Bonjour,

Baroness Beatrice de Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family built this villa between 1905 and 1912. It’s located on a spit of land at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat right on a bluff above the coast. The gardens were designed to look like a ship, from all her travels. It was designed by Aaron Messiah and the baroness had the villa filled with antique furniture, Old Master paintings, rare porcelain, sculptures, and much, much more. She died in 1934 and donated her villa which is now open to the public.

1. From the outside, it looked very nice, but not so striking as the inside and the gardens.

2. This is the waiting room. If you could look closer, you could see the marble pillars and all the luxury built into every inch of the place, along with the art work.

3. This is well out into the garden, but not the very back. This is looking back at the villa.

4. This is much closer to the villa and in this section of the garden, each side mirrored the other side, which is very French.

5. This view is the other direction from the last photo. The water was performing to classical music.

Voila,

Bill