Make a splash this summer by taking over a villa with a private swimming pool. This year there are more villas on offer than ever before which means cheaper prices and a greater choice of location, from holiday favourites like Majorca to exotic Marrakesh. GILL WILLIAMS picks out the best...
MAJORCA
WHAT'S IT LIKE? With its rustic stone walls and beamed ceilings, C'an Bauca looks like one of the centuries-old manors you find dotted around the Campos countryside. Yet this four-bedroom villa with its stylish Spanish interior and swimming pool is two years old and comes with all mod cons. You'll need to hire a car to get about, but three miles away is Es Trenc, one of the best beaches on Majorca...as long as nude sunbathers don't make you blush. Pick up all you need for a barbecue by the pool at the Tuesday and Saturday markets held in Campos, which is about four miles from the villa.
BEST FOR: Mum, dad and the kids
TAKE THE PLUNGE: A week's rental in May costs pounds 570 total (pounds 71.25pp) and car hire from pounds 137 through The Villa Collection, tel 01753 853 737 or www.thevilla-collection.co.uk Flights from Coventry to Palma mid-May cost pounds 135pp return including tax through www.thomsonfly.com See the website for other departure airports.
pounds 71 per person
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