Villa Oleandra - Clooney`s holiday villa on Lake Como

More and more VIPs are following George Clooney to Lake Como.
From Rupert Murdoch to Bill Gates to Silvio Berlusconi : Always more VIPs are looking for luxury villas and holiday villas on Lake Como. The third largest lake in Italy has been very popular since US star George Clooney bought a 19th century villa in the idyllic village of Laglio. Lake Como has therefore also become a popular holiday destination.

A few years ago, the Hollywood star bought the Villa Oleandra in Laglio for allegedly eight million dollars and since then has hardly missed an opportunity to publicly praise the excellence of his adopted home. As a result, American tourists in particular come to Lake Como in droves. "In contrast to other Italian regions, we did not suffer any losses in tourism. This is primarily thanks to Clooney. Even if we had invested a million euros in an advertising campaign, we would not have had so much response on an international level like Clooney's help, "said a spokesman for the Como tourist office.
Dozens of fans wait day after day at the gates of Villa Oleandra. Your hope for an autograph or a souvenir photo with Clooney and his colleagues Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts will be disappointed in most cases.
Since 2002, Clooney has bought two more villas in Laglio. He sold one of them, the elegant Villa Regina , to his colleague Tom Cruise and, according to the Italian media, made a profit of five million euros. Since then, more and more multimillionaires have been looking for a splendid house on the lake. The British entrepreneur Richard Branson recently bought a villa in the quiet village Lenno . TV Tsar Rupert Murdoch wants to follow his example. He is negotiating a magnificent villa in Blevio. His colleague Silvio Berlusconi has also commissioned a real estate company to buy the prestigious Villa Allamel in the village of Cernobbio.
Respect for privacy, tranquility and a geographically favorable location between Milan and Switzerland from Lake Como a paradise for billionaires. Star designer Donatella Versace is the proud owner of a villa in Moltrasio, one of the most famous villages on the Lombardy Lake. Her brother Gianni, who was shot in Miami in 1997, had acquired the Villa Fontanelle in the nineties.
Footballers also love the atmosphere of Lake Como. Star players like Gianluca Zambrotta , Adriano and Christian Vieri have settled there. Two years ago the Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher was looking for a villa, but the negotiations had failed.
No wonder that property prices in the area are skyrocketing . "Now rich Russians have also become aware of the region," said a broker. The list of Russian interested parties is long. One of them is the oil magnate Nurlan Kapparov. The property owners are already rubbing their hands together.

Clooney on Lake Como
07.05.2007 | The press | (APA)

see also & gt; & gt; Bellagio picture gallery, where the VIPs like to be seen.

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