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under exposed limestone vaults.
Southern Sicily No outdoor space, but mouth-
watering dinners.
DK Choice SCICLI: Albergo Diffuso €
Villas and
MARINA DI RAGUSA: La Apartments Road Map E5
Moresca €€€ Via Mormino Penna 15, 97018
Boutique Road Map E5 Tel 0932 185555
Via Dandolo, 97010 ∑ sciclialbergodiffuso.it
Tel 0932 239495 An innovative concept: bed
∑ lamorescahotel.it and breakfast or self-catering
Within this smart little resort is accommodation offered in
a Moorish-style Art Nouveau villa 11 different houses around the
that has been transformed into historic centre. Reception (and
a maison de charme. Original breakfast) is at Bar Millenium
tiled floors, jasmine-scented on Scicli’s loveliest street.
courtyards and carved doors are
enhanced by contemporary SYRACUSE: Residenza Dei
touches such as steel walkways, Baroni € Picturesque view from a balcony suite at
a glass-walled breakfast room Villas and Albergo Diffuso, Scicli
and billowing white linens. It is a Apartments Road Map F4
short stroll to the nearby beach. Via Largo della Gancia 30–32,
Ortygia, 96100 Northeastern Sicily
Tel 0931 67363
MODICA: L’orangerie €€ ∑ residencedeibaroni.it CASTIGLIONE DI SICILIA:
B&B Road Map E5 Stay in one- and two-room Frederico Secondo €€
Vico de Naro 5, 97015 apartments with cooking facilities Historic Road Map E3
Tel 347-067 46 98 in a neat sandstone palazzo in Via Maggiore Baracca, 2, 95012
∑ lorangerie.it a corner of Ortygia’s Lungomare Tel 0942 980 368
A peaceful and elegant B&B with Levante. All apartments have ∑ hotelfedericosecondo.com
three huge suites (with kitchens) tiled floors, ochre walls and This understated hotel is set in
and four spacious rooms in a wrought-iron bedsteads. The a restored 13th-century palazzo
palazzo with frescoed ceilings place is well-run, with an in the centre of the hill village of
and private flower-filled terraces. emphasis on customer comfort, Castiglione. Rooms are spacious
and prices are excellent. and tastefully decorated. An
NOTO: Montandon €€ excellent base for exploring Etna
B&B Road Map E5 DK Choice and the Alcantara valley.
Via Antonio Sofia 50, 96017
Tel 339 524 4607 SYRACUSE: Hotel CATANIA: Casa Barbero €€
∑ b-bmontandon.it. Gutkowski €€ B&B Road Map E3
Each room at this family-run B&B Boutique Road Map F4 Via Caronda 209, 95128
is large and airy, with its own Lungomare Vittorini 26, Ortygia, Tel 095 580 514
private terrace. There’s also a 96100 ∑ casabarbero.com
communal terrace for breakfast, Tel 0931 465861 Bold colours and contemporary
where you can prepare snacks or ∑ guthotel.it design distinguish this Liberty-
an aperitivo, a walled garden and Enjoy inspired Mediterranean era palazzo with six quiet rooms
the use of a barbeque. minimalism and breathtaking set around a courtyard. There are
sea views at this hotel on the also two self-catering apartments,
NOTO: Terre Di Vendicari €€€ eastern edge of Ortygia. The one by the sea in Acitrezza.
Boutique Road Map E5 furniture is spare but chic –
Contrada Vaddeddi, 96017 Eames chairs, modern four- DK Choice
Tel 346 359 3845 posters and reclaimed wood.
∑ terredivendicari.it The best rooms have private FILICUDI: La Sirena €€
Enjoy minimalist chic in a country terraces; you may need to book Villas and
hotel at the heart of the Vendicari in advance for these. Now with Apartments Road Map E1
nature reserve, with views out to a bistro on-site, where the Loc. Pecorini Mare, 98050
sea over olive and lemon groves. creative daily menu makes use Tel 090 988 9997
Rooms are cool and stylish, with of fresh local produce. ∑ pensionelasirena.it
free-standing Philippe Starck There’s nowhere better for a
baths. Fabulous swimming pool, relaxed island experience than
beautiful grounds, and lovely SYRACUSE: Palazzo Del Sale €€ this chilled-out restaurant with
walks to the beaches. B&B Road Map F4 rooms overlooking the beach
Via Santa Teresa 25, Ortygia, 96100 at Pecorini Mare, with fishing
RAGUSA: Locanda Tel 0931 65958 boats drawn up alongside.
Don Serafino €€€ ∑ palazzodelsale.it Choose between rooms above
Boutique Road Map E5 A stylish but relaxed boutique the restaurant with tiny water-
Via 11 Febbraio, 15, 97100 B&B in a 19th-century salt front balconies, or apartments
Tel 0932 220065 merchant’s palazzo in Ortigia. with cooking facilities in houses
∑ locandadonserafino.it The spacious rooms’ decorative scattered around the village.
Ten rooms occupy a row touches feature natural materials. Either way be sure to eat at the
of carefully restored Baroque The sea is a comfortable two- restaurant (see pp216–17).
cottages, with the lounge tucked or three-minutes’ walk.
Key to Price Guide see page 202
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