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Kalli thea means great view – and the Kallithea Villas keep what their name promises. The seven villas on a green slope in the south of the Pelion Peninsula afford magnificent views of the Aegean Sea, the bay and the idyllic fishing village of Platanias.

The name of the house is also the description of its location: the vacation home Maison Südpfalz is located only 20 kilometres from the French border on the Southern Wine Route in the village of Klingenmünster.

Green hills, vineyards, orchards and stone villages – this is the Vipava Valley in western Slovenia on the border with Italy. Situated in a panoramic spot above the village of Lokavec, the Konjiček house celebrates the fantastic view .

With its restrained and at the same time sensational design, the South Tyrolean Milla Montis Hotel enriches the Puster Valley with an architectural highlight. The motto of the architectural intervention: origin, redefined.

You could almost mistake the house in the village of Matzwitz, situated in the hinterland of Hohwachter Bucht (Hohwacht Bay), for a barn – if it weren’t for the oversized window that gives it an extravagant touch!

Selma is enthroned like a peep box on a slope in Gehlberg, the highest mountain village in the Thuringian Forest. The wooden cube presents the nature of the UNESCO biosphere reserve in widescreen format.

The Larix Lodge in the village of La Villa (Stern) in Alta Badia is modern, yet rooted in tradition. The wooden façade, loggia and gable roof relate to the characteristic features of the region’s buildings, but at the same time the building has an independent, contemporary character.

Casa Salvati is part of an ensemble of three holiday homes built by the architects Alberto Salvati and Ambrogio Tresoldi in 1972 on a hill on the western shore of Lake Garda. An important element of Salvati and Tresoldi’s work was the use of colour.

The name gives away the location: The holiday home in Neustift in the Tyrolean Stubai Valley is situated on the edge of a forest.

On the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, a family from Berlin built two holiday homes exactly as they wanted them to be.

Spacious holiday home in a wide landscape! Fjorde Sieseby on the edge of the picturesque village of Sieseby on the Schlei is a former farm, which has been converted into a holiday resort with three lodges and a landscape park.

Minimalist wooden architecture in the Vosges mountains: Maison Hiltiti is a wooden house that is rented out as a holiday home for up to 16 people and can be used for workshops.

The holiday home Allerzeit invites you to spend a relaxing holiday on the Aller river. The location on the banks of the river meandering through the Südheide region significantly influenced the planning of the house.

In the Baltic seaside resort of Zinnowitz on the island of Usedom, a Berlin family has created a retreat from city life. The house reflects the hosts' penchant for architecture, design and art.

The haus und hof apartments in Hof near Salzburg embrace the art of reduction and are distinguished by refined simplicity. The terraced building structure nestles up against the topography of the hillside.

Green as far as you can see - from Haus Hube the view extends far over the hilly landscape of Eastern Styria. The holiday home, together with several outbuildings, is situated on a large plot with an orchard and flower meadow and its own forest.

A house near the beach, but as little tourist hustle and bustle as possible? That's possible! That's the motto of the GEHTDOCH holiday home in Klützer Winkel between the Hanseatic town of Wismar and the Baltic seaside resort of Boltenhagen, part of the Meerleben holiday village.

The fishing village of Klitmøller is the centre of Cold Hawaii, a stretch of coast in the north-west of Denmark that is very popular with surfers. If you want to surf, it's not far from the holiday home - the beach is only 450 metres away.

The turquoise shimmering lake Walchensee lies virtually at the feet of the Urfeld House. Situated on the edge of the forest at the northern tip of the alpine lake, the house was planned with great emphasis on longevity.

You get the best view from high up! The Architektenhütte (Architect’s Lodge) not only sits high up on a steep slope in the Allgäu Alps; in addition, the living area has been laid out under the roof and thus offers the best view of the surrounding mountains and the Iller valley.

Below the village of Verdings, architect Martin Gruber has planned an organic free form, which will be rented out as an extraordinary guest house. Like a nature observatory in the midst of the South Tyrolean mountains, the contemporary glass pavilion affords a captivating view across the valley.

Holiday home Haus Miro in the Baltic seaside resort Rerik is truly full of character: simple but with that certain something. With small surface areas, but a generous sense of space.

Romy and Miro close to the German Baltic Sea coast are two holiday homes that are truly full of character: they’re simple but have that certain something. With small surface areas, but a generous sense of space. Their location between Hamburg and Berlin makes them perfect for urbanites weary of the city and who long for the countryside and the sea.

The Castellaccio Suite is a hideaway for two with a fantastic view over the Umbrian hills, all the way to Lake Trasimeno. It is situated at 600 metres above sea level near the village of Piegaro on the border with Tuscany.