http://www.palmerparker.com/articles Nice villas in France, Spain, Portugal and the Caribbean Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:52:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A shortlist of 10 villas that are within easy walking (driving if it's too hot!) distance from the beach, in no particular order. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="140" caption="Villa Ocean, Dunas Duradas"][/caption] Villa Ocean, Dunas Duradas, Algarve: this is a superb large modern house on high ground just about 500m from the beach. ... http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/our-favourite-villas/villas-near-the-beach/ Details of how tolls will be charged on the A22 Motorway that connects the Algarve now announced. From the 8th December, tolls will be charged on the A22 Motorway that connects Lagos with the Spanish border.  There is still uncertainty at the time of writing, but an indication of charges is ... http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/tips/portugal-a22-motorway-tolls-announced/ http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/uncategorized/support-help-for-heroes-this-christmas/ Here are more pictures of Mondego in Quinta do Lago, a superior villa with unique and spectacular views. [gallery link="file" orderby="post_name"] http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/uncategorized/villa-mondego-quinta-do-lago/ More pictures of Villa Enola, a superb new house in the exclusive Sierra Blanca area of Marbella [gallery link="file"] http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/uncategorized/villa-enola-more-pictures/ Seeing the sea is one thing, but hearing it is quite another.  Villa La Tosca is an absolutely unique property: built in 1903, it has turn-0f-the-century charm and a suggestion of real history, but recently completely made over.  Tall windows let the light pour in, and from most of the ... http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/uncategorized/a-villa-for-16-right-on-the-beach/ With the sad demise of Globespan in the headlines, we wish to clarify the status of bookings made with Palmer and Parker Villa Holidays. In some holiday protection schemes passengers are not protected against financial failure of their tour operator if they have not bought a whole package.  What that means ... http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/tips/abta-protection/ 2009 was a surprising year. At the beginning of the season nobody knew what to expect.  It shaped up all right, but the established way of dealing and old habits changed.  Here are the lessons to be learnt for 2010, for owners and for holidaymakers. At the beginning of the year ... http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/tips/the-villa-rental-market-looking-back-at-2009-and-what-it-tells-you-about-2010/ Beautiful, modern villa, fully furnished to a high standard and with air conditioning in all rooms.  Very close to Firefly - together the two villas will accommodate up to 16 people and there is plenty of room at both. Villa details are here.    See all Algarve holiday rentals here http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/new-villas/new-villa-for-2010-planalto-quinta-do-lago/ First in our series of the most beautiful holiday homes in various places is a look at some of the best houses available in the USA.  We haven't seen these houses yet, but we like the look of them: here are ten of the most stunning holiday homes from across ... http://www.palmerparker.com/articles/top-tens/ten-most-beautiful-holiday-homes-across-the-united-states/