From a hillside retreat on the Costa del Sol to a cantilevered glass villa overlooking Portugal’s Atlantic coast, today’s five homes span five countries and every corner of the European pool-house dream — with prices ranging from €950,000 to €3.2 million.
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A Pool Retreat on Spain’s Costa del Sol
€950,000 — Mijas Costa, Málaga, Spain. Tucked into the El Chaparral hillside on the Costa del Sol, this three-bedroom, two-bathroom villa spans 329 square meters and centers on a private pool framed by loungers and a stone barbecue area, with palm trees swaying just beyond the terrace.
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An 18th-Century Italian Estate with a Moonlit Pool
€950,000 — Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. This 18th-century hamlet near Orvieto was transformed in the 1990s into a seven-bedroom, six-bathroom retreat spread across 754 square meters, its private chapel standing alongside a pool that glows at dusk beneath the stone manor house.
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A Provençal Bastide Retreat with Pool and Pergola
€1,500,000 — Pégomas, Provence, France. A renovated Provençal bastide on a 2,300-square-meter landscaped plot, this four-bedroom, four-bathroom home at 218 square meters pairs a rectangular pool with a wooden deck and its own pool house, olive trees and hillside rising just behind it.
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A Cliffside Infinity Pool Overlooking the Cretan Sea
€1,700,000 — Chania, Crete, Greece. Completed in 2023, this standalone four-bedroom, four-bathroom villa measures 200 square meters and opens onto a 60-square-meter heated saltwater infinity pool with an uninterrupted sea view.
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A Cantilevered Modern Villa on Portugal’s Algarve Coast
€3,200,000 — Praia da Luz, Algarve, Portugal. The most expensive of today’s five, this cantilevered contemporary villa totals 300 square meters across four bedrooms and five bathrooms, its 14-meter saltwater pool running the full length of the home’s striking glass facade.
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