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

Lake Como has long ranked among the most prestigious real estate markets in the world, defined by its grand waterfront properties—yet there are few comparable to the scale of this restored 19th century silk mill in Brienno.

This corner of the Vexin Normand is a gateway between Paris and Normandy — close enough for an easy city commute, yet surrounded by cobbled towns and countryside. 

Overlooking Mallorca’s Tramuntana mountain range, Finca Sonrisa blends contemporary design with traditional finca style in a project recognized by Architectural Digest and Wallpaper*, now on the market for €8.9 million.

In the hills outside Lucca, one of Tuscany’s grand historic estates has returned to the market with provenance few properties can match, acquired in 1836 by Caroline Bonaparte—Napoleon Bonaparte’s younger sister and Queen Consort of Naples.

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.

This château was built in 1910 in the style of 18th-century French neoclassicism, specifically the Château de Bellevue, which was commissioned by King Louis XV for his mistress, Madame de Pompadour.

On 34.5 acres with more than half a mile of Hudson River frontage, Ulster Landing is a circa-1800s Hudson River estate once held by one of America’s influential dynasties, the Livingston Family.

“Aberdeen is a home with a deep soul,” says the Breaking Bad actor. “It was the first home built on the hillside of Los Feliz with a garden that has been maturing for over 100 years. The original finishes that make this home magic are still intact, which is a testament to how much respect all of its owners have had for this space over the years.”