A chateau for sale in Var is most often found between the wooded Maures massif, the vineyard hills of the Côtes de Provence appellation and the Haut-Var backcountry, where dry-stone bastides, former priories now converted and manor houses tied to a vineyard or a working farm all sit side by side. Local buildings use limestone from the Draguignan plateau, volcanic stone from the Maures and ochre-toned canal-tile roofs, with outbuildings that once served as a wine press, a silk farm or livestock housing. Browse every chateau for sale listed by private owners, agencies and notaries across Var.
You will find here real price benchmarks for the department's large properties, the areas where they are found, the materials typical of Var buildings and the checks worth making before committing, particularly on a property exposed to wildfire risk. Because so many Var estates still carry a working vineyard, the condition of the winery and the age of the vines often matter as much as the residence itself. To plan a full heritage purchase, read our guide to buying prestige property in France.
DVF land registry data does not identify chateaux as such: the benchmarks below cover sales of houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha, above €1,000/m², tracked by our observatory. They frame the market for large residences without describing it entirely: an estate with 30 ha of parkland or a listed monument sold with its farmland falls outside this scope.
In Var, 329 sales were recorded from 2021 to 2025, with a median price of €2,700,000, a floor/ceiling range (P10–P90) of €1,017,100 to €5,511,100 and a median of €7,742/m² of living space, for an average of 369 m² of living space and 7,957 m² of land. Across the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, the 2025 median stands at €2,520,000 (151 sales), against €822,000 in France in 2025 (981 sales).
| Scope | Sales | Median price | Floor – ceiling (P10–P90) | €/m² living space (median) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Var (2021-2025) | 329 | €2,700,000 | €1,017,100 – €5,511,100 | 7,742 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2025) | 151 | €2,520,000 | €1,002,000 – €5,800,000 | 6,914 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
The breakdown by stratum (coastal, rural tourist, ordinary rural) and the five-year trend are in our observatory of prestige property prices in France (in French). Before making an offer, work out purchase costs and borrowing capacity with our financial tools and calculators.
Source: DVF (DGFiP), transactions from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025, processed by ma-propriete.fr; prices rounded to the nearest €100.
Var mostly offers wine-estate bastides attached to a Côtes de Provence vineyard, alongside manor houses built in limestone or Maures schist depending on the area, with shallow-pitched canal-tile roofs typical of Mediterranean building. Some estates keep an old chapel, a dovecote or a bread oven, while others closer to the coast were enlarged during the nineteenth century in a neo-Provençal style. Small chateaux in the Haut-Var, around Aups and Cotignac, remain plainer and better shielded from wildfire thanks to their valley-floor setting.
Outbuildings frequently include a winery, a vaulted cellar, service wings for farm equipment and sometimes a former oil mill where the estate also grew olives. The condition of the canal-tile roof, cracks linked to clay shrink-swell movement, and the quality of the fermentation vats weigh heavily on the value of a still-working estate. A property that has stopped producing wine may still offer lower-cost outbuildings ready for conversion into guest accommodation or reception space.
Properties spread across the wooded and more discreet Maures massif around Collobrières and La Garde-Freinet, the Côtes de Provence vineyard between Lorgues, Flayosc and Les Arcs-sur-Argens, and the limestone Haut-Var around Aups, Cotignac and Salernes, known for perched villages and dry-stone buildings. The Fayence district further north-east and the fringes of the Sainte-Baume to the west offer more secluded estates. The coastal strip, from Saint-Tropez to Hyères, mostly holds recent villas rather than old chateaux, so buyers looking for an authentic chateau generally need to look inland.
Access relies on the stations at Toulon, Les Arcs-Draguignan and Saint-Raphaël, served by TGV trains to Paris and Lyon, and on the A8 motorway crossing the department from west to east. The Côtes de Provence vineyard and the Lorgues area remain among the most sought-after locations; the Haut-Var, further from the coast, offers more generous sizes for a comparable budget. Travel time to the estate from Toulon or Saint-Raphaël airport is worth weighing for owners planning frequent visits.
Wildfire risk is a central factor in Var, especially for properties bordering the Maures massif or the Sainte-Baume: check the municipality's risk prevention plan and the statutory brush-clearing duty that falls on the owner. Some Haut-Var villages hold buildings that are listed or registered historic monuments, which places façade and roof works under the supervision of the Architecte des Bâtiments de France.
On the technical side, examine the condition of the fermentation vats and electrical wiring where the estate remains a working vineyard, the water resource available for irrigation during dry spells, and the soundness of the dry-stone terrace walls. A survey by an old-building professional beforehand avoids unpleasant surprises after signing. Buyers taking over a working vineyard should also budget time to review the harvest contracts and any cooperative membership tied to the land.
Chateau and bastide listings in Var are published by private owners, agencies specialising in wine estates and notaries; filter them by price, living space, vineyard area and outbuildings, then set up an e-mail alert to follow new listings. To widen your search across the region, browse the chateaux for sale in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
