CV Travel’s top luxury villas with private pools
Where are the very best, the largest, the most stylish and the most opulent private swimming pools to be found? CV Travel has come up with its pick of the finest pools in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, from pools that mirror the distant horizon to specially constructed beach-style pools and even one that replicates an ornamental French `bassin’.
Spacious luxury villa with enormous private swimming pool
The pool at Villa Petrus on the island of Tobago is vast; it measures 22m x 7m, which is just as well because the house is pretty vast too. Villa Petrus is built on the scale and style of a grand old Plantation House with six bedrooms between two wings and a self-contained annexe in the grounds. A week's rental costs from £4,020 - £4,493 per week for up to 14 sharing (i.e. £287 - £321 per person) excluding flights, which can be arranged on request.
Caribbean luxury villa with three private swimming pools
Villa Arc en Ciel, St. Lucia, has no less than three pools, a plunge pool outside the master bedroom, a main infinity pool that weaves itself around the deck area on one side of the villa, under a low bridge to a stone cave with a waterfall and a circular, deep jumping pool with a wooden platform. The house is one of the most stunning rental houses in the Caribbean, built out of several interconnecting pavilions and rental includes a renowned chef, a housekeeper, gardener and night watchman. A week's rental costs from £10,878 to £13,716 (£1,088 - £1,372 per person based on 10 guests sharing) excluding flights.
As good as it gets, luxurious Ibizan villa with two private pools
Water is a major feature at Villa Fata Morgano with several indoor fountains and a solar-heated pool in the central courtyard flanked by cloistered walkways. But the second swimming pool at this spectacular marble villa, centrally located on the island of Ibiza, is its showpiece, a huge infinity pool accented by a stunning elevated sun deck, set amid gardens laid out with mathematical precision with a pond and irrigation channels. A week’s stay at this magnificent villa costs from £11,550 for up to 12 guests, rising to £17,300 in high season.
Luxury villa with classic basin-style pool at an 18th C. former convent
The 18th C converted French convent of Clos St Maurin has a pool created in the style of a traditional stone `bassin', giving it the impression of being a vast ornamental pool with an ornate central stone fountain. Clos St Maurin sleeps up to 12 and costs from £2,990 to £4,800 per week. Flights can be arranged on request.
Luxury villa in France with freeform private horizon pool
A contemporary French villa on the Côte d'Azur with good availability and an amazing pool Beaux Reves provides excellent and luxurious accommodation for up to 12 guests, with an incredible free-form pool that mirrors the shape of the mountainous horizon. Beaux Reves sleeps up to 12 guests and costs from £5,750 per week. Flights can be arranged on request.
Italian luxury villa for 12, private horizon pool with panoramic views
This charming villa comes with its own private heated pool surrounded by a lovely decking area with fantastic views looking out over the Mediterranean Sea to the island of Giglio. Capo d’Uomo is perched high up, on the edge of a privately owned peninsula within a stunning landscape, thick with vines and olive trees. A week’s stay costs from £3,475 based on 12 guests sharing, including villa rental, air conditioning and a maid service.
Luxury villa in Tuscany with large private ‘infinity pool’
Set high on its own hillside above the Tuscan town of Ambra, Tugliano Alto benefits from a secluded position with spectacular panoramic views of the Tuscan countryside. Paths from both levels of the villa lead to the spectacular infinity-edged private pool area with its decking surround and covered shaded area. A week’s stay costs from £3,475 based on 6 guests sharing and return flights can be arranged on request.
Luxury villas with some of Corfu’s top swimming pools
The stone baked houses that share the exclusive `Rou Estate' on Corfu's north east coast also share one of the island's most magnificent pools. Each of the houses in this 200 year old restored hamlet has its own plunge pool or pool, while the main pool is set beneath the villas on a plateau high above Corfu’s coast, blending with the sea and the mountains beyond. The Rou Estate has an Asian Spa, Gym, Jacuzzi, Sauna and Steam Room all set within the beautiful wild flower gardens.
Luxury villa with private pool amidst mountains, sea and olive groves
The freeform pool immediately in front of Villa Prosilio blends perfectly with the blue of the horizon, overlooking the stretch of water between Corfu and Albania's mountainous coast. Prosilio is one of CV’s most sought-after Greek Island villas and is set amid olive groves on Corfu’s exclusive North East corner. A week’s stay costs from £4,200, based on 10 sharing, including flights from Gatwick, transfers, maid service and complimentary food hamper.
Luxury villa in Corfu, horizon pool with spectacular views
This fantastic villa for four has a huge, rectangular horizon pool built into the wrap-around decking immediately in front of the villa. Evreti Stone House is a green-shuttered stone house in a commanding position with views of the Eryssos Peninsula and across the sea to Lefkada and Ithaka. A week’s stay costs from £1,180 based on four sharing, including flights from Gatwick, transfers, maid service and complimentary food hamper.
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