It is estimated that Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese footballer, would make over $1 billion in his career between pay and endorsements. Cristiano Ronaldo, the third best paid player in the world of professional sports, has earned widespread acclaim for his various charitable efforts. In addition to playing soccer professionally for Manchester United and Portugal, he also runs a clothing line under the nickname CR7.

How does he spend the roughly $690 million at his disposal? He did what any other affluent guy would do and purchased an island. Cristiano Ronaldo’s purchase of an island sparked widespread interest since few people can afford to do it. Business Insider estimates that the football player spent anywhere from $3.4 million to $55 million on the island.

Ronaldo’s new island lies near Madeira, one of Portugal’s two autonomous regions. Madeira’s geology and culture are distinctive, with Rocky Mountains and lush slopes smashed by Atlantic waves off Africa’s coast. Residents of the capital city take pleasure in their annual flower, organ, philharmonic, and wine festivals and the procession of hundreds of painstakingly repaired classic vehicles handed down through generations. The mountain is not among the 10 most daunting in the world.

Navigation around the island was difficult until recently. Mountains and rocky beaches made this country perilous with few safe ports. The people had to hike steep, rough mountain routes to see their neighbors in nearby valleys. Tunnels and elevated roads mirror Switzerland’s current road system. Cutting through mountains rather than climbing them has made it simple to reach from the south to the north shore thanks to engineering.

The island was produced by volcanic explosions five million years ago, but Portuguese sailors first visited in 1419. Henry the Navigator, Bartolomeu Dias, Vasco da Gama, and Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Portugal to explore new territories.

Black-sand beaches are rare on this island, but trees abound. There are several beautiful beaches, but Ronaldo owns the island’s. Contractors placed Funchal Airport’s runway on piers above a shipyard because flat ground is low. However, the island’s seven scenic cable cars provide stunning mountain vistas. Hidden amid foliage, misty, serrated hills are widespread.