The smartest summers on the Côte d’Azur are no longer run from the marina. They are run from a fully staffed villa above the sea — with the boat, the chef, the table at Pampelonne and the jet arranged as one continuous experience.
The morning begins on the terrace at Cap Ferrat. Coffee arrives as the light comes off the water; below the garden, at the private dock, the tender is already waiting. By eleven the group is off Pampelonne — a swim, a long lunch…

