FOR SALE €650k
Castiadas Built around a central patio, these pretty stone-clad houses in Castiadas, close to Villasimius, offer all the advantages of living in a borgo, but retain their own privacy. Prices from €650,000 to €950,000 through Immobilsarda (00 39 0789 909000)
FOR SALE €12m
Marinella Gulf This unusual, pyramid-shaped villa overlooks the Marinella Gulf in Costa Smeralda. It has five bedrooms and 366sq m of living space laid out
across three floors. Priced at €12 million through Winkworth Italy (020± 8576 5582) villas close to the extraordinary beach of
La Pelosa. Prices range from €2,600 to €5,000 per square metre. The market for second homes inland
strongholds in Sardinia and, later a Spanish one. Today, battlements rise above a wide cove and its pretty harbour, encircling the medieval palazzos and graceful churches of the historic centre. Buyers tend to cluster in the Lido area,
which stretches behind the long, white beach of the same name that overlooks the old city. ` Clients generally want a place close to but not in town,' says Mrs Travella. Properties for sale in the Lido range from modern apartment complexes to large con- temporary mansions with prices in the region of €2,300 to €5,000 per square metre depending on location and condition. More exclusive than Alghero is Stintino,
a late-19th-century fishing village in Sar- dinia' s north-westernmost tip, just opposite the islet of L'Asinara.
` Alghero and Stintino have an increas-
ingly international presenceÐ in the past, it was mostly Italian,' says Beatrice Sidoli of Winkworth Italy. Properties for sale are few, but you can find a handful of flats in old village houses, a range of new develop- ments in the area of Cala Lupo and a few
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remains very limited, however, change is slowly afoot, particularly in the Gallura countryside, which borders the Costa Smeralda. ` We are beginning to see a bit of interest on the outskirts of the Costa Smeralda because it' s still close to the coast, but prices are much cheaper,' says Mr Fawcett. Among the most sought-after properties
in the area are the stazzi, local stone farm- houses that are rarely more than one storey high. ` We are seeing a new market for agri- cultural estates with stazzi in need of restoration, as well as a recent interest in 1950s± 1970s properties in villages such as Tempio Pausania, Berchidda, Monti and Luras,' say local agents Antonello and Giampiero Demuro of Live in Sardinia. Stazzi are dotted throughout Gallura,
but a particularly lovely area to look in is the village of Luras, which stands on a granite hill above a manmade lake. The countryside around it is carpeted with Nebbiolo and Vermentino vineyards (inc- luding the excellent Cantina Depperu winery). Houses for sale here are few and far between, but they are extremely afford- ableÐ a 400sq m period villa in the centre of Luras is on the market for €450,000 (available through Live in Sardinia, 00 39 345 345 4394).
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Other Mediterranean islands to watch Sicily, Italy A rich history, great cuisine and fantastic coast- line have long made Sicily a sought-after holiday destination, but the second-home market has been mostly limited to the Aeolian islands (Panarea in particular draws Italy' s rich and famous). Now, however, the whole of Sicily is showing the potential to emerge as an international property desti- nationÐ as long as local vendors keep their price expectations in check, according to Rupert Fawcett of Knight Frank.
Crete, Greece Crete remains one of the most genuinely authentic of all the Mediterranean islands. Second-home buyers are mostly wealthy Athenians looking for ramshackle farmhouses in beautiful hillside villages populated by old men playing draughts. This is changing, however, as successful developers with track records in places such as Cyprus' Minthis Hills are moving into the market and plan to appeal to British buyers.
Brac, Croatia The bigger, quieter sister of swanky Hvar, Brac is home to one of Croatia's most famous beaches, Golden Cape, as well as many fishing villages, rocky bays and caves. According to Jelena Cvjetkovic of Savills,
` local white stone still features prominently in new and contemporary homes' .
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