Brechin Castle has stood on Scotland’s east coast for more than 700 years, shaped by kings, war, rebellion and generations of aristocratic families. Its grounds include one of Scotland’s most remarkable private gardens.

Just beyond Aix, this 19th-century residence feels surprisingly removed from the city, with 3.45 acres (1.4 hectares) of gardens crossed by a stream, fountains and terraces looking toward Sainte-Victoire—the mountain Cézanne painted more than 80 times.

Built in 1702, this historic villa for sale near Milan sits on 25 acres with formal Italian gardens, a 19th-century English park, and a remarkable hidden Secret Garden.

A seven-story Beaux-Arts mansion — once home to a Russian prince and later restored from a shell — has come to market at $29.75 million.

While Como and Maggiore draw the crowds, Lake Orta remains the quieter insider’s choice—a smaller northern Italian lake favored by those seeking discretion, character and a slower pace.

Built and once owned by a notable Belle Époque architect, this villa sits directly on the Mediterranean at Cap d’Antibes, the wooded peninsula between Cannes and Nice and one of the French Riviera’s most tightly held residential enclaves.

On the market for the first time in over 200 years, Lake Delaware Farm dates to 1787, when Gertrude Livingston and Revolutionary War general Morgan Lewis built it while the Catskills were still largely untamed, densely forested, and home to Native American tribes.

It’s one of the oldest continuously inhabited properties in the county.

Hidden within the medieval village of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, between Monaco and Italy, the residence was assembled from several historic village properties, with terraced gardens overlooking the Mediterranean that Grace Kelly later described as “small but precious.”

With a rare Baroque-influenced façade and a prominent position on The Green, this early 18th-century former rectory has a more theatrical architectural character than its Oxfordshire village setting might suggest.