Hints and tips:
...Doubles at Villa La Coste from €1,200 (villalacoste.com), or try the five-star Château de Fonscolombe (fonscolombe.com), 10 minutes’ drive away, where doubles start at €324....
...Last month we arrived anticipating a warm fire and a pint of real ale only to find the pub closed up, recently sold by the brewery to a property developer....
...Second-home owners from within and without the EU will need to keep their stays to less than 183 days to avoid becoming tax resident where their ski resort is located....
...The Amsterdam-based legal executive from New Jersey fell in love with the uncrowded, sweeping white sands of the Atlantic coast beaches, an easy 35-minute drive north of Lisbon....
...But what of his buildings located at the heart of the world’s cities? “Beaubourg is a ship,” Piano laughs, referring affectionately to Centre Pompidou by the name of the district in which it is built....
...South-east Iran is full of dramatic imagery, both real and surreal....
...€1m A one-bedroom apartment located a short drive from Yacht Club Monaco €5m A high-spec, four-bedroom family villa in Opio €10m A six-bedroom home with a pool, tennis court and guest house in Mougins...
...Captains of Canadian industry from the Labatts to the Bronfmans – two of the country’s great brewing dynasties – have for decades coalesced around the popular Lakeland district located about a two-hour drive...
...Still, the average price for residential property was among the lowest of the 16 major Brazilian cities surveyed in 2013 by the FipeZap real estate index, at $1,941 (R$4,620) per sq metre....
...Built of Canadian cedar, the house was located on a spit of land called Dolphin Sands, about 8km from Swansea on the east coast. They decided they would buy it....
...Because, as I pushed through the chill water, I did find myself laughing out loud at the insolence of enjoying the Mediterranean all alone, with no one to watch me from the long curve of pale sand but my...
...“In Shela you find some of the most in-demand real estate in Africa, with properties costing more than Ks315m,” McGhie says....
...Sky Gardens, a 37-storey building located at the entrance of Dubai International Financial Centre, a 20-minute drive from the indoor ski slope, has contemporary studio, one- and two-bedroom fully furnished...
...Rarity is another factor that drives up costs....
...The beach at Santa Monica, by the pier, tends to attract hordes of tourists; business travellers seeking undisturbed sand should drive 10 minutes north to Will Rogers beach....
...Take Barrow, Alaska, one of three US towns in the region, located more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle and recently depicted in the Hollywood horror film 30 Days of Night....
...Here you may kick off your sandals and bury your feet in the sand. I decide to have only a first course as I am to dine at Koluu’s home later....
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