Qatari company acquires Berlusconi’s legendary palace for €350 million

Reuters, citing a well-informed source, reported that the heirs of the late Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi have agreed to sell “Villa Certosa,” the luxurious mansion he owned on the island of Sardinia, to a Qatari company. Italian media outlets stated that Constellation Hotels Holdings paid approximately 350 million euros for the property located in the upscale Costa Smeralda area. Fininvest, the holding company belonging to the Berlusconi family, confirmed that one of its subsidiaries had accepted a binding offer from a foreign party to sell Villa Certosa, without providing further details. The villa was closely associated with Berlusconi, who died in 2023, and hosted many private events there, including the famous “Bunga Bunga” parties. The estate spans roughly 300 acres, overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, and comprises a main building and several facilities containing about 126 rooms, as well as swimming pools, an amphitheater, gardens, a collection of cacti, an artificial volcano, and an underground cave designed for mooring boats.