France Property For Sale Port Grimaud

Real Estate Port Grimaud: Houses and Apartments for Sale

Port Grimaud is world-renowned as one of the very first waterfront developments where living areas were integrated with canals to form a unique living and boating environment. Port Grimaud was created by François Spoerry some forty years ago and is now regarded as his masterpiece, being an outstanding example of imaginative design. The "cité lacustre", literally "water city", is criss-crossed by canals and bridges explaining why it is often known as "Little Venice". It is now one of the biggest tourist destinations in the south of France. The private areas of Port Grimaud are however mainly protected from the annual influx of tourists by electric barriers and gates, manned by security guards in high season. The movement from bustling tourist trap to quiet residential backwaters is quite astonishing. Yet this is exactly what you find in the residential areas - quiet little streets running between quaint fisherman's houses and gardens, each with its own unique character and design. Property for sale in Port Grimaud runs from small studio flats right through to luxury villas with enormous riverfront berths for luxury yachts. All the charm of the French Riviera, and some might say its excesses, are to be found in Port Grimaud.