Five pools, five countries’ worth of light this week — the lineup runs from a corner-plot villa on the Costa Blanca to a historic estate in Sicily wrapped in bougainvillea, with price tags spanning just under a million euros to just under €2.7 million. Cheapest to priciest, here’s the five.
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A Corner-Plot Villa on the Costa Blanca
€925,000 — Jávea, Alicante, Spain. A natural-stone pool terrace wraps this corner-plot Mediterranean villa on the La Granadella coast, and the four-bedroom, 235-square-meter layout opens straight onto it — no hallway between indoors and the water.
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A Trullo Compound in the Itria Valley
€985,000 — Fasano, Puglia, Italy. This recently renovated trullo compound keeps its stone conical roofs and vaulted interiors intact, but the real draw is the sunset shot above: a long rectangular pool ringed by silhouetted olive trees, six rooms and 185 square meters in all.
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A Historic Estate Between Modica and Pozzallo
€1,400,000 — Modica, Sicily, Italy. First Sicilian listing to make this newsletter: a 22-room, 800-square-meter historic estate with a red façade wrapped in bougainvillea, set in Ragusa province between Modica and Pozzallo.
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A Refurbished Villa Near Meia Praia Beach
€1,450,000 — Lagos, Algarve, Portugal. A contemporary refurbished villa near Meia Praia beach, four bedrooms and 243 square meters, with a curved pool framed by palms that does a lot of the talking on its own.
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A Paraíso Alto Showpiece in Benahavís
€2,690,000 — Benahavís, Málaga, Spain. The priciest and largest of the five: a six-bedroom, 679-square-meter Andalusian-style villa in the prestigious Paraíso Alto area, its long pool stretched out in front of a two-story mansion and manicured garden.
That’s the five. Hit reply if one of these has your name on it — or if you know a pool worth featuring next week.