Allegations of violence, holiday romances and mansions for millions of dollars. How and with whom is Cristiano Ronaldo vacationing?

World sports legend Cristiano Ronaldo was ahead of his rivals not only on the field: he was the first football player known to the world to become a dollar billionaire. According to Forbes, in 2023, the athlete topped the ranking of the highest-paid athletes with a total annual income of 260 million dollars. It is not surprising that at his leisure, the captain of the Portuguese national team spends money on branded clothes, jewelry, superyacht rentals and vacations in the most expensive mansions. figured out which resorts and with whom the football legend spends his holidays.

With your beloved paradise and on a private island

In March, pictures of a contented Cristiano Ronaldo, who is spending another luxurious vacation with his 30-year-old passion Georgina Rodriguez and children on a private island in Saudi Arabia, flew around the world.

In the photos, the joyful Argentine model hugs the father of her children and shows off her gorgeous physique in a sparkling green bikini with a plunging neckline. Cristiano, who runs his social networks with special self-admiration, posted a photo of the press on the sunny coast of the resort of St. Regis, Ummahat Island.

A few years ago, Ronaldo chose fundamentally different places to relax — teeming with parties and entertainment. He often flew home to the island of Madeira, went with friends to noisy Ibiza or sailed along the French Riviera. But with age, the tastes of the 39-year-old football player have changed. Now the settled-down athlete prefers a quiet family vacation by the sea to endless bachelor adventures.

Ronaldo and Georgina in Saudi Arabia

Therefore, the athlete’s social media feed is full of happy children’s faces. “Recharging in Saudi Arabia,” the footballer modestly signed recent photos with his family.

Ronaldo has only one thing left of his former lifestyle — the habit of spending fabulous amounts of money on hotels, villas and yachts. According to calculations by Page Six, rooms of the “standard” and “luxury” categories or individual villas at the “ultra—private” Middle Eastern resort St. Regis Red Sea Resort cost up to 7.1 thousand dollars (about 660 thousand rubles) per night – depending on the layout.

You can only get there by private boat or seaplane. By the way, Ronaldo has a private boat: he bought it in 2022 so that he would not have to rent a ship every season.

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It is worth a night in a villa at the St. Regis Red Sea Resort

The Ronaldo and Rodriguez couple chose premium accommodation for their vacation at the Saudi resort. Georgina allowed the fans to look into their cozy nest by the sea. In the photos on her social networks, the rented villa looks luxurious, its courtyard has a garden and a private pool. “Close to paradise,” the model captioned the pictures.

Admiring the photos of the football star, fans even suggested that the couple was taking inspiration from this resort to create their own hotel, which is already under construction in Saudi Arabia. All Ronaldo’s hotels are called Pestana CR7, where the number 7 refers particularly attentive fans to the number under which the footballer went on the field for most of his career. Pestana CR7 is already successfully operating in several countries, including Portugal, Morocco and the USA.

SWAT guards and Bugatti for two million dollars

An athlete always rests on a grand scale, not hesitating to show his wealth to the public. Therefore, each of his trips is analyzed in detail by the press, journalists get information about the cost of hotels, flights, dinners in restaurants and discuss the bizarre habits of the rich man. One of those is to carry your expensive cars everywhere with you.

The “Island of Billionaires” in Dubai

So, in 2022, just before the contract with the Saudi club Al-Nasr came into force, the footballer found time for another summer vacation in Mallorca.

Cristiano arrived in the Balearic Islands on a Gulfstream G200 private jet worth $23 million. The aircraft can travel at a speed of 900 kilometers per hour and can accommodate up to ten people. Later, the footballer considered the plane too small for his travels and sold it.

After landing in Mallorca, Ronaldo boarded his $6.9 million (about 640 million rubles) Italian superyacht Azimut Grande with luxurious cabins and six bathrooms. And to explore the island, he brought with him a Bugatti Veyron car for two million dollars (184 million rubles). However, Ronaldo’s favorite toy did not return home.

The fact is that in addition to the beloved and the children of the football player, almost every trip is accompanied by twin guards who fully enjoy the rich life of the boss

Before, the life of twins Sergio and Jorge Ramalleiro was much less serene: they served in an elite special forces unit in Afghanistan. But after their retirement, they were hired by a Portuguese football player, who now generously allows former soldiers to use their wealth.

Ramalleiro sails with him on yachts, flies on private jets and rides in his expensive cars. One of them, the Bugatti Veyron, was smashed during a vacation in Mallorca. One of the twin guards was driving the car. He drove into a concrete wall, but he remained unharmed and managed not to injure anyone. No one became upset about the crashed car – the athlete decided not to wait for the police and went to explore the island in another car.

Holidays in Mallorca

The damaged Bugatti was then taken away in a tow truck, covered with a blue tarpaulin. But this did not stop curious locals from taking pictures against the background of Ronaldo’s famous car. According to The Sun, the guard took full responsibility for the damage caused, but it is unknown whether he paid compensation to the boss.

Vacation at the price of hundreds of apartments in Moscow

Ronaldo’s vacation in 2022 was dubbed “extravagantly expensive” in the media. And no wonder, because 14 thousand euros (1.3 million rubles) were spent on household goods alone. Although their villa was fully equipped, Rodriguez additionally purchased towels, sheets and other household items for this amount.

In total, the athlete spent 30 million euros per year on his vacation, which at the current exchange rate is a fabulous three billion rubles. For this amount, you can buy from half a thousand small apartments in Moscow.

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Cristiano Ronaldo spent on vacation in 2022

However, Ronaldo is generous not only towards himself and his loved ones. In 2015, the footballer was best man at the wedding of his agent Jorge Mendes and gave him a gift corresponding to this important mission — a Greek island. The exact cost of the gift is unknown, but the price of such islands in Greece ranges from 3 to 50 million euros.

And although Ronaldo has not yet acquired the island for himself, he chooses the best residences in the world for his holidays. In the summer of 2023, the star of “Al-Nasr” rented a mansion in Sardinia for 98 thousand dollars a week for about 15 days. He was vacationing there with Georgina. The house had nine bathrooms, seven bedrooms, a Turkish bath, a Jacuzzi, a swimming pool, a helipad, a tennis court and a private beach.

In the same summer, Ronaldo posted footage from a joint vacation on social networks and excited fans with painted toenails. Attentive fans immediately noticed the pedicure. However, an explanation was quickly found for the unusual photo. According to a Bild source, athletes paint their nails to protect themselves from fungus and other bacteria.

Scandals, violence and rumors about homosexuality

Like almost any rich man who has fallen into a huge fortune, Ronaldo chose exclusively beauties of model appearance as his partner.

In his youth, he kept getting to know famous supermodels and actresses. Among them were Nereida Gallardo, Lititia Filippi and even socialite Paris Hilton. And from 2000 to 2015, the footballer was in a strong relationship with Russian model Irina Shayk, the time spent with whom he later called “useless”.

After breaking up with a Russian woman, Ronaldo suddenly found himself at the center of a sex scandal. As reported by The Sun, in 2016, the legendary football player often went on vacation to Morocco, and allegedly the reason for this was the desire to spend time with his lover named Hari. The star posted photos with an unknown guy on social networks, bragging about luxurious candlelit dinners and relaxing by the pool.

Journalists suspected the couple of having an affair, saying that Cristiano flies several times a week to Morocco for the sake of “hugs” with his beloved. He did not comment on the rumors in any way, although he joked on social networks that he was marrying Hari. But this is far from the loudest scandal involving the Portuguese.

In 2018, the media was shocked by the news that Ronaldo allegedly raped a girl in Las Vegas. American Catherine Mayorga, who was 25 years old at the time of the alleged crime, said that the football player’s agents forced her to sign a settlement agreement and offered compensation for silence. The victim took the money, explaining later that she did it out of fear. But ten years after the incident, she decided to shed light on the crime.

The paths of the aspiring model and the multimillionaire at that time crossed in June 2009. She worked at the Rain nightclub at the Palms Casino Resort, luring guests to the establishment. Ronaldo and Mayorga spent time together at a party, and then went to the athlete’s penthouse, where he allegedly sexually assaulted a new acquaintance.

According to Der Spiegel, Mayorga actively resisted and tried to stop Ronaldo, but he did not listen to her. At the same time, according to the girl, the rapist looked at her with a guilty look and kept asking if it hurt her. The footballer stubbornly denied the accusations, but against the background of investigations by journalists and statements by the victim, his words did not seem convincing enough to the fans. The police closed the case due to insufficient evidence, but the reputation of the sports star was still damaged.

An exception for an exceptional football player

Despite suspicions of violence and homosexuality, Ronaldo is now happy in a relationship with Rodriguez and has five children. The couple met at the Gucci store in Madrid, where the future model worked as a salesman. The fleeting meeting turned out to be fateful: according to the football player, he could not forget the girl.

At the end of 2022, after signing a contract with a Saudi club, Cristiano and his family moved to Saudi Arabia. The best living conditions were created there for the couple. First of all, they were exempted from the law, which prohibits unmarried people from living under the same roof.

However, despite the absence of a stamp in the passport, Cristiano, like a real man, made sure that Georgina felt safe. If the couple suddenly breaks up, Georgina will be provided for the rest of her life, according to the contract they signed.

In case of separation from the 38-year-old striker, Rodriguez will become the owner of the family mansion in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid. The house is estimated at 5 million euros (497 million rubles). Moreover, a Spaniard of Argentine origin will receive 100,000 euros monthly in payments for life.

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