Despite work and commitments, fame doesn’t have to tie you to the city. In fact, this has been demonstrated by some well-known faces who, fed up with the capitals, the pollution and the noise, one day decided to pack their bags to establish their life in the countryside. The last personality who spoke about it was the actor Miguel Ángel Silvestrealthough he is not the only one who has adopted this lifestyle.
Miguel Ángel Silvestre: life as a gardener
The 41-year-old interpreter spoke day by day surrounded by nature in an interview with The world. “I am self-sufficient in many things,” she explained, ensuring that he lives with “very minimal services,” using what he grows at home and living “in harmony with the animals.” “Nature is much more abrupt, a wild boar is much more abrupt than all that,” she said about the comparison between urban and rural space.
This lifestyle defines him very well, because it meets the values with which he grew up before rising to fame. He likes to live calmly and connected with the environment. “It’s just who I am. I am a Valencian gardener, I always have been and I always will be,” said the artist, who occasionally publishes some photographs and videos among nature on his Instagram profile.
Beatriz Montañez: from ‘The Intermission’ to a cabin
The actor from Castellón did not indicate where he specifically lives, but said it was “in a forest, in the middle of a forest.” He clarified that he had not been moved by a “mystical” question, but by a question of roots. Quite the opposite of what happened to him, for example, Beatriz Montanez.
The one who was a collaborator in The intermediate She went through an existential crisis that led her to leave everything and move to live in a stone cabin, spending about 150 euros a month and enjoying her routine surrounded by animals. Her testimony gave a lot to talk about in 2021, when in an interview on Cadena Ser he said that nature had allowed him to “pick up pieces” of her that he “had lost.”
As he also says in his book You give up, the screenwriter made the decision to isolate herself when, during an excursion with friends, she found a ruined house that had been abandoned in the forest for fifteen years. At that time I was not going through a good time: “None of the options are useful for me except solitude, which is the opposite path to what I wanted to take. There was a lot of noise in my life and that caused me a lot of instability. I needed silence. I wanted to stop. and get to know me more.”
After leaving television, the journalist installed photovoltaic equipment, used water from a nearby well and set aside 150 euros a month to live “in a very austere environment”: “The first year I lived there I decided to become vegan because it seemed to me that it was incoherent to be in my family surrounded by animals and then eat them. I eat legumes, seeds, fresh vegetables and roots, like Maria Theresa of Calcutta“. “Every five or six months I leave there, but for me it is enough; I go to Madrid, to the theater, to the cinema, I see my friends and I hug them, because the contact with another skin is what I miss the most,” she added.
Quim Gutiérrez: passion for birds
Another famous Spaniard who changed Madrid for life in the countryside -although in a not so simple way- is Quim Gutierrezwho, after living for a time in the capital with his wife, the model Paula Willemschose to leave with her and her son, Bru, to a more secluded area.
The protagonist of Cousins He is a fan of ornithology, the branch of zoology that is dedicated to the study of birds, and leaving the urban environment allowed him, in addition to living more peacefully, to be able to connect better with space. “I recently moved to the country, just a year ago. It is not a plan that would have come with confinement, but rather my partner and I have wanted it for a long time. The fact of living in the country makes it much easier the identification of many things,” he told The little tit.
Lucía and Paola Dominguín: in Vilamarxant
The sisters Dominguín-Bosé they understand each other wonderfully. At least, Lucy y Paola. They both live in Vilamarxant, a municipality in the Valencian Community where they find tranquility and can enjoy their hobbies. For example, by having an organic garden at home, Lucía can give free rein to the kitchen by preparing, for example, homemade jams.
The sister of the former contestant MasterChef CelebrityOn the other hand, he prefers to practice yoga, immerse himself in the charms of design and participate in batucadas. “It’s a shot of energy and joy. It’s the most, I love it. I like to get together with others and make noise but with a rhythm and dance, hitting the drum with all your desire, you don’t know how your body feels comfortable.” “, he told The provinces.
The Spanish model and actress Elsa Pataky He decided a few years ago to abandon his life in bustling Los Angeles to move to a considerably more idyllic environment in South Australia so he could focus on his family.
Beyond Spain: from Elsa Pataki to Julia Roberts
The marriage formed by Elsa and Chris Hemsworth He moved, along with his children, to Byron Bay, a small coastal township in southeastern Australia. Both actors remodeled a mansion where they had more than enough space to enjoy their children, who have had the opportunity to grow up in an environment away from the stress of Hollywood. Likewise, other celebrities who are happy in the countryside are Julia Roberts, Cindy Crawford, Chris Pratt, Gisele Bündchenamong others.