In the height of the summer season, will holidaymakers come across Mireille Dumas in the streets of Porto? The former star of the small screen, now 68, goes every summer to his long-bought house in this corner of southern Corsica. She surrendered to The Express on this haven of peace.
Introduced to the charms of Corsica by friends met during her studies, Mireille Dumas has been frequenting the island since the 1970s. But it was not until 1993 that she decided to break the bank to afford a house. His choice will be Porto, a few kilometers from Ajaccio. “An old sheepfold clinging to a rocky peakwhich she bought with her husband and television producer, Dominique Colonna, originally from the region“, related The Express, who had questioned the host on the subject. And the former presenter of the cult show Private life, public life to rave about what made him fall in love with this house: “The dizzying panorama over the Gulf of Porto that opens up to me from my terrace gives me strength for an entire year!“At the time, she went there every end of July, once the TV season was on hiatus. Now, there is no doubt that she goes there when she wants.
In Corsica, Mireille Dumas alternates between hiking, swimming and tasting local products, starting with honey. “Since then, we have hives on our terrace!“, she confided, revealing that a beekeeper friend – Pierre Torre – had taught her husband the trade. But this know-how, her husband Dominique will perhaps not pass it on in turn, the couple not having The host has repeatedly explained why she never became a mother.
In Corsica, Mireille Dumas is not the only well-known personality who has bought a house. The late Guy Bedos had bought him a home in Lumio, near Calvi, just like the actress and model Laetitia Casta, the singer Alizée is based in Ajaccio and the journalist Christine Ockrent opted for the chic corner of Sperone…