James Bond yacht in Antibes

The Kingdom 5KR, better known under the name "Nabila", docked at the port of Antibes this week, at the "port des milliardaires" (billionaires's port). This luxury yacht of 85m long is valued at $ 100 million. This boat is especially known for being used in a James Bond film starring Sean Connery, Never Say Never Again, released in 1983.

Since 1991, this yacht belongs to Saudi Prince Al Walid Ben Talal. Member of the princely family Al Saud, this 57 years old businessman bought 3.75% of the shares of Twitter in 2011. The value of this investment is $ 300 million.

Also in this port of Antibes, many people were waiting for the "Eclipse", the largest yacht in the world 163 meters long, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, currently off Barcelona.
However, we can visit other giants of the seas ranked among the 100 largest yachts in the world.

It happened that known persons do not appreciate the properties in Antibes, and use spend their time on their yacht, click here.

The city of Menton is selling an apartment

The municipality of Menton is selling one of its property located in the heart of the old city. Composed two rooms of 30 sqm each, on the 1st and 2nd floor of the building with a separate staircase.

Note that access to the second floor is impossible! Indeed the property is not usable. Large rework is needed including the structures (walls and stairways), requiring the intervention of specialists.

The sale price was estimated at 60,000 euros, commission is at the buyer charge. To encourage the permanent settlement, the buyer will agree to make it his principal residence or to rent it annually or to a student.

Visitation will be held Monday, August 13th between 1:30 and 4:00 p.m. and Tuesday, August 14th between 8:30am and 12:00am. The deadline for visit requests is Friday, August 17.

Luxury items at auction at Monaco

Since Tuesday afternoon, the house Artcurial organizes an auction a large collection of antique jewelry in the famous palace of the Hermitage Hotel Monaco.

The collection of exceptional pieces presented by this house is most impressive. With this collection of jewelery and watches, they hope to reach 6 million euros.

Vintage Hermes bags will be presented, including some pieces that are no longer produced or from special orders.

Terminal 2 in pole position

The Monaco Grand Prix, a major event on the Riviera, will be held this year on Sunday 29th May. McGregor, a long-standing partner of this highly renowned race and officiai partner of the Monaco Automobile Club, will open a temporary shop at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport.

Located in the terminal 2 departure zone, it will be open three weeks before and one week after the event. McGregor will display their new 2012 Monaco Grand Prix collection of stylish sportswear, including polo shirts, shirts and accessories for men, women and children. And that's not all: to celebrate the 70th Monaco Grand Prix, McGregor is launching a Vintage collection inspired by the first Grand Prix of 1929, reflecting the history of the race and including a Formula 1 pilot's jacket.

Project development in Corsica ~ U paese di Lozari

The 84 apartments of the Residence are located within a total grounds of 15000m². The apartments are either one or two bedroomed, all fully furnished with good quality furniture and finishings. Walking distance from a splendid beach (200m), the village of Ile Rousse (5 mins) and its marina, makes this residence an ideal investment for holidays and a highly interesting rental project.

Located in a calm and peaceful environment, the Residence U Paese di Lozari offers you 84 apartments, only 200m away from a fine sandy beach in Balagne, Corsica.

The guests and the hotel of Queen Victoria

Throughout the past twenty years, thousands of tourists flocked to the French Riviera as Queen Victoria often visited this area for pleasure. The reason why she stopped coming was because France and Britain stopped seeing eye to eye. She often visited Menton in 1882, Cannes in 1887 and Hyeres in 1892, and Nice on many occasions (two times to large hotels in the city and three times to the infamous Hoel Regina from 1895 until 1899). In her diary, she wrote ……….”this beautiful country that I liked and admired so...".

The Queen Victoria on the French Riviera

In the spring of 1882, Queen Victoria, 62 years old, came on the Riviera for the first time. This region she called "A natural Paradise" transformed her life. When she arrived in France, she was very happy. She came nine times to the Riviera. "Oh if only I were in Nice, I would recover then" she said when she was dying.

She spent her time on the Riviera with John Brown, an actor and Abdul Karim, an Indian. Queen Victoria enjoyed being with a lot of people from all over the world.

The important people of the European monarchy went with Queen Victoria on the Riviera. Léopold II, for instance, the King of Belgium often came.