Supported by the esteemed art business, Christie’s International Real Estate is a global network – Wüst und Wüst is proud to be one of the partners – offering exclusive home and luxury real estate services to buyers and sellers worldwide. With its online magazine luxurydefined this World’s Leading Luxury Real Estate Brand regularly publishes useful information from the world of Luxury Real Estate, Art & Design, Travel & Leisure and Market Insight. In one of its newest articles they wrote about what sort of property around the world you can buy with five million $.

This exceptional, listed château in the Loire Valley, near the city of Blois, dates from 1636. Framing the chateau are nearly 100 private acres of forests, meadows, pastures, and magnificent French formal gardens with a reflecting pool.

Location, lifestyle, and provenance, particularly at the top end of the luxury residential real estate market, are the hallmarks of value and often are just as important as price when looking to purchase property. Of course, the price point varies across different markets around the world: Five million dollars will go much further in smaller markets, whereas in prime markets and top resort destinations, buyers must spend more for comparable levels of luxury.

This sleek, loft-like penthouse comes with two rooftop terraces overlooking Salzburg Cathedral and the Hohensalzburg Fortress.

In this edition of Luxury Defined, you may choose among an elegant pied-à-terre in London’s Mayfair, just around the corner from Hyde Park; a lavish five-bedroom apartment above Bangkok’s River of Kings, or a magnificent Louis XVIII-style château on 100 acres in France’s Loire Valley. Here, we find out what and, perhaps even more importantly, where $5 million gets you.

Dazzling views of the New York City skyline and the Hudson River are just a few of the draws at this contemporary townhouse in Weehawken, New Jersey.

On the list you find additional properties like the Hudson River Townhouse in New Jersey, a contemporary Loft in Salzburg, a transitional-style Costal Retreat in Florida, a splendid Family Villa in Portugal and many more.