Property for sale in Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes forms the heart of the French Riviera, its capital, Nice, home to a historic winter resort quarter recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Nice's international airport keeps the department well connected to the UK and beyond. Woven through with Riviera glamour and history, Alpes-Maritimes is home to Nice's Promenade des Anglais, and to Cannes, famous for its film festival, and the perfume town of Grasse. Elsewhere in the department, buyers will find the Mercantour National Park, offering mountain scenery and skiing at resorts such as Auron and Isola 2000, all within a relatively short drive of the sea. Alpes-Maritimes is recognised too for combining coast and mountain within a single department, an unusual mix even by the standards of the wider Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. A Mediterranean climate brings hot, dry summers and mild winters. Options on the market range from a Riviera apartment in Nice or Cannes, a hilltop village house inland or a mountain property in the Mercantour foothills. With glamour, mountains and Mediterranean sunshine, it remains among France's most desirable departments. For buyers considering the local property market, the average price for a house in Alpes-Maritimes is €4,903/m². The average price for an apartment in Alpes-Maritimes is €4,822/m².