‘The Queen’ is a big fan of Puglia. The Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren is one of several Hollywood stars who have bought properties in the region. She and her husband, US director Taylor Hackford, purchased a 16th-century masseria near Tiggiano in 2007 after she’d fallen for the area on a promotional visit to the Salento International Film Festival. Nearby, Tricase is another favourite with cinema royalty. Meryl Streep has a masseria there and, in 2020, Whoopi Goldberg was reported to be looking for a holiday home in the area. Other cinema stars at home in the Salento include Gerard Depardieu, who adores staying in Lecce’s baroque centre, and legendary director Francis Ford Coppola who is said to have a property near Ugento.
Puglia is one of Italy’s hottest holiday destinations and every summer its coast hums with activity. In the past few years, a Who’s Who of international VIPs has been spotted vacationing here. Celebrity sightings have included David and Victoria Beckham who recently travelled to the region to hang out with their children at a luxury masseria at Savelletri. Madonna also brought her kids to the region when she celebrated her 59th birthday in a Pugliese masseria in 2017. Fellow rock icon, Bono was spotted in the region in 2018 as he and his entourage boated into Gallipoli on the Ionian coast.
After a series of A-list celebs got married in Puglia, the region has become the destination of choice for a statement wedding. Willem Dafoe married Italian actress Giada Colagrande here in 2005 and then, in 2009, Maggie Gyllenhaal exchanged vows with Peter Sarsgaard in a 15th-century convent in the Salento. More recently, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel stole the spotlight when they tied the knot in a famous five-star masseria in the province of Brindisi.
The eyes of the fashion world turned to Lecce in summer 2020 for the Christian Dior fashion show. Models showcased the maison’s haute couture collection in the baroque Piazza del Duomo which had been spectacularly illuminated for the occasion.
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