Take five for €600,000

MIchael Guiry Auctioneers is seeking €600,000 for a four-bedroom house on one acre in Kill, Co Waterford. EMMA CULLINANfinds properties at a similar price in Spain, Italy, Portugal and France

SPAIN Costa Blanca

This four-bedroom, four-bathroom detached villa close to the town of Finestrat, near Benidorm, is near sandy beaches but has a communal pool. A lounge/diner has patio doors to a terrace. IBetween mountains and the Mediterranean, it is 40 minutes’ away from Alicante airport.

Price: €591,000

Agent: locations.ie 01-6771188

ITALY La Marche

This four-bedroom country house is on the edge of a hamlet near the town of Pieve Torina in Le Marche. The property consists of a restored deconsecrated church and its adjoining priests house built in the early 1900s:the two original bells are still in the tower). Perugia airport is an hour away.

Price: €650,000

Agent: cluttonsitaly.com 00-39-075-8450100

PORTUGAL Algarve

A detached four-bedroom villa sits in enclosed grounds of gardens and terraces just outside the Algarve town of Loulé close to shops and restaurants. It’s a 10-minute drive to beaches, golf; the airport is 20 minutes away.

Price:€595,000

Agent: winkworth.pt 00-351-282356952

FRANCE Gascony

This 1815 country house has three receptions, five/six bedrooms (one in a chapel) and three bathrooms. Grounds include a pool, terraces, roses and fruit trees. There is a separate garage and barn. Pau airport is 40 minutes away.

Price: €595,000

Agent: purslows-gascony.com (with Knight Frank)

00-33-562676150