Isles of Capri, FL

Fabulous custom built home with views of the Gulf of Mexico located in prestigious Isles of Capri.
This multi Story Home with a contemporary flair hides 4 + den Bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms, 3 car garage, private pool and spa.
6,300 sq.ft listed at $ 3.9 Million

Gatsby style... The last jewel in the Cap d'Antibes...

Le Provençal Hotel on the Côte d'Azur built by an American millionaire Frank J Gould in 1925 is being turned into a luxury apartment building.

The 256-bedroom Art Deco palace was in the 30s and 40s the symbol of the French Riviera where Coco Chanel, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald were vacationing.

The Hotel is located between lively Juan-les- Pins and super-pricey Cap d'Antibes.

The 45,000-sq.ft. beach-side property, develop by Cyril Dennis into 56 luxury 360-degree views apartments will have access to spas, beach teepees, helicopters, powerboats, tennis, golf and a ski chalet in Courchevel.
Each unit will have indoor and outdoor pools, Porche kitchens, marble floors, Turkish baths, aquariums and separate staff lifts and entrances.
Music, heating, lighting, flowers and shopping can be computer-controlled.

You will be buying a lifestyle...Off to parties in St Tropez, Cannes or Monte Carlo.

Apartment at "The Provencal" will cost between $ 3 Million to $ 65 Million.


What does $65 million buy you?

Private lift and entrance/ staff lift and entrance
360-degree panoramic sea and mountain views
Interior designs by renowned designers
Porche kitchens and Louis Vuitton furniture
Glass fireplaces, mosaic stone floors
Five bedroom suites with balconies
Indoor pool/ Turkish bath
296m garden with pool
Valet parking/ underground car park
Private beach with water-sports and restaurant
24-hour concierge and room service
Wine cellar
Spa and pool
Tennis club
Use of a helicopter, power boat, yacht and Courchevel chalet
Golf club

Via: Telegraph.co.uk

Fabulous "Cote D'Azur" properties

Cap d'Antibes: Luxurious villas with four bedroom suites and a separate apartment, pool, garage, gardens and beach. Listed at $ 45.5 Million

Mougins Spacious, 1940s villa in a gated domain.Five bedrooms, open-plan kitchen, cabana, pool and gardens. Listed at $ 6.2 Million

Cap d'Antibes ProvenÇal-style property with large kitchen, living room, fireplace and five bedroom suites. Pool, summer kitchen and gardens. Listed at $ 6.9 Million

To no surprise, the Côte d'Azur is still a sophisticated and robust market and expected to weather the current property market downturn.

While property prices in the area have topped €200 Million or some $ 315 Million... Antibes is the only area of France where prices have doubled.
Russian money, movie stars and musicians account for the majority of the luxurious properties acquisitions.

Happy Vacation!

Via: Telegraph.co.uk

Frank O. Gehry Spanish Masterpiece

Frank O. Gehry's second Spanish masterpiece is an architectural jewel of the Rioja vineyards.

Located in the heart of the Rioja wine region, the new Hotel Marques De Riscal is Frank O. Gehry second masterpiece in spain, after Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum.

Ideal for a getaway or a relaxing holiday, the Hotel offers 43 guest rooms, including 11 suites.
A unique design surrounded by impressive vineyards in the town of Elciego.


The Marqués de Riscal Restaurant in the Hotel delivers an impressive selection of wines combined with the best traditional Basque-Riojan cuisine.

The Caudalíe Vinothérapie® Spa leads the leisure facilities, offering an indoor swimming pool, steam room, fitness centre, Jacuzzi, invigorating shower, and 14 treatment rooms with wide variety of "wine therapy" massages and treatments.
Exclusively created by Caudalíe Vinothérapie, all products are made of grape’s extract and mineral water.

Malaga, Spain

El Gibralfaro Bull Ring, Malaga, Spain

Puente Nuevo on Tajo River, Malaga, Spain

Guild Hall Gardens, Malaga, Spain

Málaga Beach

Calle Larios is the main street in the city.

My son Nicholas just flew from Seattle to Malaga to visit his best friend Ivan. He will stay in Spain for 8 days then cross the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco where he will vacation from Casablanca to Agadir.

Málaga, capital of the Costa Del Sol is a city full of history and tradition.
Located in the south of Spain, Malaga is cosmopolitan with a deep sense of hospitality. The impressive city is famous for the pasas ( raisins) and its superb wines.

One of the most famous sons of the city is Pablo Picasso. You still find his birth house at the Plaza de la Merced 15. The building is home to the Foundation Picasso. The larger and more famous Picasso museum can be found at the Palacio de Buenavista at Calle San Augustin.

Kids, have a fabulous time on your vacation! I will see you there in September.

Gazprom Skyscraper Turns Green

Russia’s state-controlled energy Company Gazprom has unveiled a fabulous design for their new office building planned in St. Petersburg.
The new design by architectural firm RMJM proposes to use plants to control the building’s temperature

The glass tower with double walls will sandwich hundreds of trees and plants to provide heat in the winter and cooler temperatures in the summer.
The exterior will be clad in temperature-color changing glass panels.

The ecologically aware energy company will be located between the Okhta tributary and the River Neva, some 5 kilometers from St. Petersburg’s city center

Despite the resistance of the public opinion, could this new tower become St Petersburg's new landmark?
Construction is planned to start later this year with completion scheduled for 2012.

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