British tourist, 27, is found dead in pool at holiday home in Portugal

By WILL HALLOWELL, NEWS REPORTER and NATALIE PENZA Published: 00:25, 30 June 2026 | Updated: 00:25, 30 June 2026 A British tourist has reportedly been found dead in a swimming pool in Portugal.   The 27-year-old man is understood to have been discovered lifeless in the water in the early hours of this morning at a rented house in Vilamoura, in the Algarve. He is said to have been staying with friends at the property, which is believed to be a holiday home.  Police are investigating the incident but believe the tourist's death was accidental and have said there is nothing currently pointing to it being a crime.  However they are still waiting for the results of a post-mortem examination, which will be carried out in Faro, the capital of the Algarve, 30 miles east of Vilamoura. The GNR police force had initially been called before handing the case over to the Policia Judiciaria who have interviewed the Briton's friends.  The FCDO has been approached for comment. On June 16, the body of a missing 23-year-old Briton was found five days after a friend he was with had raised the alarm when the tourist vanished during a swim in the sea in the nearby resort of Albufeira.  The British tourist, 27, was found dead in the swimming pool of a holiday home in Vilamoura, Portugal (pictured) where he is understood to have been staying with friends (File image) A huge sea and land search had been launched for him on the afternoon of June 11. A fisherman called police after spotting him floating lifeless off the coast. In July last year, British friends King Edonmi, 29, and Mo Lisau, 27, were discovered lifeless in their Albufeira hotel pool. Portuguese police sources subsequently said ahead of post-mortem examinations that they believed the design of the pool combined with the fact they couldn't swim had likely led to their deaths. Four children from the UK have drowned already this month in pools in Spain. Last Thursday it emerged that a British three-year-old who was rushed to hospital after being found 'floating face-down' in her holiday pool in Majorca the previous evening had died. The little girl was revived by the poolside of the family's rented four-bed villa in Pollensa in the north of the island at around 8pm on Wednesday. Her parents rescued her from the water. Police and then paramedics took over from them by giving her CPR at the scene after they arrived. But she was still said to be 'very serious' at Son Espases Hospital in the Majorcan capital Palma yesterday morning following her first night in hospital after being admitted with a very weak pulse.  On Friday it emerged that tragically the child had died. Last Wednesday it was confirmed a British toddler had died in hospital after being rescued from her family's hotel holiday pool in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. The one-year-old was found floating in the swimming pool on June 15 at an unnamed apartment complex in Lajares, a laid-back inland village in the municipality of La Oliva in the northern part of the island. The youngster was revived and stabilised at the scene after it was discovered she had gone into cardiac arrest, before being airlifted to the Materno Infantil University Hospital on the island of Gran Canaria and admitted to its paediatric intensive care unit in a critical condition. On June 20 a British four-year-old girl drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Lanzarote. The youngster lost her life despite dramatic attempts to revive her at the unnamed hotel in the resort of Playa Blanca by emergency medical responders. And on June 17 a British three-year-old boy died after falling into a swimming pool at a holiday home where he was staying with his parents near the Costa del Sol. The alarm was raised around 8.30am on June 17 at a farmhouse in the village of Periana, which belongs to Spain's La Axarquia region and is approximately 30 miles northeast of Malaga. Periana Council said in a statement and direct message to the boy's parents after learning of the tragedy, which occurred just a day after the family checked into their rented holiday accommodation: 'Today is a deeply sad day for our town. 'On behalf of Periana Town Council, we would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the child who has passed away. 'There are no words that can ease such immense grief, but we do wish to convey to you all our love, support and solidarity at this very difficult time. 'The whole of Periana shares your sadness and stands with you in your grief at such a painful and unjust loss.' No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. 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