The official resort residence of the presidents of the French Republic since 1968, the Fort de Brégançon located in the municipality of Bormes-les-Mimosas in the Var department is not a grandiose fortress as visitors could expect from an architecture of power. The residence looks more like a bourgeois provincial house, exceptionally well located, just a few meters from the coast facing the Hyères islands and in the protected maritime area of Cap Bénat, than a presidential palace. By its successive occupants' admission, the Fort de Brégançon's real luxury lies more in its 360° view of the Mediterranean than in its interiors.