http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk QALONG with two other families we are looking for a villa in the Algarve which will sleep up to 12. We are hoping to fix something in August when the kids will be on holiday. Is there an agency specialising in large properties? Dawn Petrie email ATHE Algarve is a very attractive spot for families as there are excellent beaches good sporting facilities and eating out is not expensive. The Villa Agency 01273 747 811 www.thevillaagency.com have a selection of beautiful villas on th http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk/Holidays_DOC_HOLIDAY_FAMILY_FUN_IN_THE_ALGARVE.htm THE PROBLEM Charles and Geraldine Cooper write We are now in our late fifties and have always promised ourselves a home abroad when we near retirement. We do not want somewhere permanent just a place we can take fairly long holidays during the summer. We live in Norfolk from where we run a mail order company. We have worked very hard throughout our lives and the carrot has always been a villa in the sunshine for our retirement. Although we are not yet ready to giv http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk/HOUSE_HUNTER_Wed_like_a_villa_in_the_sun_for_lo.htm IF GOLF is your game the sun is your salvation and sardines are your type of fish the Algarve in southern Portugal is as good as it gets. Central Algarve extends from Albufeira to Faro where the airport is and has developments in all price ranges including the exclusive Quinta do Lago where villas sell for millions of pounds. Vila Sol near Vilamoura marina and port has three contiguous Donald Steel designed ninehole golf courses each concluding at the clubhouse. Early phases http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk/Hot_Spot_Algarve_Portugal_-_Sun_sea_sand_golf.htm A NUMBER of villas in the Algarve have been discounted for departures in June. Something Special Holidays have a villa just outside Silves now for pounds 357 per person from June 7 or a villa with its own pool in the small complex of Quinta da Balaia for pounds 391 per person saving pounds 98. Prices include return flights from Gatwick and car hire. Details 08700 270 520. www.somethingspecial.co.uk ACTIVE Normandy is a new brochure which has 40plus ideas for an active holid http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk/Travel_Save_on_the_Algarve.htm THE continuing noshow by US tourists has meant that Italy particularly Tuscany is underbooked compared with previous years while concerns over the economy have left luxury villas in the South of France going begging and Spanish operators kicking their heels as bargainhunters switch their attention to Greece and Turkey. Heres the best of whats left. Italy Operators admit to taking a tumble this summer with prices following suit. Bridgewater Travel 0161 703 http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk/Time_for_a_villa_bargain.htm SPAIN THE big hooray for Hispanophiles is that Spain has more availability this year than usual as valueseekers decamp to Greece and Turkey. A shift towards small holiday groups has left larger properties on the Balearics up for grabs. At Majorcas Cala Sanau Meon Villas 01730 268411 www.meonvillas.co.uk has two weeks in the elegant Finca Sanau with sculpted pool for eight for pounds 927pp departing 29 July. Inland Andalucia still has bags of choice The Real Spain 020 8686 36 http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk/You_can_still_get_away_for_a_super_villa_holiday.htm Portugals Algarve recently topped a poll by Channel 4s Place in the Sun programme as the best place to buy overseas and its not hard to see why. This stretch of coastline has all the ingredients necessary for a second home or even for permanent relocation sandy beaches golf courses traditional fishing villages and great transport links with the UK all make it a firm favourite with British buyers. But as its popularity drives up prices is it still possible to find a bargain on the Alg http://www.cheap-portugal-villas.co.uk/Overseas_property_PORTUGAL_Buy_into_the_real_Por.htm