Set above the Côte d’Azur near Valbonne, this 4-bedroom villa offered through Lazazu in one-eighth shares presents a more flexible way to own a fully managed second home in the South of France.

Bourg-en-Bresse is probably not the first place that comes to mind when searching for a château in France—and that is partly what makes this one so interesting.

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.

Set on 3 hectares / 7.4 acres, this restored 18th-century Provençal farmhouse offers 550 m² / 5,920 ft² of living space and 7 bedrooms in the main house and a separate 2-bedroom caretaker’s residence.

Before the Statue of Liberty stood over New York Harbor, she rose above the rooftops of Paris. A former artist’s atelier is for sale on the street where the Statue of Liberty was built and assembled at the workshops of Gaget, Gauthier et Cie.

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.”

This 17th-century private mansion in a historic village in Provence’s Enclave des Papes has been reimagined by Peruvian-born, Paris-based architect and AD100 designer Diego Delgado-Elias.

Before designing Parc Monceau in the 8th arrondissement, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle laid out one of France’s earliest romantic parks at this 18th-century château less than an hour from Paris.

100 km / 62 miles from Paris, the Normandy estate was converted into a regional art centre in 1970 and has exhibited works by artists including Salvador Dalí, Victor Vasarely, Leonor Fini, Georges Mathieu, Braque, and Volti.

Built around 1850 for Annette Chavane, heiress to a local ironworking estate, the restored château sits near the Vosges border with direct access to the Canal des Vosges and its own place to moor a boat.