The residence
A closer
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A sun-washed modernist retreat set into the pines above the Mediterranean, Villa Seraphine is an intimate expression of Riviera living. Stone, glass and pale oak frame a sequence of terraces made for long afternoons and later dinners.
The house is organised around a single, uninterrupted view. Principal rooms open along the western elevation, where a run of ten-metre sliding walls retracts entirely into the structure, dissolving the boundary between the salon and the olive terrace beyond. Interiors are calm and tactile — limewashed plaster, brushed travertine, and joinery in a soft, sea-bleached oak.
Six bedroom suites are arranged for privacy: four in the main house, a further two within a detached guest pavilion that has its own kitchen and courtyard. Below, a wellness level holds a lap pool, hammam, gymnasium and a temperature-controlled cellar for two thousand bottles.
The grounds run to nearly a hectare of restored Mediterranean planting — parasol pine, cypress, rosemary and century-old olive — descending in three terraces toward a heated infinity pool that appears to spill directly into the sea. A rare, quiet parcel on one of Europe’s most closely held peninsulas.
