Everyone knows the Riviera in August. Almost no one knows it in October — when the light softens, the terraces breathe, and the finest houses finally come free.
It is the season of those in the know. Tables can be booked again, villas lower their guard, and that gentleness the high season makes you forget comes back. For anyone who can choose their dates, it is the only moment worth having.
We keep a handful of addresses for those weeks. Houses we don't show in summer, because they are best savoured in quiet — and which we open only to those who will know how to keep them so.