Prince's secret Caribbean holiday home complete with purple driveway

The Caribbean is a proven property hot spot for rock stars like Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and the late David Bowie.

And as it turns out, late musician and actor Prince also had a discreet holiday home on one of the islands.

His Turks and Caicos, Providenciales retreat spans 930 square metres including 10 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, and features a signature purple driveway that can be glimpsed in photos of the estate.

The driveway was reportedly the first improvement Prince made to the property.

Robert Greenwood of Christie’s International Real Estate told celebrity news site TMZ  that Prince had not fully moved into the holiday home, and as a result it was sparsely furnished.

But fans would be interested to know there were a few items in the home, such as mirrors and chairs from the film Purple Rain.

TMZ reports Prince bought the property in 2010, but would have spent most of his time at his Minnesota recording studio and his home in Chanhassen, near Minneapolis.

The Caribbean property, known as Serendib Estate, was built in 2008 and comes with a media room and home theatre, according to Pricey Pads, as well as a tennis court, boat dock, bar, gym, studio, pool, and access to numerous trails walking around the home.

Overlooking the Caribbean Sea and beaches, the waterfront property has a separate guest house and three-bedroom staff residence.

In January, an opulent Caribbean retreat built for David Bowie with an asking price of $28.6 million went under offer. The Indonesian-style villa is set on 2.5 hectares on the island Mustique, a known travel destination for Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Turks and Caicos is aslo a well-known Hollywood hotspot, where A-listers such as Justin Bieber and the Brangelina family are known to have visited.

Prince’s estate has been involved in claims since his death in late April at age 57, with permission recently given for a sample of his blood to be held by the Midwest Medical Examiner with the potential for DNA tests to clear “parentage issues”.

The Toronto home that Prince lived in for five years, from 2001 to 2006, went on the market in late April for $13.1 million. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom house’s living room was painted purple.