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Sublime luxury and privacy characterize this world-class estate offering resort-style living with 32,500 total square feet on 5 lavishly landscaped acres.
Unsurpassed in its scope, luxury, and privacy, Villa Valahia stands out even in a community known for its many magnificent residences. From the imposing gated entry and stately motor court, the palatial sixteen-bedroom villa is presented in a breathtaking domain unfolding over 32,500 total square feet on vast five-acre tropical grounds.
Old World grandeur prevails throughout this sumptuous showplace that lends itself to hosting memorable social events for hundreds of guests. The regally scaled living areas create an excellent flow of space to the enormous resort-style pool patio overlooking the idyllic palm-studded landscape. The property’s fourteen-car garage houses the collection of the most avid auto aficionado. Tucked away on a cul-de-sac in Boca Grande, a quietly private, gated enclave, this world-class estate sets a benchmark of preeminent distinction.
Location
Cartagena Drive, Boca Raton, Florida. Boca Grande offers easy access to beautiful beaches, the acclaimed Boca Raton Resort & Club, Mizner Park’s exclusive shops and restaurants, and Boca Raton’s private executive airport.
Property
Villa Valahia, built in 2002, savors its own lushly private 5 acre tropical paradise. The sweeping gated drive arrives at the porte cochere entry by an Old World fountain, while a secondary drive serves the discreetly placed parking court and 14-car garage. Loggias stretching across the villa’s rear façade overlook the immense resort-style patio focused on the lagoon-style pool with rock-edged waterfall spa, undulating palms, and dramatic landscape lighting. Mature foliage secludes the expansive emerald lawns which offer a children’s playground and an indoor batting cage plus ample room for a tennis court.
Residence
Lavishly embellished, this sprawling villa offers 25,000 square feet of living space – served by 4 separate staircases – with 16 bedrooms, 14 full and 2 half baths, including a private guest house. Polished marble floors and soaring ceilings heighten the dramatically elegant atmosphere.
First Floor: Etched glass doors welcome guests into the 2-story foyer dominated by a majestic double staircase balustraded with filigreed ironwork. A Corinthian-columned passageway transitions into the double-height formal salon soaring to a coffered ceiling above the baronial fireplace and view-filled window wall opening to the pool patio. A full-service wet bar is adjacent to the music conservatory with French doors to the poolside loggia. Corinthian columns and intricate moldings refine the banquet-sized formal dining room. Accented with faux-painted stonework, the epicurean’s kitchen has richly finished custom cabinetry, granite counters, top-grade appliances, a preparation island, breakfast bar, and menu-planning desk. Off the kitchen are a butler’s pantry, storage pantry, laundry room, and glass-enclosed family dining area opening by the pool. Also opening poolside, the magnificent double-height family room rises to a rosette-medallioned coffered ceiling. The home theater hosts private movie screenings with stadium-style seating and a curtained screen below the fiber-optic-lit ceiling. An elegant drawing room leads into the expansive club/billiard room featuring a professional-style bar plus a card/dining area adorned with a tray ceiling and stained glass windows. Two private studies open off each side of the foyer. A columned entry continues into the grand master suite, conceived as an elegant private sanctuary featuring a large bedroom and sitting room, both with poolside French doors. His-and-her walk-in closets are complemented by an opulent his-and-her marble bath with spa tub and shower below a romantic cupola. Another bedroom with en-suite bath, a 2-bedroom staff suite w
Address: 21582 Cartagena Drive View Map City, State: Boca Raton, Florida |