Keary Auctioneering is seeking €525,000 for this four-bedroom house, overlooking Loughrea Lake, at Lake Rd, Loughrea, Co Galway. EMMA CULLINANfinds properties at a similar price in France, Portugal, Turkey and Italy

France: Gers

A swimming pool and 1.25 acres of gardens – complete with a well – come with this stone house 30km from Pau. The 260sq m house is entered via a hall with tiles dating from 1872. On the ground floor is a kitchen, bedroom, dining room, sitting room and study. Upstairs are three bedrooms plus a bathroom. Outbuildings include a barn and garage.

Price:€520,000

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

Liguria: Italy

Beautiful views off the south coast of Italy – and France - are had from this 65sq m stone villa above the town of Ospedaletti. It has San Remo close by to the east and Nice along the coast to the west.

The south-facing house has two reception rooms and two bedrooms and the possibility of expanding into the garden that surrounds it.

Price: €530,000

Agent: realpointitaly.com, 0044-8453312812

Portugal: Algarve

There are sea views from the upper terraces and the ocean is a walk away from this house in Dunas Douradas, between the Quinta do Lago and Vale do Lobo. Accommodation includes a shower room and kitchen on the ground floor where two lounges and a dining room have patio doors opening onto terraces and the pool area.

All three bedrooms have balconies

Price: €525,000

Agent: Portugalproperty.com, 0044-800-0148201

Turkey: Kalkan

The view of the water in the infinity pool in this four- bedroom villa merges with the sea, which is a half- hour walk away. The house, on Turkey’s south coast, is on three floors with the ground-floor living spaces spilling through sliding doors onto the pool deck. There’s a dining area and kitchen at this level. There are two bedrooms on each of the next two floors.

Price: €534,800

Agent: spotblue.co.uk, 0044-20 8339 6036