Sean Connery’s luxury French Riviera mansion that featured in a James Bond movie is up for sale

Sir Sean Connery’s luxury French Riviera mansion, which featured in one of his James Bond films, is now up for grabs.

The legendary actor lived in homes fit for super spy 007 himself, including some of the world’s most ritzy pads in England, Spain, France and the Bahamas.

The 90-year-old movie star, hailed “one of the true greats of cinema”, died in his sleep last week.

His 1920s seafront mansion built on a hillside of the French city resort boasts magnificent views overlooking the sea in Cap de Nice and the Mediterranean Sea.

This sprawling property has classical French architecture with 24-acre grounds and two extra guesthouses, and is up for sale now with a $45.7 million price tag.

{The home sits high in the hills and overlooks the water. Picture: Knight-Frank/}

{Sean Connery’s South-of-France Villa – As Seen In His James Bond Movie. Picture: Knight-Frank} {Connery’s incredible acting career spanned five decades}

The stunning home is still referred to as “Sean’s place” by locals – the movie star made this jaw-dropping property his long-time home during the 1980s and 1990s.

Adding a touch of glamour to the spy-franchise, the home was used in several scenes of his Bond-movie Never Say Never Again when it was filmed in Nice and Monaco.

The 5-bedroom, 1994sqm villa has two swimming pools including a saltwater pool and just over an acre of terraced Mediterranean gardens.

Sean’s wife Micheline Roquebrune, who is originally from the region, is a French Moroccan artist, and enjoyed the home’s three reception rooms, five bathrooms and a gym and fitness room.

{The mansion is built on a hillside of the French city resort and overlooks the sea in Cap de Nice and the Mediterranean Sea. Picture: Knight-Frank }

{Room to sunbake for days.} {One of the living rooms.}

It also has a cellar, utility room and a staff flat above the attached garage – with a mix of period details including wide-plank wood flooring and modern touches like floor-to-ceiling glass windows and a lift.

The pièce de résistance is the newly landscaped gardens down the cliff side with the abundance of brightly coloured plants, shrubs, and palm trees, and a path that winds down to a coastal road on the seafront.

The Belle Epoch-inspired six-storey mansion has indoor and outdoor swimming pools and a grand reception and entrance hall with mosaic-tiled floor leads to a main living room.

This tucked away property benefits from the sense of privacy it offers including a gated security – it is has been a favourite haunt of Royal Families as well the likes of Coco Chanel, Pablo Picasso and Grace Kelly.

{Matching vanities} {Views for miles} {The entrance hall. }

The James Bond factor on this plush pad simply doesn’t get any cooler – it’s idyllic setting, stone walls and striking stone staircase that leads to a master bedroom floor.

Connery’s incredible acting career spanned five decades and saw him win an Oscar in 1988 for his role in The Untouchables.

Former Royal Navy sailor and body builder Connery will forever be remembered as the original 007 after ­rising from the slums of Edinburgh to conquer Hollywood.

The actor remained a constant Hollywood drawcard, in roles as varied as a Russian submarine commander in The Hunt For Red October, Robin Hood, a Greek king in Time Bandits and an immortal Egyptian in Highlander.

{Sir Sean Connery attends the opening film of The Edinburgh Film Festival: The Illusionist on June 16, 2010 in Edinburgh, Scotland}

{The mansion boats indoor and outdoor swimming pools with views. Picture: Knight-Frank}

When Connery announced that You Only Live Twice would be his final film as Bond in 1967, the world was shocked – with even the Queen Mother asking him if it was really true.

But in 1971, Connery was lured back in Diamonds Are Forever for $1.76 million) plus a 12.5 per cent share of profits – then the highest film pay cheque in history. Connery never forgot his humble beginnings . The home was used in scenes of his Bond-movie Never Say Never Again.

He gave the millions he earned from one film to the Scottish International Education Trust, an organisation he founded to help poor Scots get an education.

Connery, who agreed to return as 007 one last time in “unofficial” Bond film Never Say Never Again in 1983, was knighted in 2000 at Holyrood Palace, near where he grew up.

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