It is a silhouette floating in the middle of the ocean, sea or lagoon. A singular piece of land beaten by the waves, impregnable fortress, promise of solitude and freedom. At a time when the Covid-19 epidemic is terrorizing the planet, owning a private island is arguably the craziest - and the most tempting - dream that one can conceive of to escape the crowds, to put his own to the shelter, even at the cost of a bohemian life during the holidays. On the fringes of the world, far from it all.
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"The confinement has incredibly accentuated the interest in extraordinary properties, located in exceptional environments," says Ronan Pradeau, director of Bretagne Sud Sotheby's Realty. Customers are looking for refuge and the islands are more than ever dreaming. The requests for information on them have been multiplied by five to ten in our Breton agencies during the confinement! " What do the constraints of access, the vagaries of the weather, storms and tides matter; forgot the cost
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