The Cove House, Cap d’Aiguelonde

You reach the cove by the steps or by boat, and there is no third way, which is what private means here. Shingle, a concrete swimming platform, and shade until noon. Whatever you carry down comes back up on foot. Four bedrooms and the terrace, 40 m above the water. The steps were cut in 1964, and the kitchen, bathrooms and saltwater pool date from the 2021 rebuild. A gate off the cape road, then 300 m of drive.