Stella del Carmen from Marbella would have loved to get married in her homeland. And that was one of the options he considered before deciding on his final disposition to do it at the Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine, Valladolid, located in a town of Sardón del Duero, with 607 inhabitants, where everything is ready for the wedding on October 18. A paradise surrounded by vineyards where other illustrious people have also married, including members of Danish high society. Places such as the Finca de la Concepción in Malaga, the “chic” paradise of the Hachuels, where many celebrities come to celebrate their private events with the utmost discretion, were also considered. Although her “I do” is not in Marbella, the daughter of Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith is magnetized by the land of her birth.
At the Costa del Sol Hospital the historic day, in 1996, still resonates in the hallways, in which Teresa Cruz, at that time the center’s communications director, announced to those present that the actor had been the father of a girl. After a couple of days in the hospital, the family moved to La Gaviota, where a barrage of paparazzi was waiting for them who wanted to take the first images. Some of them now commented to LA RAZÓN that there was such expectation with Banderas’ daughter that they even “searched for months in the garbage bags hoping to see an ultrasound of the baby’s sex.” Antonio wanted her to be baptized with the name of the patron saint of Marbella, which is the Virgen del Carmen, and since then he took her from a very young age to the processions that took place on July 16 by boat accompanying the saint.
Three-story mansion
Since then, whenever she can, Stella spends the days of the Virgen del Carmen festival in Marbella, to which she has great devotion. One of the places where she likes to get lost is next to her house at the “Los Sardinales” beach bar, where its owner tells us that she speaks perfect Spanish with an English accent: “The little girl expresses herself brilliantly and has the sympathy of her parents.” The young woman, who is a week away from passing through the altar in Castilla, more than a thousand kilometers from her homeland, has spent time in her house in Marbella, which is in the process of becoming a three-story palace, a beach bar with a pool, a party room for 1,200 people and even a panic room in the basement, as revealed exclusively for LA RAZÓN. The entire Banderas clan is almost hours away today for this “I do” with Alex Grunzynsky. The actor has never wanted to miss a moment of his daughter’s life and has even apologized for his absences from work.
While the construction of Los Monteros accelerates, Sardón del Duero is preparing to welcome more guests than inhabitants. «It is putting the town on the map at the level of the United States and Hollywood. The only thing they have asked us is to double the garbage containers, something normal due to the magnitude of the event,” highlights José A. Matesanz, its mayor, very happy that his town will once again be the scene of another illustrious wedding.