Today's five homes range from a pair of under-€1 million retreats in Portugal and Italy to a €3 million mountain hideaway on Mallorca, each one built around a pool worth the trip.
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A Four-Bedroom Pool Retreat Near Portugal's Spanish Border
€950,000 — Castro Marim, Algarve, Portugal. Tucked into the eastern Algarve just a few miles from the Spanish border, this four-bedroom, five-bath home wraps a private pool in sun-bleached terraces built for long, unhurried afternoons outdoors.
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A Ligurian Hillside Home Above the Italian Riviera
€950,000 — Dolcedo, Imperia, Liguria, Italy. In the olive-grove hills above the Ligurian coast, this four-bedroom, three-bath home pairs quiet countryside living with a pool that feels like it spills straight into the valley below.
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Six Bedrooms of Provence, Minutes From Van Gogh's Old Market Town
€1,600,000 — Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Provence, France. Six bedrooms and 129 square meters of living space give this Provençal home plenty of room to spread out, and its pool sits exactly where you'd want one — shaded, private, and a short drive from the market town Van Gogh once painted.
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An Ionian Island Villa With a Pool Deck Over the Water
€1,800,000 — Nydri, Lefkada, Greece. This 167-square-meter, three-bedroom villa on the Ionian island of Lefkada looks out over the water from a pool deck built for watching the light shift across the sea through the evening.
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A €3 Million Stone House in One of Mallorca's Most Storied Villages
€3,000,000 — Deà, Mallorca, Spain. In one of Mallorca's most storied mountain villages, this two-bedroom, two-bath stone house carries the issue's top price tag, with a pool cut into the hillside and views that have drawn artists and writers here for a century.
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