This castle on the shore of Lake Sahara in Las Vegas is listed for twenty-eight million dollars, and it is hard to mistake it for anything else. With eleven bedrooms, sixteen bathrooms and 20,533 square feet, it is not one house but a two-home compound built around the water.
The first thing you notice is the stonework. Turrets, arched windows and steep slate roofs give the whole place the look of a storybook castle, dropped into the Nevada desert.
You arrive through a gated entrance and a long stone driveway, past manicured lawns and lamp posts, before the main house opens up in front of you.
At twilight the house lights up. Warm light spills from the tall arched windows, and the pool terrace glows against the dark water of the lake.
From above, the scale of it is clear. The compound fills its lakeside plot, with the main residence, the guest house, the pools and the gardens all laid out around the shore.
The second home is a residence in its own right, with 7,813 square feet of its own. Together the two homes make this a compound for a large family, or for hosting on a grand scale.
Outside is where the lake takes over. There are two pools, and a private dock gives direct access to Lake Sahara itself.
Inside, the mood stays grand. The cigar room has tufted leather sofas, a carved fireplace and heavy chandeliers under a decorated ceiling, with tall windows looking out over the garden.
The stone courtyard ties it all together, with arched wooden garage doors and the same pale stone running through the whole estate.
A rooftop deck looks out over the lake and the mountains beyond, so the views are part of the house, day and night.
The castle was built in 1991, and it still feels like a fairytale brought to life — a lakeside estate that could belong in another century, sitting in the middle of Las Vegas.
The property is listed by Monica Nalbantoglu of the Rob Jensen Company, MLS number 2697450. See the full listing here: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2928-Coast-Line-Ct-Las-Vegas-NV-89117/65236889_zpid/ — photos courtesy of the listing.