Sure, we all know celebrities own massive mansions worthmillions of dollars, but owning an entire village is a bit wild. That's exactlywhat Johnny Depp did in 2001 when he purchased a French village, and now he'sselling it.
The 37-acre property situated 17 miles fromSaint Tropez is beingsold for around $26 million. The Pirates of the Caribbean star's Plan de LaTour estate features stone-built houses dating back more than 200 years and hashad over $10 million worth of improvements according to the Los Angeles Times. He converted achurch to a guesthouse and installed a wine-tasting cave.
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Johnny Depp is selling his French village Photo: Sotheby's
Also on the massive property is a main house, bar and restaurant, chapel, workshop, staff house,hunter's cabin, painter's studio, children's playroom, gym and several guestcottages.
Forrecreation, there's large and small swimming pools and a skateboard park allsurrounded by olive trees, gardens and vineyards. If that's not enough to makethe property alluring, Johnny is even throwing in some of his personalbelongings and furniture to sweeten the deal.
The actor's personal items and furnishings come with the home Photo: Sotheby's
The 52-year-old isknown for his unique real estate purchases. Not only does he have a couple ofplaces in the Los Angeles area and an apartment in New York City, he also has his ownprivate island in the Bahamas called Little Hall’s Pond Cay. Johnny even married wife Amber Heard on the luxuriousproperty that features six beaches he named after his children and formerpartner Vanessa Paradis, a main house and several smaller houses that run onsolar power. "I don’t think I’d everseen any place so pure and beautiful," he told Vanity Fair in 2009. "Youcan feel your pulse rate drop about 20 beats. It’s instant freedom."
Amber and Johnny married on his private island in the Bahamas Photo: Getty Images
Johnny isn't the onlyceleb to own a unique piece of property. Mel Gibson has a private island inFiji and Richard Branson owns Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands.
