Blooming lovely! A taste of spring with Ste Maxime’s Mimosa Festival

The first signs of spring are something to be celebrated. On the Cote d’Azur they celebrate the bright yellow blooms of the mimosa tree by using them to decorate floats and lots more.  Here’s our pick of the bunch when it comes to local properties…

In St Raphael, this is a fabulous two-bedroom apartment with tremendous sea views from its balcony – the perfect lock-and-go holiday home and gold-chip investment.

This is the sort of thing many of us dream about. A Provencal villa, in a beautifully peaceful setting, with a nice pool, in the South of France. It might not be as expensive as you think…

With pretty peppermint green shutters and that beautiful pale terracotta Provencal stone, this is a fantastic property in the Var’s Bagnol en Foret – it comes with a swimming pool and boule court.

We save the very best until last!  Lovely, lovely four-bedroom villa within 500 m² of landscaped grounds with infinity pool and panoramic sea views towards Saint Tropez.