May take pets - please enquire Suitable for children Smokers welcome Self-catering
Home description
The house, recently built, is surrounded by a Mediterranean garden in a private and quiet area. The villa is furnished with taste in a modern style and the rooms are comfortable. The bedrooms are on the lower floor, so they are very cool and airy also during summer, on the same floor is a bathroom with shower. In the small box room is a couch for one person. On the upper floor are the kitchen/living room and a small bathroom with a sink and wc.
outside garden
private beach
Single bedroom
Access to the sea
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The Sicily region
Sicily offers to the visitor a unique and unforgettable scenery made of big and small bays, promontories, steep cliffs, coves, sand dunes, granite rocks, wild islands, sun-burned countryside, natural parks and reserves, gorges hollowed by rivers, marine and land grottoes, tuff quarries… The shores and sea of Sicily are astonishing: very fine white sand beaches alternate at red cliffs, white promontories, desert dunes; it is easy to come across old and charming tuna-fisheries or small fisher-men villages surrounded by a blue or emerald green sea. The vegetation in Sicily is amazing: palms, olive trees, vineyards, orange and lemon trees, pine trees, carobs, oleanders and bougainvilleas grow all along the coast, while on mountain slopes and on inaccessible volcanoes are woods of chestnuts, beech, oaks, hazelnuts, fir trees and holm oaks. But Sicily gives you also the opportunity to know its culture and its traditions gathered through centuries of history and under different foreign dominations. Ancient customs, popular feasts, holy processions and gastronomic delights are waiting for you on every corner of the island. You may rediscover its thousands years old history through the architecture of churches, buildings and monuments, through the old arts and crafts and in the various tastes of Sicilian dishes. Wherever you go you will find traces of the island’s glorious past: Palaeolithic grottoes, Roman villas, Greek temples, Benedictine monasteries, Norman towers, Punic ships, Medieval castles, Arab mosques, Baroque churches, Art Nouveau buildings and a warm and a sincere hospitality.
Cefalu area
Cefalů deserves a place of honour among all the towns of the Madonie Moutains, and also compared to the other coastal towns. The reason is that this small town is breathtaking from any side one looks at it: for the beauty of the Rocca, the marvellous position it stands on, for its narrow cobbled roads full of small shops and restaurants, for the amazing beauty of its sea and beaches, but also because it still maintains the old aspect of a small fishermen village. Nowadays, indeed, the little town has changed becoming an elegant and rich tourist resort. The slang of Cefalů’s fishermen helps us to understand the etymology of the word “Cif-alň”, meaning head or “river spring”, which recalls the imposing Rock, which dominates the town, and the head-like shape of the promontory that extends toward the sea. While the name “river spring” is given because of a rich fresh water spring that gushes at sea level. The Arabs, who admired the richness of the waters, the loveliness of the spot and the strength of the fortifications called it “Gafludi”. Besides the various remains found during excavation, which bear evidence of the very ancient origin of this site, the earliest records that identify the town of Cefalů date back from the 4th century, that is during the war between the Carthaginians and the Greeks from Syracuse. Then the town was dominated by the Romans, the Byzantines and in 858 by the Arabs. In 1083 Cefalů was conquered by the Norman Roger I. His son Roger II adopted this town where he begun the erection of the marvellous Cathedral. Subsequently Cefalů was ruled by different noble families, among which were the Chiaramonte and the Ventimiglia, until 1415 when it was declared state town. Between 1500 and 1600 it was fortified with bastions. During the Enlightenment Cefalů offered to Sicily and to the whole world men of great culture, such as Rosario Porpora. The following sentence concentrates the character of Cefalů: “Town of many courtyards where Baroque blends with Renaissance and art itself mingles with everyday life”.
How to get there
Fly to Palermo. The house is 90 kms far from Palermo International Airport.
Nearest Travel Links
Airport:
Falcone e Borsellino: 90 km
Railway:
Cefalů: 1 km
Activities near Cefalu
Sports: Watersports Golf within 30 mins drive Fishing
Great for: Beach or lakeside relaxation Good nightlife
Facilities
General:
Air conditioning, TV
Utilities:
Cooker, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
Rooms:
Bedrooms (2), Bathrooms (2), Shower rooms (1)
Furniture:
Sofabeds (1), Single beds (3), Double beds (2), Dining seating for 4, Lounge seating for 4, Sleeps maximum of 5
Other:
Please check with with the owner regarding linen and towels.
Outdoors:
Private garden, BBQ
Access:
Parking space
Further details outdoors: Private beach
Further details
Lunch and /or dinner can be provided on request, price to be arranged.
Conditions
Payments can be made in Euro. We would answer all your queries within 12 hours.
Rental rates
Rental prices originally quoted in: Euros €
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Period
From
To
Weekly
Nightly rate
Minimum stay
Weekday
Weekend
12 January - 31 March 200
12 Jan 07
31 Mar 07
1150£ 927
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1 Week
31 March - 30 June 2007
31 Mar 07
30 Jun 07
1340£ 1,081
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1 Week
30 June - 1 September 200
30 Jun 07
1 Sep 07
1600£ 1,290
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1 Week
1 September - 27 October
1 Sep 07
27 Oct 07
1340£ 1,081
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1 Week
27 October - 15 December
27 Oct 07
15 Dec 07
1150£ 927
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1 Week
15 December - 29 December
15 Dec 07
30 Dec 07
1340£ 1,081
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1 Week
29 december -12 january
30 Dec 07
13 Jan 08
1460£ 1,177
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1 Week
13 January -29 March
13 Jan 08
29 Mar 08
1270£ 1,024
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1 Week
30 March - 28 June
8 May 08
29 Jun 08
1460£ 1,177
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1 Week
29 June - 30 August
29 Jun 08
31 Aug 08
1720£ 1,387
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1 Week
31 August - 25 October
31 Aug 08
26 Oct 08
1460£ 1,177
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1 Week
26 October - 13 December
26 Oct 08
14 Dec 08
1270£ 1,024
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0-
1 Week
14 December - 27 December
14 Dec 08
28 Dec 08
1460£ 1,177
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1 Week
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NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
Guestbook
Already we've been home one week. It's grey cold and wet . Blue skies and sea are a distant memory as is your lovely villa. We felt that it had been someone's loved family home. I just wanted to let you know how we appreciated being there and that it will be a lasting memory for us. Jeanette
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