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Weekly Departure: Italian Islands For Sale!

  • February 25th 2011

by UrbanTurf Staff

Weekly Departure: Italian Islands For Sale!: Figure 1
Good photo for a rainy day. Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.

This week’s departure from all things DC real estate is for the Mega Millions winners out there.

The Wall Street Journal reported recently that a group of three islands are for sale off the Amalfi coast in Italy for the paltry sum of $263 million. The islands were once owned by Franco Zeffirelli, an Italian film director who was nominated for an Academy Award for a movie version of Romeo and Juliet. Current owner Italian hotelier Giovanni Russo wants to sell the islands and spend the rest of his days traveling.

From The Wall Street Journal:

The largest island has three villas and a stone tower with a cumulative 13 bedrooms. There’s also a helipad, boat storage, three swimming pools and two 30-foot boats.

A commenter cleverly described the islands as Berlusconi’s Elba.

See other articles related to: italy, luxury real estate

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/weekly_departure_italian_islands_for_sale/3054.

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