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Deborah Trentham of The Garden Historians chooses Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild at Saint-jean-cap-ferrat. “The garden was created with great attention to detail by Béatrice Ephrussi, who even had her servants dress in green cardboard cones to position her cypress trees just so.” The garden has a lily pond, canal and cascade, as well as Japanese, Spanish and Italian gardens. 06230 St-jean-cap-ferrat, 0033 4 93 01 33 09, villa-ephrussi.com.