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Inside celebrities’ ‘holidays’ at home from Stacey Solomon’s bathroom beach to Joe Wicks’ gigantic hot tub
LUXURY getaways may be off the cards for the foreseeable future - yet that hasn't stopped some stars from holidaying in style... at HOME.
Celebrities have been bringing exotic holidays to their own pads - from building 'beaches' in their bathrooms to splashing out on mega hot tubs.
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This week, fitness star Joe Wicks revealed he'd bought an enormous hot tub, sauna and ice bath for the garden of his £4.4million Surrey mansion.
Sharing a picture of himself looking "tiny" in the tub, The Body Coach compared it to a swimming pool and told fans he plans to bathe naked.
"I'm definitely gonna be starkers," said Joe, who recently made more than £9million in just over a week as tens of thousands signed up to his new app.
Here, as dad-of-two Joe, 34, uses the tub to relax between training sessions, we reveal the other famous faces indulging in holiday luxuries at home:
Stacey Solomon's bathroom beach
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Stacey, 31, has been praised as the best mum ever after transforming her bathroom into a sandy BEACH for her children Zachary, Leighton and Rex.
The Loose Women star ordered a massive bag of sand before scattering it over her bathroom floor and filling up the bathtub with bright blue water.
She later shared heartwarming snaps of her boys 'at the beach' with her 4million Instagram followers - while taking a swipe at Dubai 'influencers'.
Stacey wrote: "Beach Life in the bathroom. When your sandpit sand order isn’t what you expected and you don’t have any essential work in Dubai."
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She continued: "Tonight I caved. I feel like this might be the only beach they visit for quite a while so I thought why not ey... I’ll also be using this as bribery until the end of time...
"The next time they say they don’t want to get out of bed, brush their teeth, eat their dinner, log on to teams, I’m going to remind them of the time I said 'ok then fine, let’s build a beach in the bathroom'."
Stacey's creative efforts went down well with both fellow celebs and her fans. "You are literally the best mother ever!," one follower gushed.
Amanda Holden's hot tub
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Amanda, 49, hasn't hesitated to get into the holiday spirit during the pandemic - regularly stripping off for a dip in her very own hot tub.
The Britain's Got Talent judge even went topless in the tub to toast the new year, sharing a photo of herself in bikini bottoms reading "bye-bye 2020".
And she cheekily told her Instagram followers: "Bottoms up."
Amanda also donned a sunhat and a bikini to bake a cake in a recent TikTok video, which she cleverly hashtagged "#BakingInMyBathers”.
“Anything to get thru this #lockdown," she told her fans.
Luisa Zissman's 'water park'
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With a garden so big that fans have mistaken it for a park, Luisa Zissman and her family were able to make the most of the sunshine last year.
And they managed to indulge in some holiday-style fun, too: with Luisa, 33, sharing a video of her children playing excitedly on a massive water slide.
Posting the clip on Instagram in April, the former Apprentice and Celebrity Big Brother star wrote: "Amazon delivers fun yet again #stayhome."
As well as the mini water park, Luisa - married to millionaire business tycoon Andrew Collins - boasts a pool at her Hertfordshire mansion.
There's also a climbing wall, play park and trampoline for her lucky kids.
Charlotte Crosby's open-air cinema
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If a bathroom beach, hot tub and mini water park haven't made you crave your own 'at-home' holiday yet, perhaps Charlotte's garden makeover will.
The 30-year-old Geordie Shore star transformed her large back garden into an outdoor cinema last summer - complete with a gorgeous hammock.
"This was so much fun!!!!!" she wrote on Instagram, sharing a snap of her new, huge inflatable screen. "Another day in quarantine breezed through."
Olly Murs' swimming pool
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With a huge, serene-looking swimming pool right on his doorstep, it's not surprising Olly, 36, has been showing off his home on TikTok.
The singer has been using his impressive video editing skills to entertain his fans - with one clip showing him 'losing his head' in the outdoor pool.
Another video captures him leaping towards the water - then 'freezing' in mid-air - while his girlfriend Amelia Tank lounges on an inflatable.
If we didn't know any better, we'd think the lovebirds were on holiday.
The Beckhams' sauna & plunge pool
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The Beckhams are one of Britain's biggest power couples - with their joint accounts reaching a cool £700million (or a billion dollars) in 2019.
So it's not surprising they have a VERY impressive property portfolio.
One of their homes is a £6.1million barn conversion in the Cotswolds, where they isolated together during the March and November lockdowns.
It boasts a plunge pool, an enormous roaring fireplace and a trendy sauna and steam room - features we'd be delighted to have on our holidays.
Gemma Atkinson's baby pool
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Former Hollyoaks actress Gemma has been spending lockdown with her Strictly boyfriend Gorka Marquez and their beautiful little girl, Mia.
But they haven't let the pandemic stop them from enjoying the outdoors - from exercising in the snow to relaxing in the sun in their back yard.
In one particularly sunny snap, uploaded to Instagram last May, Gemma wears shades as she plays with baby Mia in a rectangular paddling pool.
"Well, it's the closest we got to our planned water birth Mia," she joked.
Gemma, 36, also has a private gym and gorgeous decking at her home.
Alexandra Burke's hot tub
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Like Amanda Holden, Alexandra, 32, has a penchant for hot tubs.
The X Factor winner has been sharing photos of her own wooden tub on Instagram during the pandemic - which looks out over her garden.
In one stunning snap, Alexandra poses on the edge of the tub in a bikini.
She captioned the post, made in April: "Quarantine Body & Mind. Working out everyday has literally kept me going for the last 4 years..."
She also asked her 213,000 followers: "How you all coping?"
Other images depict Alexandra sunbathing in her large garden. "Wishing my a** was in Jamaica right now.. but this will do," she captioned one.
Ferne McCann's luxury BBQ & hot tub
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The 30-year-old TV star enjoyed relaxing in the tub - said to be worth £10,000 - with her young daughter Sunday during the first lockdown.
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She dubbed it "the creme de la creme of hot tubs".
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Amanda Holden braves the cold in plunging swimwear as she has a cuppa in her hot tub
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