Torre Bermeja The good news is that standards of design and construction in Marbella have risen enormously in recent years, especially at the top end of the market. Danish-backed Torre Bermeja on Marbella's 'New Golden Mile' between San Pedro and Estepona is a twin development of the impressive Cabo Bermeja complex designed by Melvin Villaroel Roldan - now 99% completed and sold out. Due for completion in 2003, Torre Bermeja will have 109 2,3 or 4 bedroom apartments at prices ranging from around ?300,000 for two bedrooms, to just under ?1 million for a spectacular 3 or 4 bedroom penthouse. UK agents for Torre Bermeja: Knight Frank International Tel: (+ 44 207 7629 8171) Altos de Puente Romano At a new Spanish-backed development of individual villas at Altos de Puente Romano, where buyers have a choice of 3 interesting house designs by well-known local architects Marcos Sainz, Miguel Oriol and Rafael Gomez Martin. Marcos Sainz has a striking design for a 3-4 bedroom villa with a huge open plan reception room, priced at the sterling equivalent of ?730,000. UK agents for Altos de Puente Romano: Hamptons International Tel: (+ 44 7493 8787) Cortijo de San Cristobal Higher up the mountain still, an outlay of around ?2 million will buy the quintessentially Spanish Cortijo de San Cristobal, an immaculate 2-storey, 7-bedroom house with a total of 514 sq.metres of living space, and excellent equestrian facilities. Surrounded by 7.7 hectares of land on Los Altos de Los Monteros, the cortijo has breathtaking views of the coastline as far as Gibraltar and across to North Africa. UK agents for Cortijo de San Cristobal: Hamptons International/LaZagaleta Tel: (+ 34 952 855450)Back to Property News
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Rock stars and the country house: Liam Gallagher's life in the Cotswolds is in the finest tradition of music A-listers, from the Beatles to BeyoncéWhat is it about the British countryside that draws A-listers from every walk of life? With Liam Gallagher's Cotswold former home on the market, Toby Keel takes a look.
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‘Activities are of the derring-do variety, and the weather is unreliable year round, so it’s useful to be a good sport’: A memorable road trip to the tidal island in Scotland where J. M. Barrie liked to holidayThe opening of three new hotels in Scotland was all it took to convince Jo Rodgers to journey northwards on a road trip with her husband and three young children in tow.
