During the long, sunny days and warm nights of summer, few things are more enticing than a rejuvenating dip, swim, or float. From East Coast to West, these swimming pools allow for refreshing relaxation in sophisticated settings.

Sophisticated Palm Beach Villa

Suzanne Ainslie, John Cregan | Sotheby’s International Realty – Palm Beach Brokerage

Designed by esteemed area architect Nelo Freijomel, this new five-bedroom villa is a bright, breezy, and sophisticated haven just steps from the beach. Stylish living and entertaining are easy here thanks to a chef’s kitchen with a wine closet, a living room with an underlit seaglass bar, and a loggia with retractable screens, a ﬁreplace, and an outdoor television. A refreshing pool with LED lighting, deck jets, and stars embedded in its ﬂoor is surrounded by vivid grass, trees, and flowers.

Long Island Idyll

Ritchey Howe, Holly Hodder | Sotheby’s International Realty – Southampton Brokerage

In an idyllic setting in the hamlet of Water Mill, this enchanting home has a storybook charm and views across a reserve to Mill Pond. In addition to three bedrooms, it features a modern kitchen with marble counters and superior appliances, a living room with a gas fireplace, a dining room opening to an inviting screened-in porch, and an upper-level deck with one of two outdoor showers. The 60-foot swimming pool and its accompanying waterfall spa are enveloped by towering trees that create soothing shade.

Texas Treasure

Kim Rensimer | Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty

This magnificent tree-strewn compound occupies 3.3 lush irrigated acres in peaceful Katy, Texas. An elegant 6,193-square-foot residence with a whole-house generator is the centerpiece of a diverting estate that also offers a charming guesthouse, an outdoor kitchen, alfresco living and entertaining spaces with a fireplace, a lighted sports court, a two-stable horse barn with a tack room, and a fenced riding arena. A sunny stone terrace envelops a resort-caliber swimming pool and spa with an artful stone waterfall.

Mediterranean-Inspired Refinement

Maurice Frazier | Sotheby’s International Realty – Sherman Oaks Brokerage

This impressive seven-bedroom Mediterranean-style residence and its freestanding one-bedroom guesthouse enjoy a prime location surrounded by swaying palms in the prestigious Calabasas community of Mountain View Estates. They share the emerald acreage with a sports court, two levels of alfresco living and entertaining space that includes an outdoor kitchen, and a large refreshing swimming pool and spa with an elegant cabana and a vast vista of rolling hills and majestic mountains.

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