The Big Boy’s playground: It may be small and perfectly formed but its reputation is huge.  As the smallest French-speaking principality, Monaco has more millionaires squeezed in per square meter than probably anywhere else in the world. Ever since Grace Kelly arrived in the 1950’s to...

A LOT ON THE LANDSCAPE Gardening is the ultimate form of hope. You plant tiny seeds in the absolute faith that something grand will grow. No garden design is ever finished and there are many frustrations along the path, plants fail, tastes change & weather is unpredictable. Your garden...

BEHIND CLOSED GATES Long gone are the days when buying a property on a gated community, or domain, was considered to be a bit of a “second choice” or not very fashionable.  The exclusive domains today, especially along the Cote’Azur, are attracting many second-home buyers looking for...

Buying a Vineyard or wine domaine.   Ever since the film “A Good Year” was released in 2006, starring Russell Crowe, as a banker who inherits a vineyard in the south of France, buying and owning a vineyard has become an interesting and serious investment for many people. But there is...

This month we feature the history and take a look at the enchanting Moroccan Riad which is a traditional house or palace with an interior garden. The word Riad originally comes from the Arabic word ‘ryad’ for garden and the design of these courtyard dwellings in the coastal regions of...