Maisons & Hotels De Legende

La Cité radieuse in Marseille, by Le Corbusier, revolutionised post-war architecture. The dimensions of this vertical village of 337 flats are incredible for the time: 56 metres high, 137 metres long, 24 metres wide.

The Beau-Rivage is an extraordinary luxury hotel. It is the 'Hotel of the Year' of the Gault and Millau, but above all a centre of diplomacy where some of the most important summits of the past century and a half have been organised.

C’est ainsi que Ian Fleming, le créateur de James Bond, a baptisé en 1946 son paradis caribéen, sa retraite d’écriture.

François Bise marries Marie, who owns a piece of land where they open a bar. The place soon gains a good reputation. After the 1950s, Marguerite, their daughter-in-law, gets three Michelin stars.

Face à la mer de Glace, ce refuge mythique n’est accessible que par un train à crémaillère, en activité depuis plus d’un siècle.

In 1964, Claude François bought a 12th-century mill in Dannemois, some sixty kilometres from Paris, to escape the curious. This superb property was to provide the singer with some of his greatest moments of happiness.