Whether you like golf or not, you can’t deny that golf courses have rather appealing landscaping. This townhouse villa in the Vale de Milho resort – where you’ll find a nine-hole par three course designed by former Ryder Cup player Dave Thomas – has it’s very own lush and manicured lawns to enjoy. Just two miles from the bustling resort town of Carvoeira, it’s a tranquil retreat with stylish canvases, rugs and bedding inside that create a fresh and sophisticated feel. Choose to lounge on the velvet sofa and comfy chairs or outside on the covered terrace and have a cocktail overlooking the private gardens. Or bask outside by the 7m-long pool, which is secreted away in the garden behind tall hedges so you can well imagine you’re the only people here. Two of the bedrooms have patio doors for speedier access to the sunshine – downstairs these lead out to the poolside, and upstairs to a secluded sun terrace with deckchairs and teeny tables, just the right size for a glass of the local vinho and a little pot of olives or Tremoços.

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