LGreek shipowner Aristotle Onassis he had bought it to celebrate his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy. In that owned by Richard BransonVirgin owner Barack Obama took kitesurfing lessons.
Buying an island, a billionaire’s dream?
The idea of buying an island it has always been a dream for many peoplewhich, however, know how to be mostly unattainable.
Just the billionaires like Onassis master of Skorpios in the Ionian Sea and Branson’s Moskito Island, atoll of the British Virgin Islands, they may be able to make it a reality. But for the others, who don’t have high-sounding surnames, let’s say the prices are a tad above a normal family budget.
However, it happens that, with all the changes that the pandemic has brought, this dream could become a reality for many more people.
Not just mind-boggling prices
It seems, in fact, that now, buy an island is considered less and less a whim of billionaires e increasingly a real estate investment. And there would also be some to buy in Italy.
An interesting article in the New York Times talks about it, which explains how islands and islets even of a few hectares have become in great demand after Covid. But most of all, how the prices are not at all mind-boggling.
How much do they cost
On the portal Private Island Onlinebasically a real estate agency with a special market sector, there are over 750 private islands both for sale and for rent.
But, as for the prices, there are not only million dollar atollsbut very often these are figures that are not far from those required for an apartment in the various metropolises of the world, from Zurich to San Francisco.
There are, in fact, even small plots of islands and private views of the sea for sale for less than 40 thousand dollars. As an example Long Caye in Belizeor the one-hectare mangrove island off the coast of Panama for sale at the same price.
Even a piece of the island of Ustica is for sale, but the price in this case is not exactly for all budgets
Buying an island: there are also in Italy
Most of the proposed islands are located on the American continent, but the interesting thing is that there are also four Italian islands for sale.
Island of the Octagon of San Pietro
L‘Island of the Octagon of San Pietro, is one of the four octagonal shaped islands in the Venice Lagoon. And the sixteenth-century defensive fortification in front of the Lido, along the Malamocco canal, is for sale. The price, however, is not knownbut according to the portal, it is a real opportunity.
Viscontea Island, a green paradise
L’Viscontea river island is located in the Adda, between Lake Como and Lake Garlate and for most of it is occupied by a large garden with treesdominated by a circular tower.
Inserted between The places in the heart of FAIthe Visconti Island, however, does not have a price for everyone: it is on sale for 1,896,474.79 dollars, the equivalent today of 1.9 million euros.
Isola delle Sirene: “a unique opportunity”
The Isola delle Sirene is part of the archipelago of the Aeolian Islands and is located near the Porto di Ponente on the Island of Vulcano. According to the agency, even in this case it is about «An unprecedented opportunity to own a rare and luxurious private island off the coast of Taormina and Sicily ”. But the mayor of Messina disagrees, reiterating that the island is owned by the metropolitan city of Messina.
The splendid island of Ustica (one part)
Also the island of Ustica is for sale, or rather a part of it: 30 thousand square meters of land with olive groves, access to the sea and a main house. But there is also a lake oasis for several species of migratory birds. The whole is on sale for 1.5 million euros.
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