Country Life International has focused on winter sun in its autumn number, with features on the emerging luxury market in Oman, as well as the high class property to be bought in the beautiful Seychelles.
Other features in the latest edition look into the pick of Mallorca property, as well as finding the best of the sunny Mediterranean this winter. We also track down resorts which benefit from all year round appeal with sun and snow, and look to the new sporty buyers snapping up bargains in Portugal. Meanwhile, we also discover that everybody who is anybody, from aristocrats to celebrities, want a chateaux in France.
The phenomenon of ‘starchitect’ villa, and the price tags attached are also examined while, as usual, we bring you all the latest news from buying property in Cuba to finding private bliss in the Caribbean, plus all the latest news.
All this as well as a fabulous competition to win a week in the Maldives.
Country Life International, free with Country Life magazine (out October 8) or buy your own at www.countrylife.co.uk/international.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
