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...Why The property possesses a private clifftop garden with access to Castle Beach — one of the area’s most popular beaches....
...The beach is about 15 minutes’ drive, and Lisbon can be reached in 45 minutes. The property is close to local golf courses, health clubs, padel courts and a horse riding centre....
...Why The property has direct access to the beach, and sea views are maximised by floor-to-ceiling windows and terraces on three sides. There are also panoramic views from the roof terrace....
...This summer’s big event will be the reopening of Palm Beach, a former 1920s casino, after a €200mn redevelopment, as an entertainment and dining venue that will include France’s first Zuma restaurant....
...Of the two weeks I spent last summer in the coastal village of Cudillero (where a 19th-century lighthouse opens this summer as a spectacular lodging, see below) there were only a handful of “beach days”:...
...Why The property includes an uninhabited island, which is accessed by a land bridge above a small beach....
...Properties on the Westlands Estate in the nearby village of Birdham are prized for their proximity to the water; a three-bedroom house sold last summer for £2.48mn....
...But Alisal has been operating on 10,500 acres in the gorgeous rolling hills north-west of Santa Barbara since 1946, when it opened to just 30 guests for the summer....
...“They’re not searching for $5mn properties, they’re looking more at the $2mn properties. “They want to go to the same schools, and eat at the same restaurants . . . they want the fairy tale as well.”...
...Americans Kim Ball, who works as the press officer for ad agency Ogilvy in Paris, and her husband TJ Wilscam, managing director of the NGO Serve the City Paris, who bought a bolt-hole overlooking Ondarreta beach...
...The 51-year-old property developer says he stumbled upon Antiparos 20 years ago after earmarking $3mn to buy an island summer home. “I was looking for sunsets, always dreaming of sunsets,” he says....
...Letter in response to this article: Miami’s property boom has wreaked havoc / From Fernando Montes-Negret, Miami Beach, Florida, US...
...Since the 1950s and the days of Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist party leaders and their top advisers have headed to the beach resort of Beidaihe to escape the capital’s summertime heat and mull the country...
...Even in the beach villas. You can open up the retractable roof above the bed to stargaze at night.” (Mosquito nets are provided for the sceptical.)...
...Hotel Moraine – a long-existent property that was recently acquired, expanded and shined up nicely by the owners of Croteaux, the award-winning vineyard in nearby Southold – is the place to come for those...
...Two years ago, in Miami Beach, Adina and David Barouche offered the $1.2mn list price for a family home and were outbid by $80,000. Today, the couple is trying to buy a nearby house for $2mn....
...After every move, she would take her box of treasures – shells, sticks and beach-foraged stones – and carefully rearrange them in her new room....
...The jury trial will take place this summer after an attempt to stop the case from proceeding was dismissed by a judge at the end of March....
...Why The property has all-round views of the ocean and surrounding city from both its floor-to-ceiling glass walls and its rooftop, which includes a pool, summer kitchen and bar....
...Villas are let for €400,000 for the summer season, hotel rooms average €900 per night and a spot on the beach can cost up to €500 a day....
...Four colour combinations available. giorgettimeda.com Utopia beach chair by Sunnylife, £145 This folding rainbow-print chair includes drinks holders, an insulated cooler pocket and carry handles. selfridges.com...
...They did not go off in August hoping to see a garden or two between bouts of sunbathing on the beach....
...The Pembrokeshire beach was where filmmakers set Shell Cottage, and the death and burial of Harry’s beloved house elf, Dobby....
...Blake Decker is the chief executive of the vacation rental management company, Pretty Picky Properties, most of whose homes rent for between $9,000 and $10,000 a week during the peak summer months of July...
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