Cannes Palm Beach

The villa

Period charm, near the sea

In the Palm Beach quarter, at the quiet eastern end of the Croisette, this is a house of tall windows, wrought-iron balconies and red hexagonal tiled floors, furnished with antique mirrors, striped sofas and soft lamplight.

The living room is the heart of the house: two deep striped sofas face each other before a white fireplace, between arched doors of etched glass, and tall windows open onto a small balcony. Beside it, a long marble table with tall white chairs stands beneath a poster from the Cannes Film Festival. The kitchen has blue-and-white toile wallpaper, a range cooker, a farmhouse sink and a marble worktop, with tall French doors.

The double bedrooms are quiet and comfortable, with crisp white linen; one has its own fireplace and an old carved armoire. The bathroom has a roll-top bath and a washstand basin on blue-patterned tiles, and there is also a shower room in white metro tiles.

Outside, French doors with blue shutters open onto a terracotta-walled courtyard with a plunge pool, and in the garden a mosaic table under a leafy pergola is the place for lunch and dinner outdoors. The sandy beaches are a short walk away, and the centre of Cannes is a walk along the Croisette.