Real Estate

16-Acre Mediterranean Estate Selling For $9.9 Million

This 16-acre Mediterranean ​estate encompasses a main residence with 21,000 square feet under roof and a guest house with 6,200 square feet.

TARPON SPRINGS, FL -- This 16-acre Mediterranean estate encompasses a main residence with 21,000 square feet under roof and a guest house with 6,200 square feet under roof.

Massive iron doors open onto the foyer. An elegant groin-vaulted ceiling arches up 26 feet high. The lower walls of the foyer are made of pre-cast stone blocks. They set the tone of age and grandeur while the upper half has a silky Venetian plaster finish featuring a unique stencil pattern.

Travertine marble floors are used in most of the public areas of the ground floor to complete the Old World effect.

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One of the many unique features of this family-focused home is "The Village," a whimsical entertaining wing comprising a movie house with marquee, a pub, a poker and cigar room, loft=style music lounge, an ice-cream parlor and a book store/library.

The pool has 14 tumbling waterfalls, a lazy river, a rope bridge, a water slide through the mountain and a swim-up Tiki bar.

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This home a sunken wine cellar with a capacity of 1,200 bottles, a gym containing full circuit fitness equipment and an attached spa with a choice of sauna or steam room, a six-car motor court, a 300kw generator and a private entrance gatehouse. Furniture not included however is available for purchase.

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