Tormey Lee is seeking €500,000 for a five-bedroom house with office or granny flat at Kilmoon Cross, Cushinstown, Co Meath. EMMA CULLINANfinds properties at a similar price in France, Spain, Turkey and Italy

France Charente

A Medieval dungeon and two circular towers make this late 19th century chateau the stuff of fairy tales. It’s on two acres of parkland with outbuildings and three-tier terraces. There are two reception rooms on the ground floor. Above is a kitchen and panelled sitting room. There’s a bathroom in one of the towers, five bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor. It is 30 minutes from Angouleme and 45 minutes from Bordeaux.

Price: €498,000

Agent: latitudes.co.uk, 0044-208387-4090

Italy Piemont

This renovated traditional farmhouse has kept its period features, such as terracotta tiles, wooden beams and brick vaults and walls. Outside is a garden with pool. The three-storey house has two living rooms (one in a former hayloft), a dining room, kitchen, two bathrooms and three bedrooms (one en suite). There is a pool in the garden. It is 2kms from picturesque San Damiano dAsti.

Price: €500,000

Agent: realpointitaly.com, 0044-845331-2812

Spain Sotogrande

This three-bedroom house overlooks both a swimming pool and a golf course (the 9th fairway of the Alcornocales section of the Almenara golf course).

Accommodation includes three bathrooms, a reception and both a small private garden and a large communal one.

Price: €495,000

Agent: Knightfrank.com, 0044-207629-8171

Turkey Kalkan

You’ll have friends and family around you if you want them in this four-bedroom villa with a separate two-bed apartment and a one-bedroom residence on the roof. The property has views of Kalkan bay and the Taurus mountains. Kalkan town is a 20-minute walk away and nearby Patara beach is a place that loggerhead turtles call home. The villa has a swimming pool.

Price: €505,286

Agent: spotblue.co.uk, 0044-2083396036