Luxury villa for rent in Sicily best rated property with pool for 24 people

“Sicily is an island lying outside time, where past events endure in an external present, a beach on which the tides of successive civilisations have heaped in disorder their assorted treasure.” – Vincent Cronin,  The Golden Honeycomb (1954)

Truly one-of-a-kind, this vast estate is set in grounds of over 100 hectares. As you wander through orange groves and woodland, alongside the stream trickling through lush, verdant gardens, a palpable aura of calm descends over the villa. Watch Mount Etna materialise before your eyes, a towering presence on the landscape.

This stunning 17th-century masseria embodies the timeless wonder of Sicily.

Pass through a charming stone arch to reach the inner courtyard, where white stucco buildings adorned with flowers house the bedrooms : each is tastefully furnished and completely independent, recreating the intimate atmosphere of a boutique hotel.

The property is nestled between Catania and Syracuse, ideally placed to visit the south-east of Sicily : traverse the slopes of Etna in a private jeep, taste Nero d’Avola wine at Buonivini vineyard, explore the Baroque towns of the Val di Noto or be transported back in time by the Greek Theatre Festival in Syracuse – Sicily will leave you in raptures.