Filming Locations Guide: Where was Riviera filmed? The Villa Carmella set in Château Diter
Posted by Ra Moon
There are no limits to all kinds of excess in the playground of the world's super-rich. Once a friend told me that boats, whores, and cocaine are the new sex, drugs and, rock 'n' roll.
Add glamour, art crime, and murder, and we've got the basic ingredients of Riviera, the new Sky series. The show's three seasons explores the dark secrets that obscene wealth covers with sun-kissed ultra-luxury.
Add glamour, art crime, and murder, and we've got the basic ingredients of Riviera, the new Sky series. The show's three seasons explores the dark secrets that obscene wealth covers with sun-kissed ultra-luxury.
Julia Stiles plays the role of Georgina, the wife of a billionaire art collector killed in a supposed accident, that she decides to investigate. The cast also includes Iwan Rheon (Ramsay from Game Of Thrones), Adrian Lester, and Roxane Duran.
Riviera was filmed on location in the exclusive French Riviera, la Côte d'Azur. Nowadays very few productions come here to film as costs are very high.
However, this British pan-European drama (made in times of Brexit) had a generous budget, bringing a breath of fresh air to the world of filming locations.
The fatal party was held on board the superyacht Turquoise, a property of the real Scottish billionaire Douglas Barrowman.
Barrowman appears in the scene playing a Russian oligarch.
Image courtesy of Sky
A key location in Riviera is Villa Carmella or the Château Diter in Mougins.
The Clios family home is a renaissance-style palace with its own vineyard, two helipads, and three swimming pools.
It's situated in the countryside of Provence but in the heart of a crossroads between Saint-Tropez, Cannes, and Monaco.
(You can open all the locations on Google Maps by clicking on the links below in the captions ↴)
Image courtesy of Sky - Map
Georgina on the balcony of a building of Résidence Eiffel, next door to Villa Grecque Kérylos at Beaulieu-sur-Mer.
Image courtesy of Sky and Google Maps
Some scenes were filmed at the 5-star Grand-Hôtel Du Cap-Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, also featured in the second season of the Emily in Paris series.
Image by CarSpotter and Google Maps
The area is beautiful and the locations are superb. During the series, we are enjoying splendid aerial views of Montecarlo, the Mediterranean coast, and the winding roads of the South of France.
The nice city of Nice was the base for the crew and also the setting for many scenes of Riviera.
The Cemetery from the first episode is the old Cimetière du Château, overlooking the city Nice.
An explosion shot at Rue Valperga in Nice. The series was filmed during the summer of 2016.
The team had to be very careful using violent special effects, as the city was in shock after the dreadful terrorist attack with a cargo truck.
Image courtesy of Sky and Google Maps
The gallery from the 7th episode is the Asian Arts Museum of Nice (Musée des Arts Asiatiques).
Image by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
The Port of Villefranche-sur-Mer was used for the last scenes of episode 10.
Image by courtesy of Sky - Map
The church from the first episode of season 2 is in Saint-Michel de La Turbie.
Image by courtesy of Sky - Map
Raoul's exhibition takes place in Fort de la Tête de Chien overlooking Monaco.
Image by courtesy of Sky - Map
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Where was the yacht scene officially took place at? Please include all locations. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIn Monaco's waters.
DeleteWhere was the scene in Italy with the kiosk and Jon Brandeis?
ReplyDeleteIt was filmed in Menton
DeleteBravo, old part of Menton, next to church
DeleteWhere are the stables located?
ReplyDeleteDomaine de la font du broc
DeleteLe muy
The scenes that include Georgina's mother in "Niagara Falls" actually took place at The Punch Bowl—a geological feature in the Niagara Escarpment (a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve). It's located in the town of Stoney Creek—a suburb of Hamilton, Ontario.
ReplyDeleteThe church on the picture titled 'Saint-Michel de La Turbie' actually is the Église d'Èze...
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the work you've done!
Were any animals harmed or killed in filming Riviera?
ReplyDeleteWhich gallery in Venice was were the Picasso and the emerald necklace found? Was it the Guggenheim?
ReplyDeleteWhere is the bay and house where Konstantin was murdered by Nico?
ReplyDeleteI seem a glimpse of what we call the devil's punch bowl in Hamilton/ Stoney Creek Ontario Canada. In season 2. Just wondering why the Canadian location is not listed
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