** 26/08 THRU SEPT - STORA RABATT SOM MIN FAMILI KAN INTE LÄGE GÅ SÅ TILLGÄNGLIG! "

My family is my husband who is in property and I am an interior designer and we have two children, 19 and 16. We live just outside London and visit Esterella as much as possible. We are a traditional english family and I think that definitely shows in the Villa which is full of beautiful antiques and we believe that our holiday home should be a real home from home. rented this Villa from its previous owners for 10 years. When the owner, who we got to know quite well, called to say that sadly he was going to sell the Villa and that we might not be able to have our regular summer holiday at the Villa - my husband said to me that we simply had to buy it as 'it was his sanctuary !' We bought it and then proceeded to update it with the things that we felt it needed. Keeping its traditional feel but updating all the bathrooms, putting Air conditioning in the bedrooms as well as planting lots more colour in the garden and adding the summer kitchen. As I have said it really is a home from home and we hope that those who go love it as much as we do.

We hope you love the Villa Esterella as much as we do as it has so many unique benefits. It has high ceilings inside, arched balconies, view of the sea and sits on a hill so benefits from raised views, but is accessible to local amenities, When we bought it we felt it had to be totally renovated but still keep the charm that we loved. It needed some loving time (and money!) spent on it and so we put in new bathrooms through out, air conditioning to all the bedrooms, completely renovated the whole villa including the outside summer kitchen. We have kept its traditional feel, including antique furniture and hand painted curtains, but updated life's creature comforts with new beds, furniture, new outside furniture both by the pool and also on the breakfast terrace and seating area outside the Sitting Room.

We also updated all the lighting so now the pool and garden fully light up at night and its just wonderful. We have two terraces outside the Villa. One is arched and has a seating area and many a night has been spent sitting chatting, and playing cards. We also have a large breakfast terrace which has a view over the bay of Cannes and in peak season you can often see the fireworks of Cannes or La Napoule.

The pool has a roman end - which basically means it has an arched end with steps down it. This is fantastic for just chilling and cooling off in the pool but also great for teaching the children to swim.

At the end of the pool is a Gazebo where long lunches tend to happen! The summer kitchen is opposite and we have tried to make our life easier as it has a full service of glasses, plates and cutlery. Also an American fridge/freezer, weber BBQ and built in traditional BBQ but also a Dishwasher and sink!!!!

We had my husbands 50th at the Villa and it was magical. We had drinks on the terrace followed by dinner and dancing by the pool.
We have also had several weddings at the Villa which were magical (venue rates are applied).