COUNTRY LIFE
INTERNATIONAL
Summer 2010
Menton on the Côte d' Azur, photographed by Ruth Tomlinson/Robert Harding
Interview
` The mayor's office said it was the finest surviving Belle Epoque villa in the area'
Alexandra Tolstoy talks about her
house on the French Riviera, page 80
New England
` Nantucket is one of those rare places where
you can feel that time has been suspended'
Arabella Youens discovers the secluded delights of New England, page 60
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From the lavender fields of Provence (above) to the glamorous beaches of the Cote d' Azur, the South of France is as desirable today as it was for the first British buyers in the 1840s
44 Property news
The latest international news, from Tuscan apartments to non-dom retreats
46 The cream of the Côte
Jean Bond Rafferty on why the British love affair with life on the French Riviera is still as strong as ever
50 French fancies
Enticing properties for sale across France, from Paris to Provence
52 Picture-perfect Portugal
Liz Rowlinson discovers why luxury Algarve resorts have escaped the downturn
55 Competition
Win a five-star holiday in the Algarve
56 Start ' em young
Catherine Moye investigates why living abroad can benefit children
58 The price is right
Holly Kirkwood presents some spectacular Mediterranean properties
60 Living the American dream
Arabella Youens steps into the chic havens of the New England coast
64 The Amalfi of the Adriatic
Charlotte Cubitt takes a look at the beauty and prospects of Montenegro
68 The great wine escape
Tim Heald meanders through the bur- geoning wine country of New Zealand
70 La isla bonita
Cheryl Markosky invesigates Mallorca' s buoyant market
74 Home suite home
Well-known figures tell Alice Cooke about the hotels and cities that they return to again and again
76 Buying overseas without tears
Holly Kirkwood looks at three options for foreign ownership
80 A Riviera paradise
Octavia Pollock talks to Alexandra Tolstoy about her villa above Monte Carlo
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