Portugal’s picturesque Blue Coast region, otherwise known as the Costa Azul lies just north of the River Tagus, approximately one hours drive south of Lisbon. A beautiful and relatively undeveloped region, the Costa Azul is characterised by the stunning white sand beaches and traditional fishing villages which can be found all along this stretch of Portugal’s coastline.

Long overshadowed by its larger Iberian neighbour Spain, Portugal has seen something of a renaissance in it’s overseas property market in the past couple of years. To its credit, Portugal has also managed to learn from the mistakes made in Spain, where issues such as over-development have resulted in large numbers of properties remaining unsold due to over supply. Today, strict controls for new property developments are in place throughout the country, designed to ensure that the demand for property in Portugal is kept at a constant and manageable level. Protective legislation, designed to maintain development and population density levels have gone a long way to ensuring that was is being built has a strong demand, and is of the highest quality.

Located on Egypt’s north east Red Sea coast lies the popular tourist resort of Hurghada. Once a quiet and sleepy fishing village, today Hurghada is one of the Red Sea’s most visited tourist destinations, with large numbers of tourists coming here each year from the major travel markets in Europe and Russia.

Uniquely located, straddling the continents of both Europe and Asia, Turkey offers an enticing mixture of eastern and western cultures. A warm and friendly country, Turkey’s stock has risen considerably in recent years, and is today one of the most popular tourist destinations for the considerable European package travel industry.
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Located on the beautiful island of Samos, on the shores of a picturesque and secluded bay lies the Halcyon Hills Resort and Spa. Soon to be the only five star resort on the island, Halcyon Hills is set to benefit from the increasing demand for high quality accommodation.