It’s the ULTIMATE status symbol, your own private paradise away from the prying eyes of the public and the cameras of the paparazzi…an exclusive right of passage for the elite of the elite, and we’ve got the most lavish celebrity island getaways on file for you!
JOHNNY DEPP
Captain Jack Sparrow himself owns a 45-acre tropical island called Little Hall’s Pond Cay in the Caribbean. The actor says that Marlon Brando taught him how to buy an island…and he appears to have heeded the lesson…
LEONARDO DiCAPRIO
Back in 2005, Leo purchased the Blackadore Caye island, which is located off the coast of Belize. An outspoken climate change activist, he’s overseen the construction of an eco-conscious luxury resort on the 104-acre isle, and the “restorative island” opens to guests in 2018…in other words it’s a pretentious sounding personal beach.
MEL GIBSON
In 2005, Mel Gibson bought the Mao Island, a volcanic island in Fiji’s Lau Group of islands. The island was featured in an episode of 30 Rock entitled “Operation Righteous Cowboy Lightning.”
ROBIN WILLIAMS
The late funnyman actor owned an island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada…it was among his assets upon his unfortunate suicide in 2014, proving even island getaways won’t buy you happiness…
EDDIE MURPHY
In 2007, Eddie Murphy purchased a Rooster Cay island in the Bahamas. Murphy previously owned another island in the Bahamian cay called Pearl…his island hopping has been a favorite pastime for the one time Hollywood star, it’s the perfect place to take his string of much younger girlfriends to work on their tans.
RICKY MARTIN
It was only natural for the native Puerto Rican to buy an island back in 2008. And so Ricky Martin purchased an island near Angra dos Reis, off the coast of Brazil. Reportedly, the “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer paid a cool $8 million for his tropical paradise.
RICHARD BRANSON
Virgin mogul/ billionaire Sir Richard Branson purchased Necker Island in 1978. He rents the island out for $62,000 a day. Google co-founder Larry Page got married on the island in 2007…
GENE HACKMAN
Lex Luthor himself was always big on real estate, so he’d be proud to know the actor that portrayed him in Superman: The Movie purchased a secluded paradise called Fawn Island in beautiful British Columbia, Canada…for a cool $3.9 million.
JULIA ROBERTS
It’s been said that Julia Roberts, like many celebs, owns an island in the Bahamas…price tag unknown, but America’s former sweetheart isn’t known to be hospitable to her staff…
STEVEN SPIELBERG
Of course Steven Spielberg can afford his own private island—probably 10 if he were more extravagant. The renowned director didn’t jump on the bandwagon and buy an island in the Bahamas, like so many of his colleagues in Hollywood. Rather, he chose one that was quite far from his native United States: an island in the Madeira Archipelago in Portugal…se habla Portuguese?
And there you have it, some of the private retreats of the most elite and wealthy people on earth.
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