In addition to Gianni Versace, the house was also used by his many close friends and family members. His brother Santo's bedroom is now called the Venus room, his sister Donatella's bedroom is the Signature suite. Some contents of when Versace lived here were auctioned in New York City in April of 2001 for a reported $28 million.
The designer's former 1,174 square-foot Villa Suite bedroom is available to guests for a truly intimate peek into Versace's life. The room like the rest of the mansion's interiors is an over-the-top glitz and glamour. Murals were commissioned for walls and ceilings, stained glass was placed in windows, marble floors were added.
Step inside one of the opulent guest bedrooms of Casa Casuarina, Gianni Versace's legendary Miami Beach mansion. Early this year, Sushi by Bou launched at Villa Casa Casuarina, the Miami Beach mansion once owned by the late Gianni Versace. For $125, diners get a key card to access Gianni's 500-square-foot suite, which is converted into a speakeasy.
Versace's bedroom was one of the rooms with a double-king bed (requiring custom sheets). It also had seven closets (a designer naturally requires closet space) and an extremely large shower. Casa Casuarina, also known as the Versace Mansion, is an American property built in 1930, renowned for being owned by and the place of the murder of the Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace; he lived there from 1992 until his death in 1997.
The Venus Suite (Donatella Versace's room) in Gianni Versace's former mansion, the Villa Casa Casuarina, in Miami Beach, Florida. Now known as the Villa Casa Casuarina, the lavish estate currently operates as a boutique hotel where guests can stay in Versace's bedroom for a steep $1,000 per night. You can wander the same halls as one of fashion's most iconic figures and uncover the mansion's many secrets.
Here are just a few we dug up. The Versace Mansion still reveals much of its original character, and speaks for itself. But before it was TV set, a crime scene, or even a famous mansion, it was the home of Alden Freeman.
The Villa Suite was Gianni Versace's former bedroom, so there are a lot of feelings mixed in the room. It can be a great experience if you don't mind sleeping in the bedroom of a person who's been murdered, but it will be the worst thing ever if you don't want to sleep in that same bed.