While staying at a villa in the South of France, I became curious about exactly where the Villa Nellcôte was located. This is the famous place where the Rolling Stones lived and recorded their classic album Exile on Main Street.
Our friend Serge, who had booked the villa we were staying in, noted that Villa Nellcôte was also available when he did his research but that it cost too much for us to rent it. (The villa we were staying in ran $10K a week so you can only imagine what Serge regarded as too much money for Nellcôte.)
Villa Nellcôte is located just east of Nice.
We were staying down the coast in Cavalaire sur Mer a couple hours south of Nice.
During our week’s stay in Cavalaire, we made several day trips to different places in the area but never did make it to Villa Nellcôte. But I haven’t given up on doing so. Someday, when the good Lord shines a light on me by letting me win the lotto, I will rent Villa Nellcôte and fly all my Buzzy family friends over there for a visit and to party like the Stones did. Rest assured though, we won’t be trying to record any music.
For a good article on the Stones staying at Villa Nellcôte (click here.)