Five more pools worth a second look today, from a Portuguese coastal villa to a boat-access-only Croatian island estate — here’s where they are and what they cost.
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An Algarve Pool Villa in Armação de Pêra
€950,000 — Armação de Pêra, Algarve, Portugal. This three-bedroom, three-bath retreat spreads across 224 square meters along Portugal’s southern coast, with a pool built for long afternoons and little else on the agenda.
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A Cretan Hillside Pool Home Above Heraklion
€950,000 — Agios Vlasios, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Perched above Crete’s northern coastline, this 240-square-meter home pairs three bedrooms and two baths with a pool that makes the case for the island over its more crowded neighbors.
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A Provençal Pool Estate in Ventabren
€1,000,000 — Ventabren, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence, France. Four bedrooms and four baths fill out this 190-square-meter property, where the pool sits as the clear centerpiece of a home built for entertaining.
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A Seven-Bedroom Pool Estate in Puglia
€1,030,000 — Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi, Apulia, Italy. Seven bedrooms and seven baths across 300 square meters make this southern Italian estate the largest of today’s five, with a pool sized to match the house around it.
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A Private Island Pool Estate on Lopud
€2,600,000 — Lopud Island, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia. Reachable only by boat, this six-bedroom, roughly 490-square-meter estate on a car-free Adriatic island is today’s most expensive pick — and the only one where the nearest neighbor is the sea.
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