Modica holiday villa rental with walking, beach/lake nearby, disabled access, air con, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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Casa Palazzelle (villa)

Home description

Ideal as a location for a relaxing and tranquil holiday by the poolside, as a base to explore the unique history and culture of a wonderfully unspoilt area of Sicily, and as a place to enjoy the island's justifiably famous food and wine, either eaten out or enjoyed straight from the houses kitchen, wood fired oven or BBQ.

Casa Palazzelle is a tranquil and lovingly renovated Modican farmhouse with a private pool, surrounded by stunning unspoilt countryside, 8km from the UNESCO World Heritage centre of Modica. It is in the heart of the area used for the filming of the renowned Italian TV series 'Inspector Montalbano', now showing on BBC4. The house is newly renovated and has a fabulous swimming pool surrounded by patios of local natural white stone set in a secluded orchard garden filled with flowers, herbs, fruit and olive trees. The property has extensive views over open countryside, hills (including on very clear days, Mt Etna) and the sea.

The houses elevated position and thick stone walls help to keep the house naturally cool in the summer. The property also boasts an array of traditional features such tall dry stone walls, a wood fired pizza oven and a stone paved courtyard and well. The house sits between Modica and the other UNESCO World Heritage sites at Cava di Ispica, Ragusa and Noto and is an ideal base to explore the unique area.

The Pool	The Twin Bedroom
Pool at Dusk	The Patio at Night

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The Sicily region

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, apart from a short winter in Jan - Feb it boasts a wonderfully warm and dry climate. The island is famous as a destination for the quality and range of its historical sites, dramatic scenery and outstanding cuisine.

Modica area

Modica is a vibrant small city abounding with high quality restaurants and cafes, well known as a centre of chocolate making. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage site on account of its beautiful Baroque architecture.

It lies in an area known as the Val di Noto, the gorges that are typical of the area are breathtaking, and the surrounding countryside, abounding with dry-stone walls and aristocratic villas is idyllic.

The other local towns of Ragusa, Noto and Scicli are outstanding in their own right. Slightly further afield, but an easy day trip away are the cities of Caltagirone, famed for its unique ceramics, and Syracuse with its classical remains

How to get there

Fly to Catania with BA, Alitalia or Air Malta

Activities near Modica

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Luxuriously furnished and fitted, the house has been renovated to the highest standards using local materials wherever possible to share the benefits of modern fittings within a old house which makes the most of the traditional building methods.
The lounge includes a leather sofa and double sofa bed, a glazed book case and coffee table. Wall mounted flat screen LCD HD TV/PC Monitor with DVD player and iPod speaker docking HiFi.
There is a newly fitted and fully equipped kitchen with solid wood units and granite work-top. Features high quality Smeg oven, hob, and fridge with large freezer compartment. Includes table and chairs.

Further details outdoors:
The swimming pool is situated in a high walled orchard and is surrounded by a extensive patio made of local Modican white stone furnished with hard-wood sun loungers and steamer chairs.
There are 2 large well illuminated patios for dining, one which is fitted with a large built-in barbecue and sink, a hard wood table and chairs for up to 12 diners. The cobbled courtyard features an outhouse which contains a traditional wood-fired pizza oven. There is also an outdoor shower with hot and cold water. The the entire outside area of courtyard, pool, patio and orchard is beautifully illuminated for function and ambiance. The orchard has had an automatic irrigation system fitted and will be grassed in the spring of 09.

Further details

A high chair and/or cot can be provided on request
Swimming pool available April to October.
English representative on hand to answer any questions.
Preferred changeover day is Saturday

Conditions

Smoking only in the outside areas.
25% of the rental price payable on booking.
Discounts will be offered for occupancies of 4 or less and for early bookings.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Winter	31 Oct 09	3 Apr 10	1000£ 1,000	0-	0-	1 Week
Spring	3 Apr 10	1 May 10	1500£ 1,500	0-	0-	1 Week
Low Summer	1 May 10	3 Jul 10	1600£ 1,600	0-	0-	1 Week
High Summer	3 Jul 10	4 Sep 10	2000£ 2,000	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn	4 Sep 10	2 Oct 10	1600£ 1,600	0-	0-	1 Week
Winter	2 Oct 10	2 Apr 11	1000£ 1,000	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

We can accept payments by cheque or bank transfer in GBP or Euros.

Rates are fully inclusive of bedding, towels, electricity, water, gas, final cleaning, gardening and pool cleaning.

Discounts will be offered for early bookings, occupancies of 4 or under and multiple weeks.

Guestbook for Casa Palazzelle

"The house is in a lovely position and we enjoyed a couple of local walks, seeing the wild flowers.We also thoroughly enjoyed making pizzas in the oven and the chocolate festival in Modica." 14 May 09

"General – the house was refreshingly light and airy as well as maintaining the local influences you described, we thought that everything was very well planned out to make best advantage of the location. We loved the lemon tree and herb garden and made use of these several times. The welcome pack was excellent and certainly helped us through until Monday when we could do a proper shop! Ramsay was excellent, supportive and helpful and unobtrusive.
Bedroom – Lovely cotton sheets and comfortable bed, better than most we have ever had in Italy.
Kitchen – Very well supplied with equipment and general supplies in the cupboards, spacious and very clean. The cook books were very helpful we enjoyed using them.
Lounge – Comfortable and nice furniture.
Garden – The pool and garden were beautiful and again fairly well equipped, we asked for some sunbed cushions and these were provided quickly but other than the Patio table and chairs there were no comfortable gardens chairs to sit in and say “just read”. The pool was delightful and always kept spotlessly clean. The lighting around the garden was most attractive and definitely enhanced our evening BBQs , of which there were several." 06 Jul 09

"We had a truly marvellous time. Your home is wonderful and far exceeded our expectations. It is modern, comfortable and delightfully complete with everything we could possibly need. The garden and pool are fab, and were totally enjoyed by all of us. Location was perfectly placed for everywhere we wanted to visit. We feel honored to have stayed in your home - thank you! Also - Ramsey and his staff are all fantastic - we loved them and they are perfect agents, always helpful and smiling!" 16 Aug 09

"Before we get swept up into life back in the UK, we wanted to write to thank you for the wonderful stay we had at Casa Palazzelle. Having visited Sicily at Easter we knew we wanted to come back to the Modica area, as it had seemed possibly the most interesting area, but a tad too far from Trapani our arrival airport. The stay was great. Very relaxing, warm and comfortable. The pool was beautiful as was the surrounding gardens and views beyond. We appreciated the high standard of finish to the villa and enjoyed trying out the barbeque area and pizza oven. Also very much valued Ramsey's helpful input, suggesting places to visit and eat and commenting on the Sicilian perspective. Hope to visit again." 23 Aug 09

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Name:	Francesca Abbate-Orr
Tel:	+44 (0)1628 822910
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