Villa La Sabbia

Villa La Sabbia is a charmingly renovated country home just outside Ispica for six guests, set within luscious gardens and brimming with locally authentic flavour. Executed with natural raw materials, local stone and sloping timber ceilings, this single storey home is a rustic abode, which also offers guests every comfort for a seamless stay.

The pretty gardens provide abundant space for stylish outdoor living, with a stone-paved veranda complete with billowing curtains and night lighting and green sloping lawns fragrant with blossoming plants. Tall palm trees and a fairy-tale style wishing well offer finishing touches. A generously-sized pool is framed by elegant loungers, ideal for reclining and enjoying the sunshine.

The interiors offer a blend of modern style and traditional Sicilian country home, with vibrant neutrals and soft duck egg blues offset with exposed timber beams and original touches. A well-equipped kitchen-dining room sets the scene for lively group meals while the large living space is delightfully finished with full-height ceilings, comfortable furnishings and natural timber, with original flat-tile flooring throughout.

The serene bedrooms offer restorative calm and each is decked out in pristine whites with accents of jade green, buttercup yellows and taupes. With decorative flourishes at every turn, the attention to detail is evident, from soft lamps to scatter cushions to wall art to sprigs of dried flowers. Finished with care and personal touches, Villa La Sabbia is a beautiful abode within the heart of the Sicilian countryside.

Just a ten-minute drive from the amenities of Ispica, and around 5km from the beach, this delightful home offers the best that the region has to offer. Ispica is set a little inland from the stunning South-Eastern coast of Sicily, overlooking the sea and surrounded by lush vegetation and was re-built after the 1963 earthquake. Known for its 13 kilometre long caves, baroque architecture and historical monuments, notably the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, dripping with the fresco paintings of prolific regional artist Olivio Sòzzi, this region offers a taste of authentic Sicily.

The Val di Noto is known for its UNESCO cities, Sicilian baroque style, pre-historic excavations and stunning coastline, where the Ionian and Mediterranean Seas meet.