pond, while the swimming pool area is located below to the east of the central drive and, given its size, makes it possible to regularly host wedding receptions under tents that are set up during the summer months. In addition, there is room for another immense canopy next to the villa’s eastern side and a large platform, located to the west of the central drive, is used for performances.
Lastly, a number of outbuildings are located in the property’s wooded section extending to the north of the villa, such as: a garage, storage rooms, a vaulted cellar as well as a giant rainwater tank and an old well.

The Villa

Built in 1730, the villa obeys all the codes of stately homes from the 18th century: a striking appearance, two upstairs floors, five rows of vertical drop-arched windows, a barrel tile hipped roof lined with a double genoise cornice, painted wooden louvred shutters and vast floor-to-ceiling heights. Adorned with balconies safeguarded by finely crafted wrought-iron guardrails, this elegant dwelling’s standout feature is undoubtedly its impressive metal and glass entrance porch. In addition, nearly all the rooms have marble fireplaces in a range of colours and the entire house is cooled by a centralised reversible air-conditioning system.
As for the adjacent square-shaped construction from the 17th century, it has two storeys under a tile gable roof and includes an immense kitchen on its garden level that communicates with the villa’s reception rooms, a caretaker’s flat on the first floor with a separate entrance as well as a small private garden to the north. Besides the villa’s interior colossal staircase, an outside flight of metal stairs to the north is used as an emergency exit for the first floor and provides private access to the owners’ living quarters, which are located on the second floor.

The garden-level floor
The large glass entrance porch opens onto an entrance hall with a black-and-white tile floor, which is extended by a grand staircase that, on each level, starts with a double flight of stairs that then merges into one in order to access the upper landing. With original terracotta tiles as well as wooden risers and stair nosing, the staircase also has grey painted wrought-iron bannisters, while a window on each intermediary landing provides light for the stairwell.
From the entrance hall, the large living room, with nearly 60 m², is located on the right. With a Versailles-style hardwood floor and taupe-colour wainscoting that matches the room’s woodwork, it has a floor-to-ceiling height of nearly 3.8 metres and exposed ceiling joists painted white. Often used as a conference room or for receptions, the room is bathed in light by two windows to the south and glass double doors to the east, while two doors to the north communicate with an office.
To the left of the entrance hall is a dining room, which is currently used as a lounge and decorated with a finely crafted chimneybreast with a fleur-de-lis motif on a blue background that matches the room’s wall décor. With wainscoting, a coffered ceiling and original terracotta floor tiles, this room also communicates with a service area, which includes three lavatories and an ancient Provençal stone washbasin.
In addition, this room ensures the transition with the kitchen and provides access to a dining room as well as the large living room via its office, after circumventing the northern part of the staircase, where there is also a door to the outside. The kitchen, in compliance with professional catering standards for two hundred guests, spatially separates the food preparation area, located in its southern section and illuminated by an arched picture window, from the area reserved for storage, refrigeration and cleaning, located in a utility room to the north.
The first floor
The staircase gives onto a wide, dual-aspect hallway, which provides access to all the rooms on this floor, including three sitting rooms to the south, which are used as meeting rooms. The entire level is covered with original terracotta floor tiles, with the exception of the western sitting room, whose terracotta tiles are more recent, while all the ceilings have exposed joists painted white and heights that reach up to 3.15 metres.
Opposite the staircase, the central sitting room has a two-tone marble fireplace, red-painted walls that pair perfectly with the grey colour of its woodwork and glass double doors that open onto a small balcony. On either side and perfectly symmetrical in size, the western and eastern sitting rooms, painted in light-colour tones, each have two front-facing windows, while the western one also has an additional window on the side and is decorated with primitive wall drawings made by sailors who lived on the property in 1793, during the siege of Toulon.
To the northeast, the brightly-lit and spacious nuptial suite, used for weddings, includes both a shower room and a separate lavatory, guaranteeing privacy, whereas, to the northwest, besides the two lavatories, a storage space and an emergency exit towards the exterior staircase, there is also an office used by the management. Although it would require some reorganising, at least five bedrooms could be created on this level for residential purposes or as guest rooms.
The second floor
This floor was the subject of significant renovations in order to transform it into private living quarters, which are separate from the two lower floors dedicated to hosting receptions and conferences. It is for this purpose that, besides the massive staircase that provides access to this floor, it also has a private exterior staircase on the northwest side of the building. The roof’s four slopes, with their exposed wooden beams, are visible from all the different rooms on this level and contribute to their overall character as do the original terracotta floor tiles that can be found throughout, including in the bathrooms.
From the exterior staircase, a wooden door opens directly onto a living room of more than 50 m² with a grey marble fireplace and breath-taking views of the surrounding countryside thanks to two pairs of large casement windows to the south as well as a window to the west. In addition, a semi-enclosed patio was created to the north, near the staircase, with hardwood floors, a burnished metal guardrail and a modern glass roof that extends on from the rooftop, while a guest lavatory is located near the entrance.
In the flat’s central section and at the top of the interior staircase, from which it is separated by a large glass partition, is a contemporary kitchen with a black central island that is topped with a grey extractor hood that matches the kitchen cabinets. As for the sleeping quarters, an initial bedroom, accessible from the living room, is bathed in light by a window to the south and includes its own partially open shower room, while one of its walls and bathroom cabinets are painted in lavender tones.
From the kitchen, a small hallway leads eastwards towards three more bedrooms. The largest one, with walls painted light grey and a fireplace identical to the one in the living room, also faces south thanks to two pairs of large casement windows and includes an open shower room with an enormous glass shower. The two other bedrooms, smaller in size and painted in different colours, are located to the north and northeast, with one window each, and share a bathroom with a shower and bathtub, while a separate lavatory is located nearby.