Close to 19% of France’s population is comprised of foreign-born immigrants. The day after the 2016 presidential election, immigration websites to Canada and France crashed from a deluge of traffic. French president Emmanuel Marcon encouraged scientists and other academics to consider making France their home. If you’re interested in moving to the south of France, […]
The French tax system is a constantly changing maze of laws, treaties and convictions with sometimes good news at the exit. Like now! If you have sold a second home in France, you can finally claim money back from the tax department. The French parliament has adopted a bill to definitively abolish the levying of […]
You know Cap d’Antibes, of course, if you happen to be on a billionaire yacht and looking for a deep-water port. Or you are a paparazzo on the hunt for photos of Leonardo DiCaprio, who are said to be seen frequently here. It was this Côte d’Azur where the Cap, together with the charming little […]
Even the keys of my keyboard have been a holiday as it has been a few weeks since I wrote something that was saved to stay. In our family, we were all overwhelmed by a general feeling of summery laziness, the so-called ‘laissez faire’ or ‘drop everything you can’ to enjoy the wonderful Mediterranean sea […]
Will Cape Verde become the new hip holiday destination? The statistics for tourism on this island are ‘booming’, so you can count on 2 fingers that an investment in Cape Verde can only increase in value. Enterprising as we are, we’re now adding luxury villas in Cape Verde for sale. Cape Verde for sale: spacious […]
French are experts in the beautiful things of life; they enjoy the day, love delicious food and long lunch and dinner session, they make great wines and drink it daily. They then toast extensively to life, but never to work. They also never toast to the boss, unless he is sitting at the table. But […]
Buying a second home in the South of France is, of course, a fun and important event in your life. From the moment you have reserved the purchase, you’ll immediately feel a lot happier. Not that this has been proven scientifically, but we know from experience that our customers all travel to southern France with […]
Shopping on the Côte d’Azur is for many people an integral part of their stay on the French Riviera. Not surprising because many French high fashion brands have their flag stores to entice international visitors in South France. In Monaco, Nice and Cannes you will find almost all top brands such as Dior, Christiane Lacroix, […]
Finally, the Cannes Film Festival has ended. Every year it is the same ritual with abundant rain that rinses almost all the stars of the red carpet. Today is the last day with drizzling weather and then the temperatures are far above 30 degrees. Yet there are people who claim that the weather has really […]
Lovers of extreme luxury sports cars like to go to Monaco year-round to watch admiringly all that shiny noise from clenched horsepower in a Lykan HyperPort, Koenigsegg Regera, Bugatti Chiron or Pagani Huarya. The owners of these costly cars must find it exciting that so many people are watching their car and even applauding […]