| For getaways in the sun, you can't beat villa | | | | Possibly one of the hardest choices with villa |
| holidays for real luxury. Staying in a hotel is great, | | | | holidays is deciding where to go. With flights |
| but sometimes it can feel as though you are just | | | | available often at bargain prices to locations all |
| a room number packed in with hundreds of other | | | | over Europe, we really are spoilt for choice. |
| guests and things can seem a little impersonal. | | | | Perhaps you could holiday in Portugal's Algarve, |
| During peak season you may have to compete | | | | where the coastline is rugged and dramatic and |
| for a place around the pool and a sun bed on the | | | | seafood is the specialty cuisine. |
| beach and things can get a little crowded. | | | | Local fishing boats set sail onto the Atlantic by |
| Villa holidays offer you space to totally relax and | | | | night and sell the fruits of their labour in the early |
| do as you please, and they needn't cost the | | | | morning to the local restaurants. |
| Earth. With the mention of the word villa, most | | | | Lunch in a cliff-top restaurant and enjoy |
| people imagine huge expensive dwellings, but in | | | | freshly-caught grilled sardines with a beer as you |
| reality there are villas to suit all tastes and | | | | watch the waves crash below. |
| budgets, and a villa can be as large or as small as | | | | Or perhaps you'd like to venture further afield to |
| you would like, and can come with or without a | | | | Turkey, where temperatures can get extremely |
| pool. | | | | hot in the summer. Chill out beneath a parasol |
| A good way to get the most out of villa holidays | | | | during the day and sip a cocktail while enjoying |
| is to holiday in a larger group. If a villa sleeps six | | | | the famous Turkish hospitality. |
| people, the price will be much more reasonable if | | | | Spain is still the most popular holiday destination |
| split between six people, and you will get the | | | | for British holiday makers in Europe, and is a great |
| benefit of a large villa for less cost. Larger villas | | | | place to enjoy sun, sand and sangria, and offers a |
| tend to have pools which are private and for the | | | | relatively short flight time too from the UK, |
| exclusive use of the residents of that villa, and so | | | | depending on which part of Spain you wish to |
| by splitting the cost of a villa more ways, you get | | | | holiday in. |
| greater benefits. | | | | |