Make yourself useful

Three developments that are more than just holiday homes

Holiday homes that make a difference

Overseas homes can open doors into a new lifestyle, whether making wine in France or helping wildlife in Africa

Alex Kingston: California dreaming

The British actress has found happiness on Hollywood’s wild side, where the A-listers mingle with deer and coyotes

Chris Stewart: I wrote the book on Spain

The author Chris Stewart’s life in the wilds of Andalusia was tough — until the royalties started coming in, he tells Mark Stucklin

Holiday homes on the Costa del Sol escape demolition

Bargain hunters are returning to the Spanish market as news emerges that thousands of illegally built homes will not be razed

Champneys spa resort to open near Marbella, Spain

British companies and entrepreneurs demonstrate their confidence in the revival of the Costa del Sol economy

Bargain hunters return to the Costa del Sol

Discounts of up to 40 per cent are encouraging British buyers back into the Spanish property market

Is Dubai's property market bottoming out?

Spectacular boom has turned into equally spectacular bust in Dubai, but can the glittering Gulf metropolis bounce back?

Playboy heaven

James Hewitt is starting afresh in Marbella.Karen Robinsonhelps him find the perfect bachelor pad

The French idyll: property in the inland villages of Provence

British buyers have been coming here for years in search of the good life — and have often succeeded in finding it

How Cannes is becoming the 'faded pearl' of the Côte d’Azur

It thrives during the film festival, but for the rest of the year Cannes pales in comparison with its rivals on the Riviera

Sitting on the top of the bay

It’s as beautiful as Amalfi and less ritzy than Capri – but property on the Italian island of Ischia can be hard to track down, says Zoe...