Beautiful homes and estates abound in this small unincorporated town in Marin County. The town, just north of San Francisco, and is bordered by Kentfield, Greenbrae, Larkspur and San Anselmo. Ross is mostly a residential community, with a small main street of stores. There are about 2400 people who live here. You can get some [...]
St. Helena, about twenty miles north of the city of Napa, is one of the great centers of the Napa Valley wine country. The town is small – about 6,000 inhabitants – with a lovely main street, stores, B & Bs, and ambience. About a half mile up the road is the famous Culinary Institute [...]
Belvedere real estate includes some of the highest priced homes and estates in the San Francisco Bay Area. Located across the Bay from San Francisco, many Belvedere properties have spectacular views of San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge and other areas in the Bay Area. The median price for homes in Belvedere is over $5,000,000. [...]
Downtown Napa, California, has some lovely streets of Victorian era homes. Napa, of course, is the capital of the Napa Valley wine country, which extends from Napa up through Yountville to St. Helena and Calistoga. Along this wine route are some of the most famous names in wine: Beringer, Mumm, Taittinger, Chandon, and others. Napa has [...]
Lovely Victorian homes and estates are close to downtown San Rafael, California, which is centered around the beautiful Mission San Rafael. The Matchmakers is an international real estate company specializing in beautiful homes and estates in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, France, Italy, and Mexico. The company is also a member of AREA – [...]
View luxury homes and estates in Larkspur, in Marin County. Larkspur is one of the lovely towns just north across the Bay from San Francisco. The city has a population of about 12,000. Larkspur is the location for one of Golden Gate Transit’s ferry terminal, which provides service between Marin County and the San Francisco [...]
Luxury living and homes abound in Sausalito, a small town just a couple miles north across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. From here, there are beautiful views of the City. Sausalito is a popular tourist destination. The ferry connects Sausalito to San Francisco and to Tiburon, just to the east, another lovely [...]
If you are looking to buy a beautiful home or vineyard estate – or even a working winery – in California wine country, Healdsburg, a lovely small town about 70 miles north of San Francisco is a wonderful place to check out. Healdsburg is the center of three of the most famous wine production areas in [...]
Wineries and beautiful wine estates abound near Healdsburg, in Sonoma County, about 70 miles north of San Francisco. This is the center of three of the most important wine-producing regions in northern California – the Russian River, Dry Creek, and Alexander Valley appellations. We visited Healdsburg this past weekend to take part in the annual [...]
This luxury estate home, located in the lovely Russian River Valley north of San Francisco, is set on eleven acres with views of rolling vineyards, redwoods and the Russian River Valley. The home is approximately 5,165 square feet, with a 40 foot solar heated swimming pool. Potential to plant 6 acres of Pinot Noir Grapes. [...]
Near Cortona in Tuscany is a luxury home restored beautifully from an old mill property. The villa consists of two detached properties. The smaller, the original mill, is on three levels, with a double bedroom and en suite bathroom on each of the first floor and lower ground levels. The larger home also has two [...]
Some of the most beautiful luxury estates and homes in the greater San Francisco Bay Area are located just north across the bay from the City, in Marin County, in towns such as Sausalito, Mill Valley, Tiburon, Belvedere, Corte Madera, Larkspur, Kentfield, Ross and San Anselmo. A wealthy, artistic enclave, Sausalito draws tons of visitors [...]
San Francisco and Paris are sister cities, and no wonder: each is a city of great beauty. Each is a great city for walking and exploring. In Paris, walking along the Seine, or wandering through the streets of the Left Bank, or exploring the Latin Quarter or Marais or other parts of this great city, [...]
Company relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area? Private tours are available through The Matchmakers, a real estate company specializing in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and in France. San Francisco is more than the City. It is the entire Bay Area, comprised of vastly different towns, cities and neighborhoods. There is the beautiful [...]
This fairytale medieval castle, located in the heart of the beautiful Dordogne Valley in southwest France, has to be seen and experienced to be appreciated. With approximately 10,000 square feet of habitable space, on 300 hectares of land and four kilometers of river frontage, the interior of the the chateau has been stripped of all [...]