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Design getaway

Who hasn't dreamed of having a house designed by a prestigious architect? These spectacular accommodations are located in Europe and are perfect for an Easter getaway from 9,000 Avios.

Pedro Domingos added new spaces featuring a minimalist design to the ruins of Casa Agostos, a haven of peace located in Portugal's Algarve countryside.

In 2012, Pedro Domingos added new spaces featuring a minimalist design to the ruins of Casa Agostos, a haven of peace located in Portugal's Algarve countryside.

Casa Agostos in Portugal

For the cold, a large lounge with a fireplace. For the heat, a 15-metre swimming pool in the middle of a natural reserve filled with olive trees and bushes. These are just some of the attractions.

Escapada de Semana Santa a la Toscana en un apartamento de diseño: Art Loft

From €290 per night, you can book Art Loft in Tuscany. It boasts its own sculpture garden, a large swimming pool and a small fishing pond. It is perfect for wine lovers as it is surrounded by several important regional wineries, including those in Montalcino and Montepulciano.

Vacaciones de diseño en Art Loft Toscana, Italia

The owners repurposed this former clay pigeon factory into a holiday spot, and they themselves recommend visiting it in spring when it is peaceful and calm and the weather is mild.

The Unterhus, en Suiza, una casa de diseño para alquilar

Next to a 17th-century chapel and with just a dozen homes in the area, The Unterhus is a mountain refuge with a landscape filled with hayfields against a backdrop of the slopes of the Swiss Alps.

Escapada para Semana Santa en The Unterhus, en Suiza

Peter Zumthor, winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize (the ‘Nobel prize of architecture’) – is responsible for this reinterpretation of the traditional wooden homes of the area, to which he has added floor-to-ceiling windows. He has also designed much of the property’s furniture and the 7132 Therme & Spa Vals, located close to this mountain refuge with spectacular views of the valley.

Casa Flora Venecia, casa de vacaciones diseñada por un arquitecto

This boutique flat in the heart of Venice started out as a workshop for design students. Today, it is home to experts and lovers of this art, with an interior created by local artisans, and everything you see is for sale - Image by Valentina Sommariva

Casa Flora Venecia, casa de vacaciones

It has three rooms with their own Turkish spas. It offers activities both outdoors – besides visiting Venice, don't miss some of the city’s finest delicacies in the Rialto market, just metres away – and indoors, where kitchen workshops and wine tastings are held or a private chef can be hired - Image by Valentina Sommariva

Balancing Barn, casa colgante de diseño en Suffolk, UK

The Dutch MVRDV group – at the door of a natural reserve just a few kilometres from the coast of Suffolk – wanted to offer a nod to local barns made of metal with this 30-metre-long house (15 metres hang in the air) that features reflective steel tiles on the outside - Image from Jack Hobhouse

Balancing Barn UK Suffolk casa diseñada por arquitectos para Semana Santa

In addition to an interior designed for comfort and its four rooms with their own bathrooms, its huge windows offer a spectacular view of the forests and lagoons and allows the house to open on to the garden. The swing located at the house’s hanging end is one of the Balancing Barn’s most appealing features - Image from Living Architecture 

Spronken House en Castellón para alquilar en vacaciones de Semana Santa

410m2 divided into two modules – they can be rented together or separately – are the result of the collaboration of the prestigious Dutch sculptor Xander Spronken and the Sanzana Sanahuja & Partners architectural studio in Valencia.

Casa de diseño para alquilar por vacaciones: Spronken House en Castellón

This diaphanous home with views of the Peñagolosa Natural Park is located in a field of almond and olive trees, and surrounded by mediaeval villages. Built using concrete pillars and wooden beams, it features glass and wrought iron carpentry.

In 2012, Pedro Domingos added new spaces featuring a minimalist design to the ruins of Casa Agostos, a haven of peace located in Portugal's Algarve countryside.

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