Spanish architects mix Mediterranean flavours with traditional Brazilian design to create head-turning Signature Villas at Pure Resorts Parnaiba - now available to purchase

Anita's Villa, a boutique property, is happy to announce their grand opening on June 12, with seven cliff side villas available and stunning views of Santorini.

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45.5% more foreign tourists visited the Spanish region of Murcia in the first five months of 2014 compared to the same period last year. This is the highest official figure since 2009 and British visitors account for almost half.

The Balearics have been enjoying the benefits of a market in recovery for quite some time now. The news coming out of Mallorca and Ibiza Sotheby's International Realty's offices as they reflect on the half-year is certainly very positive.

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With 2.6 square mile Gibraltar ranking fifth in the world for population density, just behind Hong Kong, space is in short supply. But the creators of New Aloes have managed to squeeze 9,526ftІ of house, 4,402ftІ of terraces and 6,243ftІ of garden o

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Cabbiavoli Castle, turned into an exclusive and refined villa with swimming pool available for rent in the Tuscan countryside today, has just published the new website. The villa consists of 6 double bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms.

Balearic Tourism and Sports Minister, Carlos Delgado, has expressed his optimism towards British tourism. Speaking at November's World Travel Market in ExCeL, he said the UK market is on an "upward trend" and "good" forecasts are in place for the Is

Property consultancy, Knight Frank, has just placed Mallorca at an impressive number two spot in its Global Lifestyle Review. Beaten only by Dubai, the Island performed well for culture, education and cost of living. Local agent Mallorca Sotheby's

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Chris Mercer, Founder of eponymous Mercers, notches up three decades in Spanish property this autumn. Starting out in the Costa Blanca back in 1983, Chris now runs Murcia's most respected multi award-winning estate agency.

To coincide with the 32nd edition of the Copa del Rey, the Bon Nello Sports Meets Business Lounge took place at Palma's foremost contemporary and modern art museum - Es Baluard. Attended by leading business names, sponsor Mallorca Sotheby's In

Last year the Balearic Islands topped the charts for property sales over one million euros to foreign purchasers and that trend remains for the first quarter of 2013. In 2012, 729 sales were made to foreigners, with an average price of €1,080,361,

Whilst Ibiza has an incredible number of strings to its bow from culture to cuisine, nightlife to beach life, one it clearly lacks is golf. However, this week discussions have resumed on the creation a golf course on the Island's western coastline

As sports fans gear up for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and Rio 2016 Olympics, a massive impact is already being felt in Brazil's tourist industry. According to figures just released, a record number of tourists were recorded in 2012, up 4.5% on 2011.

This week the Spanish Colegio de Registradores (Land Registry) released their Q1 statistics and, with house sales up 28.73% on Q4 2012, the wheels are certainly turning on the Spanish property market. Estate agent Mercers is delighted with the posit

Back in January, Murcia-based estate agent Mercers boldly announced a predicted 25% increase in house sales for 2013 over 2012. With Q1 showing exactly that, up 25% for the first three months of 2013 in comparison with 2012, the prediction is on tra

With Scandinavians, Dutch, Russians, Chinese and Latin Americans "hot" on the value offered by property in Marbella, the race is on to find top quality luxury stock.The four remaining villas at Atalaya Fairways will suit their discerning tastes.

Played the right way, there is gold in the Spanish property market with the occasional deal arising that could return 20% inside three months. Agent Spanish Hot Properties advises that finance must be in place so you can strike while the iron's hot

The number of properties purchased in Spain by foreigners rose for five consecutive quarters between 2011 and 2012. However, agent Spanish Hot Properties fears there may not be enough luxury 'stock' to go round.

In a "crisis" the wealthy tend to hold firm. According to Sotheby's International Realty this is certainly the case and nothing can dent the love affair that well-heeled Europeans, and now Americans, Russians and Chinese, have with the sunshin

The Italian Lakes and Riviera, Côte d'Azur, Balearic Islands and Marbella have been favoured holiday home destinations for the international jetset for decades. With popularity comes high prices but one is now surprisingly affordable - Marbella.

The gated community of Vista Alegre on Ibiza's south coast hasn't suffered a single burglary in the last five years and word has got round. Ibiza Sotheby's International Realty reports wealthy buyers are snapping up the multi-million euro homes

According to a report out last week, 35 million Brazilians climbed out of poverty in the last decade and now 53% of the 194 million-strong population is middle class. With new spending power comes the desire for luxury holidays and a Natal-based dev

British Airways, easyJet and Monarch have all expanded their winter schedules to Mallorca for 2012/13 and Ibiza now has its first direct winter service to the UK.

Hot on the heels of the Jumeirah Port Soller Hotel that opened on the west of the Island in April this year, two more luxury lifestyle brands have made Mallorca their home. Nikki Beach and Wave House are the latest names to gain a foothold in the Ba

Drawing on a lifetime career in the luxury sector, multilingual property expert Stefano Zuliani has created LZ Properties to market southern Spain's finest homes. Operating almost exclusively in the elite country estate of La Zagaleta, LZ Properti

Whilst the Cape Verde economy has little to complain about, according to the IMF GDP growth is expected to rise to 7.1% by 2013, news of a fresh aid injection by a leading US Aid Agency has given the African nation a welcome boost. The 66.2 million

At a press conference on 23 December the Mayor of Alhama de Murcia, the setting for Murcia's Paramount-branded Theme Park and Lifestyle Centre, said "there is no going back for the Paramount Park" and "there are investors". Local estate ag

With passenger stats for 2011 (22,063,288) already outstripping those of 2010 (21,117,270), Palma de Mallorca has received more good news courtesy of Ryanair. The no-frills carrier is to set up a new base at the Balearic Airport in March 2012 and wi

Whilst no Spanish region can sing from the rooftops in delight, latest Government and TINSA (valuation consultancy) figures for June 2011 clearly show the Balearics faring better than mainland Spain. The Government has Balearic prices down 4.5% on J

In response to the total lack of information material on the internet on luxury rental properties in the French Riviera, Villa in Nice is announcing the launch of its new website that aims to be a comprehensive source of Information online.

The Holiday Ferret is a holiday and vacation rental by owner website, and recently saw an increase in the number of American properties listed onsite.

Popular tourist destination Phuket Island is seeing plenty of activity announce the Holiday Ferret, a holiday and vacation rental site.

Of the 195 countries on earth, it should come as no surprise that with 44 world heritage sites, Italy has more than any other country. Italy is steeped in history and myth, with the Roman Empire having ruled a large part of the world for hundreds of

With the runaway optimism created by widespread Government social housing programmes and the hosting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics, Brazil is attracting an abundance of serious property investor attention. However, agent www.uv10.com

With the Paramount Pictures theme park a 'go', pressure is now on the Region of Murcia to guide its brand new International Airport to a swift and smooth completion. Taking shape in the small town of Corvera, just 20 minutes from the proposed Pa

Strategically located in the heart of the Mediterranean, Malta basks in the sun for most of the year. Blessed with long, dry summers and short, mild winters, this tiny island roughly 60 miles south of Sicily is a year round destination for people...

Readers of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, one of the UK's most respected and widely read specialist publications, have voted Think Sicily as one of their top 3 favourite villa rental companies.

Villa Mayana in Puntarenas, Costa Rica is now part of the Welcome Beyond selection of great vacation properties worldwide. The villa is about 30 seconds away from the beach set in a stunning private reserve.

Have a hedonistic Christmas or an Epicurean New Year for 2010 at Palazzo Hedone, a luxury, fully-staffed private villa in Scicli, Sicily, by taking advantage of this unmissable special last-minute offer.

There are still late availabilities for Christmas and New Year's eve at some of the great properties featured on our site.

Private Leisure International is now ready to establish its presence in Sri Lanka. To fill up its portfolio, the company is now inviting villa owners to list their villa. However, acceptance is subject to strict quality control.

Think Sicily, market leader in high-end villa rentals, has teamed up with Planeta, one of Sicily's top wine producers, to offer a wine delivery service for guests staying in its Sicilian villas.

PacificRentalVilla is an newly Australian based travel company that specializes in self-catering holiday accommodation in the South Pacific. It was launched in February 2010 with the destinations Vanuatu and Fiji

At first glance it's tricky to work out how buying a villa in Spain in 2000 for €122,000 euros and selling in 2010 for €85,000 euros can be seen as anything but an unmitigated disaster. But actually the client's getting a bargain and the ven

When the 'Horizon Sky Owners - Turkey' FaceBook Group was set up by buyer Mark Slater in 2008, dialogue was very much based on speculation and hearsay, often derived from slightly suspect forum postings. But, after a ballot of members in Novem

Think Sicily is delighted to announce the arrival of the 2010-2011 villa brochure. Its 200 pages and 700 photographs showcase Sicily's most desirable villas, all absolutely exclusive to Think Sicily.

L&V is a French company based in Brittany which offers an effective tool to market holiday homes online at low cost. The company markets itself in more than 24 countries around the world and is one of the largest holiday homes online advertisers in F

Long-established award-winning real estate agent, Mercers, has just launched its newest concept which is ideally suited to today's Spanish property market - Rent2Buy. With purchasers hesitating and vendors despondent, a Rent2Buy arrangement bridge

September was Mercers' best sales month this year. Put simply the buying public are after bargains and that's exactly what they're getting on the Costa Cálida. Price two bedroom terraced villas on an established golf community from as little

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