The acquisition of a house in Mallorca it may be a distant dream for most of us, but the ups and downs of the real estate market do not affect those with money. The large estates and houses in the island’s villages have become a magnet for businessmen, socialites and, more recently, world-famous actors. THE Michael Douglas he was one of the first to decide to invest in this particular place. He landed on the island in the 1980s with his first wife, Diandra Lucker, who had spent her childhood summers in Majorca. The couple was looking for a quiet place, away from the stress of Hollywood. For €4 million they bought the S’Etaca estate, a 100-hectare 19th-century complex whose seven buildings include 11 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms.

Their love lasted another 11 years before they decided to separate and share the property between them, for six months each. They spent years alternating their summers on the island, until they decided to put the estate up for sale. Ultimately, the actor decided to stay in Mallorca. A few years ago, he bought out his ex-wife’s share of the estate, which had been for sale for a while, and became the sole owner of the property, which has served as the setting for many movies and TV series. The actor and his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, along with their two children, are on the island every summer. They walk through the village of Valldemossa, visit local restaurants and spend time with friends like Ben Jakober and Yannick Vu, founders of the Sa Bassa Blanca museum.

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Douglas also receives visits from other actors, which he posts on his Facebook page. German actor Til Schweiger was one of his recent guests. The action star and his family have been summer visitors to the island since 2006. In 2011, they bought a house in the Establiments area of ​​Mallorca, where they live almost year-round. The estate has a terrace with a panoramic view, a swimming pool and even a movie studio! The estate made headlines in German tabloids after former cyclist Jan Ulrich, a neighbor of Schweiger’s, was arrested in August 2018 for trespassing.

Some of the actors who live in Mallorca make more public appearances, participating in the cultural life of the island and the various film festivals organized there. This is the case of the British actor Joseph Fiennes, who starred in the first few seasons of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” A few years ago, he attended a screening and subsequent discussion of the movie Shakespeare in Love, in which he starred alongside Gwyneth Paltrow. Fiennes has lived on the island since 2009, when he bought a house in the mountains. The couple, who met in Switzerland, moved there after the birth of their first daughter. Their second child was born at their home in Majorca.

The Spanish-German actor Daniel Brühl he chose to move to a city in the north of the island with his wife and children a few years ago. The ‘Rush’ star lived for years in Berlin and Barcelona before settling in a house in Sóller in the mountains. The actor stated in an interview that he wanted his children to grow up somewhere quieter than Barcelona, ​​in order to have a relationship with nature. On his Instagram profile, with more than 820,000 followers, he has published images of the walks he takes with his wife and their children in the mountains. Brühl spends his time not working on the island, while also participating in the local cultural life.

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One of the most recent arrivals to the Mediterranean island is the director Ruben Östlund, a Swedish director, whose film “The Triangle of Sadness” is up for three Oscars this year. The director, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2022, presented his film at Palma’s Teatro Principal as part of the Mallorca Evolution Film Festival. He moved to Mallorca to bring his young son closer to his maternal grandparents, who already resided on the island. Östlund and his wife bought a house in the municipality of Campos, where the director carried out much of the post-production for his current film.

The last one added to the list of actors of the island is Amber Heardwho last summer sought the tranquility of Costitx, a municipality of 13,000 inhabitants located in the center of Mallorca.

THE Nicole Kidman, who is currently filming the series ‘Lioness’ with Zoe Saldaña, also recently visited Mallorca. In a series of photos posted on her Instagram profile, the actress made her feelings clear with a short caption: “Loving Mallorca.” “Thank you for having me, I’m already planning to come back,” she wrote.