Palais Vénitien, Cannes

Palais Vénitien is a palatial residence above Cannes, inspired by the architecture of Byzantium and Venice and looking out over the town and the Mediterranean. The interior spans more than 2,000 square metres of monumental columns and mouldings, within an estate of three hectares.

The garden level holds an entrance hall, a triple reception, a La Cornue kitchen, a winter-garden patio, four en-suite bedrooms and a private living room, with separate service quarters. The first floor is given to a master suite with two bathrooms and two dressing rooms, six further bedroom suites, two lounges, a breakfast room and terraces facing the sea and the mountains. An indoor spa with a 15-metre pool, jacuzzi and sauna, a garage for eight cars, cellars and a safe room lie below.

Outside are a private lake, a tennis court, a 25-metre pool with a 12-by-5-metre whirlpool spa, a pool house with steam room, and a caretaker's villa and security lodge. Sold; shown here as a record of the residences we have represented.