FAMILY HOLIDAYS VILLAS DESTINATIONS


LEFT: Villa A Pinarella, Corsica


FAR LEFT: Borgo San Biagio, Italy


in the heart of it all, a villa is an excellent option. Funway Holidays recommends ChampionsGate, a sprawling, palm-lined complex in Kissimmee, about a 15-minute drive from


Walt Disney World Resort. Platinum villas here span four


to six bedrooms, and several properties can be booked next to one another for larger groups. “This flexibility means that


a multigenerational family can have their own accommodation if they like but still be near each other,” says Malcolm Davies, Funway’s product destination manager. “This might suit older people who want to have more independence on holiday.” All villas have private pools, and as an extra sweetener, guests get access to amenities at the Omni Orlando Resort next door – including a huge spa, two Greg Norman-designed championship golf courses, five restaurants and a bigger family pool complete with lazy river and water slides, for the best of both worlds. Book it: Funway offers seven nights in a ChampionsGate Resort Home from £1,589 per person, based on eight sharing a five-bedroom property, including Virgin Atlantic flights from London on August 3. funway4agents.co.uk


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SUNDOWN VILLA, JAMAICA There are plenty of options in the Caribbean,


but for one of the most luxurious, look to Your Jamaican Villas’ trio of properties – the private homes of Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, chairman of Sandals Resorts International. Among the three jewels in the


crown is Sundown Villa, tucked into the exclusive enclave of Discovery Bay – a sugar-soft curve of white sand framing bright aqua water, believed by locals to be the spot where Christopher Columbus first landed in Jamaica in 1494. The nine-bedroom complex sits right on the beach, with a main house featuring five en suite rooms, and a separate, two- storey villa with two rooms. It boasts a huge freshwater pool with outdoor shower, and there’s plenty to keep


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