From a stone villa in Provence to a sprawling Andalusian estate outside Marbella, here are five European homes for sale right now, each built around a pool worth bragging about.
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A Stone Villa in Provence with a Kidney-Shaped Pool and Mountain Views
€950,000 — Le Rouret, France. A kidney-shaped pool and mountain views framed by olive trees headline this five-bedroom, two-bathroom stone villa in Provence's Alpes-Maritimes. Floor-to-ceiling sliding doors pull that same view straight into the 140 m² (1,507 sq ft) living room.
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A Tuscan Hillside Home with a Rare Oversized Pool Near Cortona
€900,000 — Cortona, Italy. This Tuscan hillside home comes with something hard to find today: a 160 m² pool, grandfathered in under regulations that no longer permit pools this size. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom house itself runs 220 m² commercial (200 m² usable, or 2,368 sq ft), with a built-in library wall anchoring the living and dining room.
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A Heated, Child-Friendly Pool Villa in Vilamoura's Old Village
€1,195,000 — Vilamoura, Portugal. In the Algarve's Old Village, a crisp white four-bedroom, three-bathroom villa wraps around a heated pool built with kids in mind. The house measures 160 m² (1,722 sq ft) across a 376 m² total plot.
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A New-Build Crete Villa Where the Infinity Pool Meets the Sea
€1,450,000 — Chania, Greece. Perched above Crete's coastline, this brand-new stone-and-glass villa lets its infinity pool and jacuzzi blend straight into the sea beyond. Four bedrooms and five bathrooms fill 184 m² (1,981 sq ft) of space.
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A 567-Square-Meter Andalusian Estate Near Marbella
€2,195,000 — Nueva Andalucía, Spain. At 567 m² (6,103 sq ft), this is the largest home in today's batch — a four-bedroom, four-bathroom detached villa near Marbella with a heated pool terrace set against the La Concha mountain backdrop.
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