Built and once owned by a notable Belle Époque architect, this true pieds-dans-l’eau on Cap d’Antibes offers rare beach access, sweeping sea views, and classic Riviera proportions on one of the coast’s most exclusive enclaves.

At the southern tip of Lake Garda, a villa on Sirmione’s Via Punta Staffalo spans nearly two acres of private gardens descending to the water, with a wrought-iron cancello sul lago and dock with private waterfront access.

Recently, LVMH’s Bernard Arnault—the world’s second-richest person—acquired the nearby Hôtel Cap Estel in Èze through his family holding company for approximately €200 million, signalling renewed attention on this discreet stretch of the Riviera coastline.

The late, influential art-world power broker Barbara Gladstone’s Gilded Age waterfront retreat — one of the last intact turn-of-the-century shingle “summer cottages” on Long Island’s North Fork — is for sale for $12 million

Built for Louise Grace—daughter of NYC’s two-time mayor and shipping magnate William R. Grace—this stuccoed Renaissance Revival cottage is a rare surviving example of an early American summer estate, set on 3,570 feet of private Maine shoreline.

Set atop Montauk’s southernmost bluff, this oceanfront Hamptons estate offers panoramic Atlantic views and over a century of storied history. Built in 1912 to serve the Montauk Lighthouse, The Stone House remains one of the East End’s rarest coastal legacies.

Limited September dates remain for this ultra-private villa on Wörthersee—Austria’s most glamorous lake region, long favoured by European aristocracy.

On Kaua‘i, Hawaii’s lush “Garden Island”, this 8-acre beachfront estate pairs Hollywood pedigree with rare north shore privacy.

Direct beach access, a seafront pool, and design pedigree tracing back to Porto Cervo’s founding architect. All in a walk-to-everything location in Costa Smeralda’s original jet-set village, one of the Mediterranean’s most coveted enclaves.

Tucked inside the gated Cap Bénat estate — a low-profile hideaway on the Côte d’Azur — this cliffside villa has direct beach access and uninterrupted sea views.