Carlton International: Thirty Years of Prestige on the French Riviera
From a discreet basement office in 1995 to agencies from Cap Ferrat to Saint Tropez, Carlton International has spent three decades quietly defining prestige real estate on the Côte d’Azur.
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There are houses that announce themselves and houses that are discovered. Carlton International belongs to the second kind. Founded in 1995 by Philip R. Weiser, born in New Zealand, trained in Lausanne and shaped in London, it began quietly in the basement of a building on the Riviera, with a single conviction: every client should be received as an honoured guest.
Thirty years on, that conviction has become one of the defining signatures of luxury real estate on the French Riviera. Agencies now stand in Cannes, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, Saint Tropez within the Château de Suffren, Saint Paul de Vence, Valbonne and La Garde Freinet, with the network reaching Strasbourg, Baden Baden and, since 2024, Marbella on the Costa del Sol.
Residences of distinction
The portfolio reads like a map of the Riviera’s most coveted addresses. A contemporary villa of six bedrooms in a private, secure domain at Villefranche sur Mer. A Belle Époque villa moments from La Croisette in Cannes. A villa at Èze with level gardens and the sea at its feet, minutes from Monaco. A fully renovated village house in La Ponche, the historic heart of Saint Tropez.
Beyond the transaction, the Carlton Group orchestrates every step of ownership: property management and design through Carlton Signature, hotel acquisition through Carlton Hospitality Investment Consultants, a private concierge for yachts, reservations and experiences, and trusted partners for international currency transfer.
Fidus et Audax
The house motto, carried on its coat of arms since 1995, means faithful and bold. It describes a firm that keeps its word and goes a long way for its clients, and it explains why so much of its finest work is never seen online at all.
Enter the world of Carlton International on Simply Luxury, with its residences, collections, agencies and management, or visit carlton-international.com.