It is not news: Italy has always been a privileged destination throughout the world during the history, for its beauty, its culture, its very different and always wonderful landscapes. Today’s visitors are the famous VIPs who explore the peninsula and settle there.

Going more specifically, let’s look together at the places preferred by international stars who have decided to discover the magnificent Italian places and experience Italian life.

Como’s lake
The new stars are looking for lakes, both in Como and Lake of Garda. George Clooney started it, with the purchase of Villa Oleandra and Villa Margherita, properties now super-photographed and known. But also Robert Pattinson, star of Twighlight, bought Menaggio.

Veneto
Leonardo di Caprio wanted a penthouse of 350 square meters, plus another 250 meters of terrace overlooking the Arena in Verona. The former couple Brad Pitt and Angiolina Jolie opted for a magnificent property in Valpolicella: an extra-luxurious Palladian-style estate. Venice attracts many Americans again. Like Elton John and his companion David Furnish, who years ago bought a 15th century building on the Giudecca island, next to the Zitelle church: the link with the lagoon city is so strong that the son of the English singer is called Zachary , in honor of the beauty of the Venetian church of San Zaccaria.

Tuscany

Sting was probably the first international star to want a home in Italy to live in. He bought Palagio di Figline Valdarno. The villa dates back to the 16th century and is only 45 minutes from Florence, in the Chianti region. The estate has considerable dimensions with pretty gardens overlooking the Tuscan countryside. The star bought the ruined estate in 1999 from the Duke Simone Vincenzo Velluti of San Clemente and, since then, has not only restored the villa but has also started a small business that produces organic wine, oil and honey. Also in Tuscany, the famous designer and designer Paul Smith wanted a villa on the hills between Stava and Camaiore in the province of Lucca.

Lazio
In the cradle region of Latin civilization they bought a house: Will Smith opted for a farm in Sermoneta, in the province of Latina, surrounded by olive groves and eucalyptus trees and overlooking the Caetani castle. Orlando Bloom has bought a country house with adjoining pastures in the north of Rome, in the Giustiniana area, after spending a holiday there.

Umbria
Colin Firth and his Italian wife spend their holidays in the house in Umbria on the hills of Città della Pieve, surrounded by an olive grove, which the couple takes care of personally with the help of their children and their families. Same place for Luca Argentero, who with his wife has a farmhouse surrounded by olive trees. Also in Umbria, another celebrity present is the cult director George Lucas, the father of the Star Wars saga. Lucas bought, completely restoring it, a 16th century monastery in Passignano sul Trasimeno. The director often hosts his VIP friends, from Steven Spielberg to Robert De Niro, through Francis Ford Coppola.

Basilicata
Francis Ford Coppola has decided to buy a property. He did so in Bernalda, a small town in the province of Matera, in Basilicata. Coppola bought you the most beautiful palace in the country, Palazzo Margherita, a building from 1892. The palace has now been transformed into a luxury hotel, with seven suites and two rooms, and it was the second wedding theater of the director’s daughter , Sofia.

Puglia
Never gone out of fashion, Puglia has several excellent owners. The magnificent American actress Meryl Streep owns a house in Tricase in the Mito area, in the heart of the Costa Otranto Regional Natural Park. But one of the first adoptive Apulian is Helen Mirren: for years the English actress, together with her husband director Taylor Hackford, has chosen the Tiggiano countryside.